Aryeo incident

In partnership with our third-party vendor, we have permanently increased the file upload rate limit allocated to Aryeo by 650%. This increased rate limit is the maximum value that can be assigned and should prevent a similar upload service outage during peak upload volumes.

Minor Resolved

Aryeo experienced a minor incident on December 1, 2025 affecting Media Upload & Download Services, lasting 2d 17h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Dec 01, 2025, 11:02 PM UTC
Resolved
Dec 04, 2025, 04:55 PM UTC
Duration
2d 17h
Detected by Pingoru
Dec 01, 2025, 11:02 PM UTC

Affected components

Media Upload & Download Services

Update timeline

  1. investigating Dec 01, 2025, 11:02 PM UTC

    We have received reports of users encountering a "request was throttled" error message when uploading media to listings. We have engaged our third-party vendor to assist with resolving the issue and will provide updates as they become available.

  2. investigating Dec 02, 2025, 12:13 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue in partnership with our third-party vendor. We will provide additional updates as they become available.

  3. monitoring Dec 02, 2025, 02:06 PM UTC

    Last night, in partnership with our third-party vendor, we identified that the "request was throttled" errors were the result of a sustained rate limit breach due to increased upload volumes following the US holiday weekend. We will continue monitoring upload volumes today and provide further status updates as necessary. Additionally, we are working with our third-party vendor to permanently increase the rate limit to prevent upload service outages during peak upload volumes.

  4. resolved Dec 04, 2025, 04:55 PM UTC

    In partnership with our third-party vendor, we have permanently increased the file upload rate limit allocated to Aryeo by 650%. This increased rate limit is the maximum value that can be assigned and should prevent a similar upload service outage during peak upload volumes.