Database connection issue

Incident Report for reddit

Resolved

This incident has been resolved.

Posted Oct 08, 2019 - 12:48 PDT

Update

Error rates have returned to normal. We are investigating the root cause.

Posted Oct 08, 2019 - 12:47 PDT

Investigating

Due to a database connection issue about 6% of requests are returning 5xx type errrors. We are currently investigating the root cause and a possible solution.

Posted Oct 08, 2019 - 12:19 PDT

This incident affected: reddit.com (Desktop Web).