# Mapbox: Upstream DNS event

> Mapbox status incident “Upstream DNS event” on 2016-10-21: impact none (vendor’s label), 38 min, 1 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/mapbox/incidents/bd5h1k5cdd18
Last updated: 2016-10-21T14:28:00Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): none
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2016-10-21 13:50 UTC · Resolved: 2016-10-21 14:28 UTC · Duration: 38 min
- Updates: 1
- [Vendor status page: https://status.mapbox.com/incidents/bd5h1k5cdd18](https://status.mapbox.com/incidents/bd5h1k5cdd18)
- [Company: Mapbox](https://rewindex.com/company/mapbox.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **resolved** 2016-10-21 14:28 UTC: The upstream DNS event is now being reported as resolved. The Mapbox API is currently stable, with normal latency and error rates. Between 11:10 UTC and 13:10 UTC an upstream DNS provider was impacted by a DDOS attack, which affected some users of the Mapbox API. This upstream DNS service is used for DNS services for one of our data center providers. Some users of the Mapbox API, especially on the United States East coast, may have experienced difficulty in reaching the Mapbox API, or, experienced elevated error rates. Our overall error rate during the event remained low.

_From the vendor’s published history: only the final update text is available for incidents before Rewindex began polling this page._

## Cite this

Status incident (vendor impact label: none) posted by Mapbox, started 2016-10-21 13:50 UTC, resolved after 38 min, 1 update(s).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/mapbox/incidents/bd5h1k5cdd18
- Citation: Mapbox, “Upstream DNS event” (2016-10-21 13:50 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/mapbox/incidents/bd5h1k5cdd18 (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[Mapbox: Upstream DNS event (2016-10-21)](https://rewindex.com/company/mapbox/incidents/bd5h1k5cdd18)`


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