RubyGems outage on May 5 — 19-minute disruption
May 5, 05:13 PM → May 5, 05:33 PM · 19 minutes · high
RubyGems experienced an outage on May 5, 2026, which was detected via user reports. The incident was resolved on May 5, 2026, at 17:33 UTC.
Impact
Users reported issues with RubyGems, leading to the detection of this outage. While the exact nature of the user-visible impact, such as specific features affected or geographical regions, was not recorded, the incident was identified through these reports. Our monitoring platform did not record specific issue types or top impacted regions during this period.
Outage timeline
- May 5, 05:13 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 5, 05:15 PM
Peak of 0 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.3)
- May 5, 05:33 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 5, 05:13 PM
RubyGems status page acknowledged the incident.
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