# npm outage on 26 October 2026

> On 26 October, npm's website www.npmjs.com had a major outage affecting package viewing and sign-in, with the incident open for 36 minutes from 05:54 to 06:30 UTC. The status page showed the website component in major outage only from 05:54 to 06:21, when it reported a fix in place and began monitoring, before marking the incident resolved at 06:30.

- Service: [npm](https://stackpulse.app/services/npm.md)
- Severity: major_outage
- Title on the status page: View package and auth outage on npmjs.com
- Started: 2026-10-26 05:54 UTC
- Ended: 2026-10-26 06:30 UTC
- Lasted: 36 min
- Incident open on the status page: 05:54–06:30 UTC
- The status page's incident: https://stspg.io/5rh64dpfcvqz
- Page: https://stackpulse.app/services/npm/outages/2026-10-26-0554

## What broke when (UTC)

| Component | Status | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.npmjs.com website | partial outage | 2026-10-26 05:54 | 2026-10-26 06:11 |
| www.npmjs.com website | degraded performance | 2026-10-26 06:11 | 2026-10-26 06:21 |

## At the same time

No other well-known service reported a problem that started then.

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

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