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Oct 27 2020

Increased backend errors - GitLab.com Down (#2885)

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Increased backend errors - GitLab.com Down (#2885)
Database load spiked and this has dramatically increased error rates and degraded times on responses. Automatic re-indexing was enabled over the weekend. A re-index of the routes table changed the statistics on the table. This resulted in much less efficient queries there.
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