ReadMe incident: Slow performance / 500 error pages

Affected components

• ReadMe Hubs

1. resolvedApr 16, 2026, 19:25 UTC

   Performance has stabilized and we are no longer returning errors upon loading pages.

2. monitoringApr 16, 2026, 16:57 UTC

   We've stabilized our platform and our response times have improved. We are currently monitoring the situation.

3. investigatingApr 16, 2026, 16:07 UTC

   We are getting reports of slow performance and 500 errors when loading pages

What APIStatus.watch saw

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

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How often does ReadMe have incidents?

ReadMe reported 4 incidents in the last 90 days, 1 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 30m. See ReadMe's uptime and incident history