# RubyGems.org

- Domain: rubygems.org · Category: devtools
- Status page: https://status.rubygems.org (polled every 10 minutes; now under\_maintenance)
- Incidents archived: 35 (14 major/critical, 6 maintenances), history since 2015-11-30
- Last 90 days: 2 incidents; open now: 0
- Silently edited or deleted incidents: 0

## How RubyGems.org reports incidents

Not enough incidents to compare yet (needs 20 in a year and 10 with full update detail; has 6 and 32).

## Dependencies (observed)

| Depends on | Signal | Blamed in | Hosting | Integration | Events | Declared |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fastly | high | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |  |

## Incidents by year

| Year | Incidents | Major/critical | Maintenance | Median duration |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 h |
| 2016 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2.3 h |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 h |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 32 min |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 33 min |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.2 h |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 h |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 d |
| 2026 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1.6 h |

## Pricing

_No structured pricing extracted yet._

## Recent notable changes

| When (UTC) | Change | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-19 04:30 UTC | [Major incident: Elevated Errors](https://rewindex.com/change/i4178658d4051d3.md) | pending |
| 2026-07-24 11:29 UTC | [Major incident: Degraded service on RubyGems.org](https://rewindex.com/change/i547b37c0189691.md) | pending |
| 2026-04-06 20:33 UTC | [Major incident: Rubygems.org is experiencing a partial outage](https://rewindex.com/change/i2b63de1b2b9ec8.md) | pending |
| 2026-02-12 20:21 UTC | [Major incident: Search degredation](https://rewindex.com/change/i2b878d0521ab8e.md) | pending |
| 2021-06-08 10:00 UTC | [Major incident: Elevated Errors](https://rewindex.com/change/i55a564352a433b.md) · [Fastly outage](https://rewindex.com/events/2021-06-08-fastly) | pending |
| 2020-07-17 21:20 UTC | [Major incident: Elevated DNS Errors](https://rewindex.com/change/ia4b43f31aec6bc.md) · [Cloudflare outage](https://rewindex.com/events/2020-07-17-cloudflare) | pending |
| 2020-04-25 10:03 UTC | [Critical incident: Users unable to access RubyGems.org](https://rewindex.com/change/i0c73ba24ac20ab.md) | pending |
| 2020-02-24 10:38 UTC | [Critical incident: Unexpected Problem](https://rewindex.com/change/i56098a2eac6186.md) | pending |
| 2019-01-31 10:42 UTC | [Major incident: Unexpected Problem](https://rewindex.com/change/i5df684e6a98dce.md) | pending |
| 2019-01-13 09:05 UTC | [Critical incident: Unexpected Problem](https://rewindex.com/change/i8ab5af8135946e.md) | pending |

Full timeline: [RubyGems.org changes](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/changes.md)
## Silent edits and deletions

