# PyPI (Python Infrastructure): PyPI database issues

> PyPI (Python Infrastructure) status incident “PyPI database issues” on 2015-08-23: impact major (vendor’s label), 42 min, 1 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/pypi/incidents/0ldbb008j72f
Last updated: 2015-08-23T06:56:00Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2015-08-23 06:14 UTC · Resolved: 2015-08-23 06:56 UTC · Duration: 42 min
- Updates: 1
- [Vendor status page: https://status.python.org/incidents/0ldbb008j72f](https://status.python.org/incidents/0ldbb008j72f)
- [Company: PyPI (Python Infrastructure)](https://rewindex.com/company/pypi.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **resolved** 2015-08-23 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.

_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 PyPI (Python Infrastructure), started 2015-08-23 06:14 UTC, resolved after 42 min, 1 update(s).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/pypi/incidents/0ldbb008j72f
- Citation: PyPI (Python Infrastructure), “PyPI database issues” (2015-08-23 06:14 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/pypi/incidents/0ldbb008j72f (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[PyPI (Python Infrastructure): PyPI database issues (2015-08-23)](https://rewindex.com/company/pypi/incidents/0ldbb008j72f)`


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