Reports of "Website under heavy load" errors

Update timeline

1. investigating Aug 18, 2025, 07:25 PM UTC

   We are investigating reports of this error which was first seen last week. We believe this is an error being thrown by our HTTP server but has nothing to do with actual website load, which is currently normal. If you receive this error, please re-try your request.

2. identified Aug 18, 2025, 08:25 PM UTC

   The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

3. monitoring Aug 18, 2025, 09:23 PM UTC

   A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

4. monitoring Aug 18, 2025, 10:24 PM UTC

   We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

5. monitoring Aug 19, 2025, 03:56 AM UTC

   We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

6. monitoring Aug 19, 2025, 06:51 AM UTC

   We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

7. monitoring Aug 19, 2025, 07:52 AM UTC

   We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

8. resolved Aug 19, 2025, 08:10 AM UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

9. postmortem Aug 19, 2025, 06:57 PM UTC

   A postmortem for this incident and its related incidents has been posted [here](https://status.coveralls.io/incidents/wqbsxnzv0jsf): * [**Postmortem: Reports of “Website under heavy load” errors**](https://status.coveralls.io/incidents/wqbsxnzv0jsf) **Related incidents** 1. **Aug 13**: [Intermittent request rejections](https://status.coveralls.io/incidents/1n7plxrj8j44) 2. **Aug 14**: [Service unavailable with HTML error page or 500 errors](https://status.coveralls.io/incidents/v5mcbrsbhgt4) 3. **Aug 18**: [Reports of "Website under heavy load" errors](https://status.coveralls.io/incidents/fr6sp5kyn128) 4. **Aug 19 \(Today\)**: [Reports of "Website under heavy load" errors](https://status.coveralls.io/incidents/wqbsxnzv0jsf)