Altmetric incident

Altmetric API and Detail Pages outage

Resolved after 20 hours 35 minutes, affecting Altmetric Details Pages and Altmetric Details Pages API, on July 14, 2021.

monitoring Jul 14, 2021, 08:19 PM UTC

The main fault has been corrected and full functionality has been restored to the Altmetric API and Detail Pages. We will be continuing to monitor the situation over the next hour and begin a full post-mortem inquiry into the root causes of the outage.

Started
Jul 14, 2021, 08:03 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 15, 2021, 04:39 PM UTC
Duration
20h 35m
Detected by Pingoru
Jul 14, 2021, 08:03 PM UTC

Affected components

Altmetric Details PagesAltmetric Details Pages API

Update timeline

  1. identified Jul 14, 2021, 08:04 PM UTC

    We have currently identified a fault with one of the database systems backing the Altmetric API which is causing an outage for this application as well as for the Altmetric Detail Pages. We are currently working to remedy the fault and hope to have these systems operational shortly. Updates will be posted as the situation evolves.

  2. identified Jul 14, 2021, 08:19 PM UTC

    The underlying issue has been addressed and all Altmetric services are back to normal.

  3. monitoring Jul 14, 2021, 08:19 PM UTC

    The main fault has been corrected and full functionality has been restored to the Altmetric API and Detail Pages. We will be continuing to monitor the situation over the next hour and begin a full post-mortem inquiry into the root causes of the outage.

  4. resolved Jul 15, 2021, 04:39 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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