# Intermittent outages in PyPI backends.

- Provider: [PyPI](https://down.guide/pypi)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Degraded
- lasted 8m
- started 2023-08-17 15:00 UTC
- pypi.org - Backends
- id: DWN-85f7ca37a4
- Official page: https://stspg.io/z29lnnfjbtbp

## Updates from PyPI
### 2023-08-17 15:00 UTC: identified
A slow migration PyPI admins are attempting to apply is causing database contention leading to intermittent outages in the PyPI backends. We are working on mitigating the impact to end users.

### 2023-08-17 15:05 UTC: monitoring
The migration has been completed and we are monitoring to ensure stability.

### 2023-08-17 15:08 UTC: resolved
This incident has been resolved.

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