mastodon.social - High database load – Incident details

High database load

ResolvedDegraded performance5 hours 55 minutes

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

  • ResolvedUTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  • MonitoringUTC

    Database performance has returned to normal.

  • IdentifiedUTC

    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.

  • InvestigatingUTC

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