How often does RubyGems.org go down?

RubyGems.org reported 1 incidents in the last 90 days (1 major or critical), with 149 minutes of major outage: 99.89% uptime.

When was the last RubyGems.org outage?

The latest reported incident started on Aug 19, 2026, 04:30 UTC: "Elevated Errors", resolved after 2 h 29 min.

How long do RubyGems.org outages last?

Half of RubyGems.org's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 2 h 29 min.

RubyGems.org outage history and status

Q: Is RubyGems.org down right now?

At our last check RubyGems.org's official status page reported: Service Under Maintenance. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.

Is RubyGems.org down right now?

Maintenance

Service Under Maintenance Affected: Fastly London (LCY) (maintenance) Official status as of Oct 26, 2026, 16:17 UTC (refreshing…)

99.89%

uptime, 90 days

incidents, 90 days

2 h 29 min

median time to fix

Aug 19, 2026

last incident

RubyGems.org components

Upstream Provider: Fastly

Fastly Frankfurt (FRA) Operational
Fastly Sydney (SYD) Operational
Fastly Amsterdam (AMS) Operational
Fastly Ashburn (IAD) Operational
Fastly Singapore (SIN) Operational
Fastly London (LCY) Maintenance
Fastly Denver (DEN) Operational
Fastly London (LHR) Operational
Fastly New Zealand (AKL) Operational
Fastly Chicago (ORD) Operational
Fastly New Zealand (WLG) Operational
Fastly Stockholm (BMA) Operational
Fastly Hong Kong (HKG) Operational
Fastly Miami (MIA) Operational
Fastly Dallas (DFW) Operational
Fastly Melbourne (MEL) Operational
Fastly Osaka (ITM) Operational
Fastly San Jose (SJC) Operational
Fastly Brisbane (BNE) Operational
Fastly Seattle (SEA) Operational
Fastly Dubai (FJR) Operational
Fastly Perth (PER) Operational
Fastly Frankfurt (HHN) Operational
Fastly Paris (CDG) Operational
Fastly Madrid (MAD) Operational
Fastly Boston (BOS) Operational
Fastly Minneapolis (MSP) Operational
Fastly Johannesburg (JNB) Operational
Fastly Montreal (YUL) Operational
Fastly Toronto (YYZ) Operational
Fastly Sāo Paulo (GRU) Operational
Fastly Tokyo (HND) Operational
Fastly Tokyo (TYO) Operational
Fastly Singapore (QPG) Operational
Fastly Tokyo (NRT) Operational
Fastly Copenhagen (CPH) Operational
Fastly Dublin (DUB) Operational
Fastly Helsinki (HEL) Operational
Fastly London (LON) Operational
Fastly Manchester (MAN) Operational
Fastly Marseille (MRS) Operational
Fastly Milan (MXP) Operational
Fastly Oslo (OSL) Operational
Fastly Vienna (VIE) Operational
Fastly Munich (MUC) Operational
Fastly Chennai (MAA) Operational
Fastly Mumbai (BOM) Operational
Fastly New Delhi (DEL) Operational
Fastly Ashburn (BWI) Operational
Fastly Ashburn (DCA) Operational
Fastly Ashburn (WDC) Operational
Fastly Atlanta (FTY) Operational
Fastly Atlanta (PDK) Operational
Fastly Chicago (CHI) Operational

Gem Downloads Operational
Application Operational
Dependency API Operational
Gem Index API Operational
Upstream Provider: AWS Operational
Upstream Provider: DNSimple Name Servers Operational

RubyGems.org outage history

RubyGems.org incidents per month, last 12 months. Red: months with a major or critical outage.

Started (UTC)	Incident	Impact	Duration
Aug 19, 2026, 04:30 UTC	Elevated Errors Application, Dependency API, Gem Index API	Major	2 h 29 min
Jul 24, 2026, 11:29 UTC	Degraded service on RubyGems.org Application	Major	37 min
May 12, 2026, 08:54 UTC	Temporarily disabling new user registrations	No impact	3 days 20 h
Apr 6, 2026, 20:33 UTC	Rubygems.org is experiencing a partial outage Application	Major	30 min
Mar 31, 2026, 09:58 UTC	Degraded performance Application, Dependency API, Gem Index API	Minor	1 h 01 min
Feb 12, 2026, 20:21 UTC	Search degredation Application	Major	2 h 14 min
Oct 15, 2025, 06:56 UTC	Gem pushes with attestation failing Application	Minor	12 days 14 h
May 11, 2023, 21:45 UTC	Google Safe Browsing flag as malware Application	No impact	3 h 16 min
Jun 8, 2021, 10:00 UTC	Elevated Errors Gem Downloads, Application, Dependency API, Gem Index API	Major	1 h 29 min
Jan 12, 2021, 16:02 UTC	Unexpected Errors Gem Downloads, Fastly Frankfurt (FRA), Application, Dependency API, Fastly Sydney (SYD), Fastly Amsterdam (AMS)	Minor	53 min
Jul 17, 2020, 21:20 UTC	Elevated DNS Errors Gem Downloads, Application, Dependency API, Gem Index API, Upstream Provider: DNSimple Name Servers	Major	40 min
Apr 25, 2020, 10:03 UTC	Users unable to access RubyGems.org Application	Critical	14 min
Apr 2, 2020, 16:15 UTC	DNS resolution errors for some users Gem Downloads, Application, Dependency API, Gem Index API	Minor	29 h 19 min
Feb 24, 2020, 10:38 UTC	Unexpected Problem Application, Dependency API, Gem Index API	Critical	25 min
Jan 31, 2019, 10:42 UTC	Unexpected Problem Application, Dependency API, Gem Index API	Major	33 min
Jan 13, 2019, 16:53 UTC	Elevated Errors Application, Dependency API	Minor	6 h 50 min
Jan 13, 2019, 09:05 UTC	Unexpected Problem Application, Dependency API, Gem Index API	Critical	31 min
Jan 1, 2019, 14:02 UTC	Problems installing gems Gem Index API	Minor	24 min
Dec 25, 2017, 20:08 UTC	Unexpected Problem	Minor	13 h 48 min
May 2, 2017, 14:58 UTC	Unexpected problem	Minor	1 h 09 min
May 2, 2017, 12:00 UTC	Problems accessing RubyGems.org using TLS 1.1	No impact	<1 min
Oct 3, 2016, 19:23 UTC	Gem index delays	Minor	2 h 59 min
Sep 12, 2016, 03:17 UTC	DNS Problems	Minor	9 h 47 min
Sep 6, 2016, 20:36 UTC	Elevated Errors	Major	5 h 22 min
Jun 27, 2016, 18:47 UTC	Elevated response times	Minor	3 h 16 min

32 incidents in our archive since November 30, 2015.

When and where RubyGems.org fails

By weekday

Most incidents start on Tue.

Mon8
Tue10
Wed2
Thu5
Fri3
Sat2
Sun2

Most affected, last 12 months

Application5
Dependency API2
Gem Index API2

When RubyGems.org went down with others

Jul 24, 2026, 10:36 UTC 27 services reported incidents within the hour

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FAQ

Is RubyGems.org down right now?: At our last check RubyGems.org's official status page reported: Service Under Maintenance. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
How often does RubyGems.org go down?: RubyGems.org reported 1 incidents in the last 90 days (1 major or critical), with 149 minutes of major outage: 99.89% uptime.
When was the last RubyGems.org outage?: The latest reported incident started on Aug 19, 2026, 04:30 UTC: "Elevated Errors", resolved after 2 h 29 min.
How long do RubyGems.org outages last?: Half of RubyGems.org's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 2 h 29 min.

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