RIPE Network Coordination Centre incident

High Error Rates for RIPEstat API Endpoints

Resolved after 4 days, affecting RIPEstat, on February 5, 2026.

monitoring Feb 06, 2026, 11:05 AM UTC

We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

Started
Feb 05, 2026, 04:35 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 09, 2026, 05:03 PM UTC
Duration
4d
Detected by Pingoru
Feb 05, 2026, 04:35 PM UTC

Affected components

RIPEstat

Update timeline

  1. investigating Feb 05, 2026, 04:35 PM UTC

    We observe a high error rate for RIPEstat. We are currently investigating the issue.

  2. identified Feb 05, 2026, 04:41 PM UTC

    The issue is a shift in API traffic, leading to a > 10000% increase in traffic to some specific endpoints compared to the 7 day average. We will apply rate-limits to mitigate the issue.

  3. monitoring Feb 05, 2026, 09:36 PM UTC

    We have implemented a mitigation and are monitoring the results. We will provide the next update on the morning of 6 February.

  4. monitoring Feb 06, 2026, 11:05 AM UTC

    We experienced elevated error rates overnight. Following a new intervention, the error rate and latency have now returned to normal levels. We continue to monitor for any further issues.

  5. monitoring Feb 06, 2026, 11:05 AM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  6. resolved Feb 09, 2026, 05:03 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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