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    32 recorded Rubygems incidents since November 2015, with official updates, affected components, duration and resolution information.

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    Elevated Errors

    Started August 19, 2026 at 4:30 AM UTC · 2h 29m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    ApplicationDependency APIGem Index API
    1. August 19, 2026 at 4:30 AM UTCinvestigating

      We're experiencing an elevated level of errors and are currently looking into the issue.

    2. August 19, 2026 at 5:06 AM UTCidentified

      The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

    3. August 19, 2026 at 5:59 AM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

    4. August 19, 2026 at 6:59 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Degraded service on RubyGems.org

    Started July 24, 2026 at 11:29 AM UTC · 37m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Application
    1. July 24, 2026 at 11:29 AM UTCidentified

      We're currently investigating problems across parts of RubyGems.org. Gem installs and pushes may be slow or failing, and the site itself may not load reliably.

    2. July 24, 2026 at 11:57 AM UTCmonitoring

      We've traced the problem to one of our upstream providers and are watching closely as service recovers. Installs and pushes should be working again, though you may still see the occasional error while things settle.

    3. July 24, 2026 at 12:06 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Temporarily disabling new user registrations

    Started May 12, 2026 at 8:54 AM UTC · 3d 20h

    Pending
    1. May 12, 2026 at 8:54 AM UTCidentified

      Due to an ongoing DDoS attack against rubygems.org, we have temporarily disabled registrations. We'll share an update once we've made changes to protect legitimate users and prevent further abuse.

    2. May 13, 2026 at 3:17 AM UTCidentified

      The malicious spam activity against rubygems.org has stopped. The bot accounts responsible have been blocked and removed, and the 500+ malicious packages pushed during the attack have been yanked from the registry. Registrations will remain closed while we coordinate with Fastly to enable WAF protection and tighten rate limiting on account creation. We expect this to take two to three days. We'll post another update when we're closer being ready to re-enable user registrations. Gem installs and pushes for existing users are unaffected.

    3. May 16, 2026 at 5:12 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved and we've re-enabled account registrations

    Rubygems.org is experiencing a partial outage

    Started April 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM UTC · 30m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Application
    1. April 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. April 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM UTCidentified

      The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

    3. April 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

    4. April 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Degraded performance

    Started March 31, 2026 at 9:58 AM UTC · 1h 1m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    ApplicationDependency APIGem Index API
    1. March 31, 2026 at 9:58 AM UTCinvestigating

      We're currently investigating response time degradation on rubygems.org and index.rubygems.org

    2. March 31, 2026 at 10:18 AM UTCmonitoring

      We have identified the cause of the performance degradation and have begun restoring normal service. We're continuing to monitor the situation.

    3. March 31, 2026 at 10:59 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Search degredation

    Started February 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM UTC · 2h 14m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Application
    1. February 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently experiencing a partial outage affecting RubyGems.org search functionality. Our team is investigating the issue and working towards a resolution.

    2. February 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM UTCidentified

      We've identified and are addressing the underlying issue affecting RubyGems.org search. Service restoration is underway, and we anticipate normal operations to resume within the next hour.

    3. February 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM UTCmonitoring

      The issue affecting RubyGems.org search has been resolved. We are monitoring the service to ensure stability and will provide an update if any further issues arise.

    4. February 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved

    Gem pushes with attestation failing

    Started October 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM UTC · 12d 14h

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Application
    1. October 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM UTCidentified

      Gem pushes utilising the attestation feature are failing and will respond with an application error. We've identified the issue and are currently working to push a fix.

    2. October 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM UTCidentified

      We have implemented a fix for gem pushes that use attestations on rubygems.org. However, gems that rely on the release-gem GitHub Action (https://github.com/rubygems/release-gem) to deploy to rubygems.org will still experience errors. The release-gem action will automatically retry pushing to rubygems.org without attestations, which continue to function as expected. We are closely monitoring the situation and collaborating with the Sigstore team to resolve this issue.

    3. October 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM UTCidentified

      We're continuing to work with the sigstore team to help resolve users being unable to gem pushes with attestations. For the time being, we recommend users update their workflows to retry gem pushes without attestations.

