# npm: Increased rate of 503s on packages

> npm status incident “Increased rate of 503s on packages” on 2017-11-08: impact none (vendor’s label), 4.1 h, 1 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/npm/incidents/w6sg2ps49w9l
Last updated: 2017-11-08T23:23:00Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): none
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2017-11-08 19:17 UTC · Resolved: 2017-11-08 23:23 UTC · Duration: 4.1 h
- Updates: 1
- [Vendor status page: https://status.npmjs.org/incidents/w6sg2ps49w9l](https://status.npmjs.org/incidents/w6sg2ps49w9l)
- [Company: npm](https://rewindex.com/company/npm.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **resolved** 2017-11-08 23:23 UTC: we were seeing an increased rate of 503s, due to a bug in our failover logic. This bug is being addressed to prevent these timeouts in the future.

_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 2017-11-08 19:17 UTC, resolved after 4.1 h, 1 update(s).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/npm/incidents/w6sg2ps49w9l
- Citation: npm, “Increased rate of 503s on packages” (2017-11-08 19:17 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/npm/incidents/w6sg2ps49w9l (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[npm: Increased rate of 503s on packages (2017-11-08)](https://rewindex.com/company/npm/incidents/w6sg2ps49w9l)`


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