_None._

## Page change history

_None._

_No page changes since the first snapshot._

## Latest 35 incidents

| Started (UTC) | Incident | Impact | Duration | Edited |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-19 04:30 UTC | [Elevated Errors](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/tfryvcb31f5z.md) | major | 2.5 h |  |
| 2026-07-24 11:29 UTC | [Degraded service on RubyGems.org](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/mk6ngcwqg92p.md) | major | 37 min |  |
| 2026-05-12 08:54 UTC | [Temporarily disabling new user registrations](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/cytf062tkwtt.md) | none | 4 d |  |
| 2026-04-06 20:33 UTC | [Rubygems.org is experiencing a partial outage](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/qfbbx8j80136.md) | major | 30 min |  |
| 2026-03-31 09:58 UTC | [Degraded performance](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/4ykfcgr7gy74.md) | minor | 1.0 h |  |
| 2026-02-12 20:21 UTC | [Search degredation](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/42rtyf6cfzst.md) | major | 2.2 h |  |
| 2025-10-15 06:56 UTC | [Gem pushes with attestation failing](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/5r3wp6tnf5xp.md) | minor | 13 d |  |
| 2023-05-11 21:45 UTC | [Google Safe Browsing flag as malware](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/22k8w39c2pq9.md) | none | 3.3 h |  |
| 2021-06-08 10:00 UTC | [Elevated Errors](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/yml4xgf7547f.md) · [Fastly outage](https://rewindex.com/events/2021-06-08-fastly) | major | 1.5 h |  |
| 2021-01-12 16:02 UTC | [Unexpected Errors](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/bt167phk4y86.md) | minor | 53 min |  |
| 2020-07-17 21:20 UTC | [Elevated DNS Errors](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/yz78p74tbrfq.md) · [Cloudflare outage](https://rewindex.com/events/2020-07-17-cloudflare) | major | 40 min |  |
| 2020-04-25 10:03 UTC | [Users unable to access RubyGems.org](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/0l3rxc9njj9g.md) | critical | 14 min |  |
| 2020-04-02 16:15 UTC | [DNS resolution errors for some users](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/kwl34p495gw8.md) | minor | 29 h |  |
| 2020-02-24 10:38 UTC | [Unexpected Problem](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/d95hsdlq7jc0.md) | critical | 25 min |  |
| 2019-01-31 10:42 UTC | [Unexpected Problem](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/6gyxk16l2nz4.md) | major | 33 min |  |
| 2019-01-13 16:53 UTC | [Elevated Errors](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/53816wwm13yq.md) | minor | 6.8 h |  |
| 2019-01-13 09:05 UTC | [Unexpected Problem](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/9kswlsr1vhdy.md) | critical | 31 min |  |
| 2019-01-01 14:02 UTC | [Problems installing gems](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/dh3cd8fjd5qw.md) | minor | 24 min |  |
| 2017-12-25 20:08 UTC | [Unexpected Problem](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/hcqztxftbpj8.md) | minor | 14 h |  |
| 2017-05-02 14:58 UTC | [Unexpected problem](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/n0jytqjmhktv.md) | minor | 1.1 h |  |
| 2017-05-02 12:00 UTC | [Problems accessing RubyGems.org using TLS 1.1](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/qyhcyqxj239y.md) | none | 0 min |  |
| 2016-10-03 19:23 UTC | [Gem index delays](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/qgz3r70x78lk.md) | minor | 3.0 h |  |
| 2016-09-12 03:17 UTC | [DNS Problems](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/wf6s0x0mlq9t.md) | minor | 9.8 h |  |
| 2016-09-06 20:36 UTC | [Elevated Errors](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/df1st72czh0q.md) | major | 5.4 h |  |
| 2016-06-27 18:47 UTC | [Elevated response times](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/bbqlx2vq9mck.md) | minor | 3.3 h |  |
| 2016-06-10 04:16 UTC | [Elevated Errors](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/sf1wqv9b3y6s.md) | major | 27 min |  |
| 2016-06-06 10:46 UTC | [Problems with gem downloads and Dependency API](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/tmkth5mnycrh.md) | minor | 2.2 h |  |
| 2016-05-24 12:41 UTC | [Unexpected problems with the Dependencies API.](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/trjgn655nf6b.md) | major | 2.3 h |  |
| 2016-04-30 15:05 UTC | [New gems not available](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/ddbww8z7z378.md) | minor | 1.4 h |  |
| 2016-03-22 15:58 UTC | [Degraded Performance on Dependency API](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/ghw41j74hvrx.md) | minor | 6.1 h |  |
| 2016-02-17 04:56 UTC | [\[Scheduled\] Emergency maintenance](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/glhfjgdnbknc.md) | major | 1.6 h |  |
| 2016-02-13 19:16 UTC | [\[Scheduled\] Scheduled maintenance](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/gdhcdhnkmfml.md) | none | 12 min |  |
| 2016-02-05 03:08 UTC | [\[Scheduled\] Scheduled maintenance](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/jfhcpcnlkjhm.md) | minor | 1.2 h |  |
| 2015-12-31 22:16 UTC | [CDN Outage](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/lclhgbfckgcn.md) | minor | 1.4 h |  |
| 2015-11-30 12:00 UTC | [Unexpected problem](https://rewindex.com/company/rubygems/incidents/n18bzlq6bgfb.md) | none | 0 min |  |


## Charts

### Chart data: RubyGems.org status incidents per year
Grey: all non-maintenance incidents. Orange: major or critical. Years before Oct 2026 come from the vendor’s own status history.

| Year | Incidents | Major/critical |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 12 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 6 | 4 |

### Chart data: Incidents per month, last 36 months
By impact as reported by the vendor. Maintenance excluded.

| Month | Impact | Incidents |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-10 | minor | 1 |
| 2026-02 | major | 1 |
| 2026-03 | minor | 1 |
| 2026-04 | major | 1 |
| 2026-05 | none | 1 |
| 2026-07 | major | 1 |
| 2026-08 | major | 1 |

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