mastodon.social - High database load – Incident details

Experiencing partially degraded performance

High database load

Resolved
Degraded performance
Started about 3 years agoLasted about 6 hours

Affected

Website & API

Degraded performance from 7:03 PM to 12:58 AM

Background queues

Degraded performance from 7:03 PM to 12:58 AM

Updates
  • Resolved
    UTC
    Resolved

    This incident has been resolved.

  • Monitoring
    UTC
    Monitoring

    Database performance has returned to normal.

  • Identified
    UTC
    Identified

    The increase in database load is likely the result of significantly increased user traffic over the last several days, revealing inefficiencies in some of our database background jobs. We are implementing fixes, both temporary and long-term.

  • Investigating
    UTC
    Investigating

    The database is currently experience extremely high load. We are currently investigating the cause.