# GitLab: CI/CD Job processing delay

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-03-10 16:01 UTC · Resolved: 2026-03-11 19:47 UTC · Duration: 28 h
- Updates: 6 · Affected components: Background Processing
- [Vendor status page: https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/69b040481732fb0a0dcd4c08](https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/69b040481732fb0a0dcd4c08)
- [Company: GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-03-10 16:01 UTC: Our team is investigating potential delays with background job processing. This could impact CI/CD job processing.
- **investigating** 2026-03-10 16:16 UTC: No material updates at this time. Our team is still investigating this issue.
- **identified** 2026-03-10 16:43 UTC: Our team has identified the issue as PgBouncer saturation and are looking at mitigation efforts. Users may see small delays in background processing. More information in: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work\_items/21498
- **monitoring** 2026-03-10 17:28 UTC: We're seeing stabilization and recovery but are still monitoring and discussing next steps. More info in: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work\_items/21498
- **monitoring** 2026-03-10 18:31 UTC: Background processing has recovered and CI wait times are back to normal. Our team is continuing to monitor for stability.
- **resolved** 2026-03-11 19:47 UTC: Our team has been monitoring for stability and have taken additional steps to help reduce database saturation. This incident is now resolved. More details in: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work\_items/21498


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