PyPI outage: PyPI Backends Partial Availability

Affected components

• pypi.org - Backends

1. resolvedOct 2, 2026, 01:32 UTC

   the maintenance is complete and everything has stabilized

2. identifiedOct 2, 2026, 01:15 UTC

   infrastructure maintenance is having a larger impact on availability of PyPI's backends than anticipated. we are working to stabilize.

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Oct 2, 2026, 01:20 UTCoperational → degraded
• Oct 2, 2026, 01:35 UTCdegraded → operational

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How often does PyPI have incidents?

PyPI reported 3 incidents in the last 90 days, 1 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 6h 3m. See PyPI's uptime and incident history