# npm: garbled package metadata delivered to old npm clients

> npm status incident “garbled package metadata delivered to old npm clients” on 2016-04-06: impact none (vendor’s label), 7.3 h, 1 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/npm/incidents/665tfzq37xph
Last updated: 2016-04-07T03:36:00Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): none
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2016-04-06 20:15 UTC · Resolved: 2016-04-07 03:36 UTC · Duration: 7.3 h
- Updates: 1
- [Vendor status page: https://status.npmjs.org/incidents/665tfzq37xph](https://status.npmjs.org/incidents/665tfzq37xph)
- [Company: npm](https://rewindex.com/company/npm.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **resolved** 2016-04-07 03:36 UTC: We believe all package data with incorrect caching headers has been replaced in cache.

_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 npm, started 2016-04-06 20:15 UTC, resolved after 7.3 h, 1 update(s).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/npm/incidents/665tfzq37xph
- Citation: npm, “garbled package metadata delivered to old npm clients” (2016-04-06 20:15 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/npm/incidents/665tfzq37xph (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[npm: garbled package metadata delivered to old npm clients (2016-04-06)](https://rewindex.com/company/npm/incidents/665tfzq37xph)`


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