    4. October 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM UTCidentified

      This issue has been resolved. Please ensure that you're using the latest version of the https://github.com/rubygems/release-gem in your Github Actions tasks.

    5. October 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Google Safe Browsing flag as malware

    Started May 11, 2023 at 9:45 PM UTC · 3h 16m

    Pending
    Affected components
    Application
    1. May 11, 2023 at 9:45 PM UTCidentified

      Google Safe Browsing has flagged the entire rubygems.org domain as malware, impacting all users of the Chrome, Safari, and Firefox browser. The underlying issue appears to be an incorrect malware flag applied to all versions of a gem from the metasploit family. In our investigation we’ve identified that the same library is also available from GitHub and many Linux and BSD distro packages. We continue investigating, sharing information and working with Google to resolve this as soon as possible. For the time being, there are no other issues: the website can be accessed as normal if you bypass the warning. Gem downloads and pushes continue working as normal.

    2. May 11, 2023 at 10:01 PM UTCidentified

      We have heard that our appeal has successfully been escalated within the Google Safe Browsing team, and they are working to resolve things.

    3. May 12, 2023 at 1:01 AM UTCresolved

      Success! Google Safe Browsing has removed the malware flag from rubygems.org. Special thanks are owed to everyone who connected us to the Chrome and Safe Browsing teams, and the team members who assisted in clearing this up.

    Elevated Errors

    Started June 8, 2021 at 10:00 AM UTC · 1h 29m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    ApplicationDependency APIGem Index APIGem Downloads
    1. June 8, 2021 at 10:04 AM UTCinvestigating

      We're experiencing an elevated level of errors and are currently looking into the issue.

    2. June 8, 2021 at 10:12 AM UTCinvestigating

      The elevated 503 and 502 errors seem to be because of Fastly's ongoing incident. We are following along at https://status.fastly.com/incidents/vpk0ssybt3bj.

    3. June 8, 2021 at 10:46 AM UTCidentified

      Our CDN partner has identified the issue and a fix is being implemented.

    4. June 8, 2021 at 11:03 AM UTCmonitoring

      Our CDN provider has applied a fix and over the last few minutes we saw traffic levels and errors return to normal.

    5. June 8, 2021 at 11:29 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Unexpected Errors

    Started January 12, 2021 at 4:02 PM UTC · 53m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    ApplicationFastly Stockholm (BMA)Fastly Frankfurt (FRA)Fastly Denver (DEN)Fastly Dubai (FJR)Fastly Ashburn (IAD)Fastly Dallas (DFW)Fastly Osaka (ITM)Fastly New Zealand (AKL)Fastly Paris (CDG)Fastly Johannesburg (JNB)Fastly Miami (MIA)Fastly Madrid (MAD)Fastly Boston (BOS)Fastly Melbourne (MEL)Fastly Brisbane (BNE)Fastly Montreal (YUL)Fastly Sydney (SYD)Fastly London (LCY)Fastly Toronto (YYZ)Fastly Hong Kong (HKG)Fastly Minneapolis (MSP)Fastly Sāo Paulo (GRU)Fastly San Jose (SJC)Fastly Singapore (SIN)Fastly New Zealand (WLG)Fastly Perth (PER)Dependency APIFastly London (LHR)Fastly Frankfurt (HHN)Gem Index APIFastly Chicago (ORD)Fastly Amsterdam (AMS)Gem DownloadsFastly Seattle (SEA)
    1. January 12, 2021 at 4:13 PM UTCinvestigating

      We're experiencing an elevated level of errors and are currently looking into the issue.

    2. January 12, 2021 at 4:14 PM UTCidentified

      The elevated 502 errors seem to be because of Fastly's ongoing incident. We are following along at https://status.fastly.com/incidents/1rbr326kjsmt.

    3. January 12, 2021 at 4:28 PM UTCmonitoring

      Fastly has implemented a fix and we are monitoring the results.

    4. January 12, 2021 at 4:55 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Elevated DNS Errors

    Started July 17, 2020 at 9:20 PM UTC · 40m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    ApplicationDependency APIUpstream Provider: DNSimple Name ServersGem Index APIGem Downloads
    1. July 17, 2020 at 9:30 PM UTCinvestigating

      We're experiencing an elevated level of DNS errors and are currently looking into the issue.

