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PyPI (Python Infrastructure): PyPI database issues

MajorStatus: resolvedStarted 2015-08-23 06:14 UTCResolved 2015-08-23 06:56 UTC (42 min)1 updatestatus.python.org

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resolved2015-08-23 06:56 UTC
Some slow Postgres queries combined with newer queries using the SERIALIZABLE isolation level led to high lock contention until we ran out of database connections. The offending queries have been fixed and the system is recovering.

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Status incident (vendor impact label: major) posted by PyPI (Python Infrastructure), started 2015-08-23 06:14 UTC, resolved after 42 min, 1 update(s).

Title: PyPI database issues
Vendor: PyPI (Python Infrastructure)
Date: 2015-08-23 06:14 UTC
URL: https://rewindex.com/company/pypi/incidents/0ldbb008j72f

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