Python Package Index incident

Issues with search, logins and logged-in pages

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Python Package Index experienced a minor incident on September 23, 2026 affecting pypi.org - General and pypi.org - Backends, lasting 6h 2m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Sep 23, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC
Resolved
Sep 23, 2026, 05:05 PM UTC
Duration
6h 2m
Detected by Pingoru
Sep 23, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC

Affected components

pypi.org - Generalpypi.org - Backends

Update timeline

  1. investigating Sep 23, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring Sep 23, 2026, 02:06 PM UTC

    The traffic has subsided and the cluster is stable. A performance fix has been drafted.

  3. resolved Sep 23, 2026, 05:05 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and the incident is closed.