    2. July 17, 2020 at 9:42 PM UTCmonitoring

      DNS seems to be resolving again. We continue to monitor the situation.

    3. July 17, 2020 at 9:53 PM UTCmonitoring

      We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

    4. July 17, 2020 at 10:01 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Users unable to access RubyGems.org

    Started April 25, 2020 at 10:03 AM UTC · 14m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    Application
    1. April 25, 2020 at 10:03 AM UTCinvestigating

      We're currently investigating users being unable to access rubygems.org

    2. April 25, 2020 at 10:03 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are continuing to investigate this issue.

    3. April 25, 2020 at 10:16 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved

    DNS resolution errors for some users

    Started April 2, 2020 at 4:15 PM UTC · 1d 5h

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    ApplicationDependency APIGem Index APIGem Downloads
    1. April 2, 2020 at 4:15 PM UTCidentified

      We are currently investigating DNS resolution errors for some users.

    2. April 3, 2020 at 9:33 PM UTCresolved

      DNS resolution should be working for all users now.

    Unexpected Problem

    Started February 24, 2020 at 10:38 AM UTC · 25m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    ApplicationDependency APIGem Index API
    1. February 24, 2020 at 1:28 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. February 24, 2020 at 1:29 PM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

    3. February 24, 2020 at 1:30 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Unexpected Problem

    Started January 31, 2019 at 10:42 AM UTC · 33m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    ApplicationDependency APIGem Index API
    1. January 31, 2019 at 10:42 AM UTCinvestigating

      We're experiencing an elevated level errors and are currently looking into the issue.

    2. January 31, 2019 at 10:55 AM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

    3. January 31, 2019 at 1:21 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Elevated Errors

    Started January 13, 2019 at 4:53 PM UTC · 6h 50m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    ApplicationDependency API
    1. January 13, 2019 at 4:53 PM UTCmonitoring

      Over the last 20 minutes we experienced an elevated level of errors. We are currently monitoring the issue.

    2. January 13, 2019 at 11:44 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Unexpected Problem

    Started January 13, 2019 at 9:05 AM UTC · 31m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    ApplicationDependency APIGem Index API
    1. January 13, 2019 at 9:23 AM UTCinvestigating

      We're experiencing an unexpected problem and are currently looking into the issue.

    2. January 13, 2019 at 9:33 AM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

    3. January 13, 2019 at 9:36 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Problems installing gems

    Started January 1, 2019 at 2:02 PM UTC · 24m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Gem Index API
    1. January 1, 2019 at 2:02 PM UTCidentified

      We have received reports of some gems not being able to be installed. We have identified the issue and we are working on resolving it. Gems published before 2015-08-23 may be unlisted on the versions API.

    2. January 1, 2019 at 2:19 PM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

    3. January 1, 2019 at 2:26 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved. All gems should be included in the versions API again.

    Unexpected Problem

    Started December 25, 2017 at 8:08 PM UTC · 13h 48m

    IssuesMinor incident
    1. December 25, 2017 at 8:08 PM UTCinvestigating

      We're experiencing an elevated level of errors and are currently looking into the issue.

    2. December 25, 2017 at 8:21 PM UTCmonitoring

      All services should be working now. We will continue to monitor.

    3. December 25, 2017 at 10:25 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    4. December 26, 2017 at 9:56 AM UTCresolved

      The site has been stable since 19:15 UTC.

    Unexpected problem

    Started May 2, 2017 at 2:58 PM UTC · 1h 9m

    IssuesMinor incident
    1. May 2, 2017 at 2:58 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are aware of reports that services are unavailable in some regions. We're looking into it now!

    2. May 2, 2017 at 3:14 PM UTCmonitoring

      Our upstream provider has implemented a fix and we are monitoring the results. We are also seeing reports of general internet issues in Europe. We will post more information as we get it.

    3. May 2, 2017 at 4:05 PM UTCmonitoring

      We receive reports that a major ISP had a complete outage between the United States and Europe for about 20 minutes at 14:45 UTC.

    4. May 2, 2017 at 4:07 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.