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PyPI incident: PyPI new user registration temporarily suspended

PyPI reported this minor-impact incident on its official status page on Dec 27, 2023, 20:11 UTC. It was resolved after 5d 19h.

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Dec 27, 2023, 20:11 UTC
started
Jan 2, 2024, 15:59 UTC
resolved
5d 19h
duration
Minor
impact

Affected components

  • pypi.org - General

Timeline

updates from PyPI's status page ↗
  1. resolvedJan 2, 2024, 15:59 UTC

    New user registrations are now permitted.

  2. monitoringDec 27, 2023, 20:11 UTC

    New user registration on PyPI is temporarily suspended. The volume of malicious users and malicious projects being created on the index in the past week has outpaced our ability to respond to it in a timely fashion, especially with multiple PyPI administrators on leave.

What APIStatus.watch saw

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

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

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PyPI incident on Dec 27, 2023: PyPI new user registration temporarily suspended · APIStatus.watch