binutils git: error 429 (too many requests)

Project / Subsystem

binutils / binutils

Date

2026-08-10

Proposer

Georg-Johann Lay <avr@gjlay.de>

Source type

public_inbox

Consensus

Proposed

Sentiment

—/10

All attributes

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binutils
subsystem
binutils
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discussion_id
a05a8ffd-2c84-41f9-b24a-a1526380ad3b@gjlay.de
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public_inbox
title
binutils git: error 429 (too many requests)
headline
binutils git: error 429 (too many requests)
tldr
Georg-Johann Lay encounters '429 Too Many Requests' error when fetching binutils-gdb, suspects scraper bots or recent Anubis updates.
proposer
Georg-Johann Lay <avr@gjlay.de>
consensus
Proposed
outcome
proposed
sentiment_score
—
technical_tradeoffs
[]
series_id
—
series_role
standalone
series_parts
[]
tags
[]
bugzilla_url
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date
2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

binutils git: error 429 (too many requests)

Georg-Johann Lay is experiencing ‘429 Too Many Requests’ errors when attempting to ‘git fetch’ from the binutils-gdb repository on sourceware.org. He reports this on a cfarm machine and notes that he has not made an excessive number of requests, suggesting potential issues with scraper bot activity or recent changes to the Anubis service.