npm operational incident, 6 Jan 2018
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Overview
npm registry had an operations incident Saturday that caused 97 packages to be temporarily unavailable for download for approximately 30 minutes, and an additional 9 packages to be unavailable for approximately three hours. no malicious actors were involved in yesterday's incident, and the security of npm users' accounts and the integrity of these 106 packages were never jeopardized. the process was complicated by well-meaning members of the npm community who believed that a malicious actor or security breach was to blame and independently attempted to publish their own replacements for these packages. Early this coming week, we will share a full analysis and technical explanation of the incident.
Impact
97 packages were temporarily unavailable for download for approximately 30 minutes, and an additional 9 packages to be unavailable for approximately three hours.
Trigger
Incident was caused by npm's systems for detecting spam and malicious code on the npm registry.
Detection
Identified the error within five minutes and followed defined processes to reverse this block.
Resolution
followed defined processes to reverse this block. Ensuring the integrity of the affected packages required additional steps and time.
Root Cause
npm's systems for detecting spam and malicious code on the npm registry.