RIPE Network Coordination Centre incident
High Error Rates for RIPEstat API Endpoints
RIPE Network Coordination Centre experienced a minor incident on February 5, 2026 affecting RIPEstat, lasting 4d. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Feb 05, 2026, 04:35 PM UTC
We observe a high error rate for RIPEstat. We are currently investigating the issue.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- monitoring Feb 06, 2026, 11:05 AM UTC
We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
- resolved Feb 09, 2026, 05:03 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.