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).