Ask HN: Are github pages down?

#1

Post by vivekprakash » Mon, Jan 27, 2014, 3:07 PM UTC

I am not able to access the blog http://engineering.hackerearth.com/ which is hosted via github pages. It shows the error related to varnish cache.

Error 503 Backend is unhealthy Backend is unhealthy Guru Meditation: XID: 2373250785 Varnish cache server

Re: Ask HN: Are github pages down?

#2

Post by reedlaw » Mon, Jan 27, 2014, 3:08 PM UTC

Yes. https://status.github.com/

Re: Ask HN: Are github pages down?

#3

Post by salboaie » Mon, Jan 27, 2014, 3:11 PM UTC

Ahh no, I've just submited to HN my new library https://github.com/salboaie/harvests (simpler replacement to promises and flow control libraries)

Re: Ask HN: Are github pages down?

#4

Post by mjswensen » Mon, Jan 27, 2014, 3:16 PM UTC

Either GitHub is making headway in mitigating the DDoS attack, or not all GH pages sites were affected. (My repos pages are working fine.)

Re: Ask HN: Are github pages down?

#5

Post by sp332 » Mon, Jan 27, 2014, 3:18 PM UTC

Github gets DDoS'd a lot more than I'd expect. How did they even make enemies like that?

Re: Ask HN: Are github pages down?

#6

Post by andyhmltn » Mon, Jan 27, 2014, 3:29 PM UTC

What is the point in this thread? http://status.github.com will answer that question. HN doesn't need threads asking / telling people whether things are down