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PyPI (Python Infrastructure): python.org backend outage

MajorStatus: resolvedStarted 2023-03-20 12:55 UTCResolved 2023-03-20 13:08 UTC (13 min)3 updatesstspg.io

Affected components: python.org - CDNpython.org - python.org - CDNpython.org - Backendspython.org - python.org - Backends

Timeline of updates

identified2023-03-20 12:55 UTC
We are working to resolve a backend outage on python.org due to an outage in our search infrastructure.
monitoring2023-03-20 13:00 UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
resolved2023-03-20 13:08 UTC
This incident has been resolved.

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Mar 20, 2023Major incident: python.org backend outage

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