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npm incident: Issue with package publishing

npm reported this minor-impact incident on its official status page on Oct 20, 2025, 17:20 UTC. It was resolved after 2h 55m.

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Oct 20, 2025, 17:20 UTC
started
Oct 20, 2025, 20:15 UTC
resolved
2h 55m
duration
Minor
impact

Affected components

  • Package publishing
  1. resolvedOct 20, 2025, 20:15 UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  2. monitoringOct 20, 2025, 19:20 UTC

    We are seeing recovery in package publishing. We will continue to monitor the results.

  3. investigatingOct 20, 2025, 17:20 UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in npm's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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npm incident on Oct 20, 2025: Issue with package publishing · APIStatus.watch