npmOutage history and postmortems
Downtime, added up
npm: 1h 7m weighted downtime in range, category median 1h 52m.
7 incidents, 13h 59m of incident time (31m major or critical, 13h 28m partial) between Jun 27, 2026 and Sep 24, 2026.
Stated causes
48 incidents with no cause stated.
npm incidents
50 on filePackage Publish DegradationSep 15, 2026, 17:201hMinorNot disclosed
Publishing Packages Degraded PerformanceSep 15, 2026, 16:1322mMinorNot disclosed
npm audits endpoint is having issuesSep 4, 2026, 11:292h 20mMinorNot disclosed
Intermittent Failures Impacting npm PublishSep 3, 2026, 21:421h 39mMinorNot disclosed
intermittent Publish FailuresJul 30, 2026, 12:064h 24mMinorNot disclosed
Publish and Install failuresJul 24, 2026, 11:0831mMajorNot disclosed
intermittent Publish and Install FailuresJul 23, 2026, 16:093h 43mMinorNot disclosed
intermittent Publish FailuresJun 12, 2026, 12:0848mMinorNot disclosed
npm website issuesApr 29, 2026, 20:0742mMinorNot disclosed
Degraded Performance in View Package and Login on npmjs.comApr 29, 2026, 16:482h 47mMinorNot disclosed
npm website degraded serviceApr 28, 2026, 19:552h 30mMinorNot disclosed
npm Website is unavailableApr 27, 2026, 21:061h 24mCriticalNot disclosed
Increased errors in viewing packages and authentication on npmjs.comApr 1, 2026, 10:053h 7mInformationalNot disclosed
Degraded Performance in View Package and Login on npmjs.comMar 31, 2026, 19:122h 37mMinorNot disclosed
delay and errors viewing packages and submitting web based authenticationMar 30, 2026, 16:412h 36mMinorNot disclosed
delay and errors viewing packages and submitting web based authenticationMar 30, 2026, 14:541h 4mMinorNot disclosed
Issue with npm website and login.Mar 25, 2026, 22:3947mMajorNot disclosed
Degraded performance for package publishMar 5, 2026, 11:415h 55mMinorNot disclosed
Degraded performance with package installationFeb 25, 2026, 18:431h 20mMinorNot disclosed
npm publishing impactedFeb 17, 2026, 20:012h 27mMinorNot disclosed
Degraded Experience Installing and Viewing PackagesJan 29, 2026, 20:0445mMinorNot disclosed
Issue connecting to website and registryDec 5, 2025, 09:0240mMajorNot disclosed
npmjs.com - Service DisruptionNov 18, 2025, 13:345h 37mInformationalNot disclosed
Issue with npm website and loginNov 6, 2025, 13:5632mMinorNot disclosed
Issue with package publishingOct 20, 2025, 17:202h 55mMinorNot disclosed
Degraded performance of package publish and installOct 20, 2025, 09:314h 1mMinorNot disclosed
Degraded performance on npmjs.comOct 3, 2025, 18:077h 35mMinorNot disclosed
Degraded Package Install ExperienceAug 26, 2025, 12:403h 9mMinorNot disclosed
Incident with npm registry and website affecting logins and publishingAug 7, 2025, 22:3134mMinorNot disclosed
Issue with package publish with provenanceJun 12, 2025, 21:001h 25mMinorDependency
Questions
Is npm down right now?
Check npm's own status page at https://status.npmjs.org for the live state. This page shows npm's incident history from that page; the most recent incident started 2026-09-15: "Package Publish Degradation".
How often does npm have outages?
npm posted 7 incidents in the last 90 days and 27 in the last year, 1 of them major or critical in the last 90 days. The median incident lasted 1h 39m.
When was npm's last major outage?
2026-07-24: "Publish and Install failures", lasting 31m.
What usually causes npm incidents?
Where npm explained the cause, the most common was third-party dependency (1 incidents). Most status updates do not name a cause.
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