# npm: Increased 503s for the npmjs.com website

> npm status incident “Increased 503s for the npmjs.com website” on 2016-10-10: impact major (vendor’s label), 1.2 h, 1 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/npm/incidents/qnhlwlbxkr7l
Last updated: 2016-10-10T05:41:00Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2016-10-10 04:31 UTC · Resolved: 2016-10-10 05:41 UTC · Duration: 1.2 h
- Updates: 1
- [Vendor status page: https://status.npmjs.org/incidents/qnhlwlbxkr7l](https://status.npmjs.org/incidents/qnhlwlbxkr7l)
- [Company: npm](https://rewindex.com/company/npm.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **resolved** 2016-10-10 05:41 UTC: A blip on a package metadata box left zombie connections on a DB box, consuming needed connections & causing 503s on the website. The old connections have been flushed and the service appears to have recovered.

_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: major) posted by npm, started 2016-10-10 04:31 UTC, resolved after 1.2 h, 1 update(s).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/npm/incidents/qnhlwlbxkr7l
- Citation: npm, “Increased 503s for the npmjs.com website” (2016-10-10 04:31 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/npm/incidents/qnhlwlbxkr7l (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[npm: Increased 503s for the npmjs.com website (2016-10-10)](https://rewindex.com/company/npm/incidents/qnhlwlbxkr7l)`


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