500 errors when fetching commits on GitLab.com
Incident Lifecycle
Affected Components
Google Compute Engine
Website
API
Git Operations
CI/CD
Incident Timeline
Investigating
The error rate has continued to remain within normal thresholds. We're continuing to monitor the error rate.
Further developments can be read here: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22729
Further developments can be read here: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22729
Aug 18, 2026 at 4:11 PM UTC
Investigating
Our monitoring shows the error rate decreasing towards normal thresholds. We're continuing to monitor the incident.
More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22729
More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22729
Aug 18, 2026 at 2:49 PM UTC
Investigating
Investigation for the root cause of 500 errors while fetching commits on GitLab.com is still ongoing.
More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22729
More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22729
Aug 18, 2026 at 2:31 PM UTC
Investigating
We are still investigating the root cause for 500 errors while fetching commits on GitLab.com.
More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22729
More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22729
Aug 18, 2026 at 2:16 PM UTC
Investigating
We are investigating an issue causing a subset of requests to GitLab.com receiving 500 errors. We will provide updates as we learn more from our investigation.
More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22729
More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22729
Aug 18, 2026 at 1:55 PM UTC
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