# GitLab outage on 16 October 2026

> On 16 October, GitLab had a critical outage in which GitLab.com returned 503 errors. It lasted 54 minutes, from 16:13 to 17:07 UTC, and was GitLab's third outage in three days. Musixmatch reported degraded Podcasts at the same time, in incidents that started at 16:28 and 16:40 UTC.

- Service: [GitLab](https://stackpulse.app/services/gitlab.md)
- Severity: critical
- Title on the status page: 503s on GitLab.com
- Started: 2026-10-16 16:13 UTC
- Ended: 2026-10-16 17:07 UTC
- Lasted: 54 min
- Page: https://stackpulse.app/services/gitlab/outages/2026-10-16-1613

## At the same time

- [Musixmatch](https://stackpulse.app/services/musixmatch.md): issue from 2026-10-16 16:28 UTC

Problems at the same time are a clue, never proof that one caused another.

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