Re: binutils git: error 429 (too many requests)
Project / Subsystem
binutils / binutils
Date
2026-08-13
Proposer
"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Aggressive rate limiting to deter bots might impact legitimate user access.
- • Investigating and mitigating bot traffic requires developer resources.
All attributes
- project
- binutils
- subsystem
- binutils
- patch_id
- —
- discussion_id
- alpine.DEB.2.21.2608131847110.48788@angie.orcam.me.uk
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- Re: binutils git: error 429 (too many requests)
- headline
- Sourceware git access rate limiting issues
- tldr
- Discussion continues on 'error 429' git fetch issues on Sourceware, possibly related to recent Anubis updates or scraper bots, with a pointer to a related GCC…
- proposer
- "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- under_review
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Aggressive rate limiting to deter bots might impact legitimate user access.
- • Investigating and mitigating bot traffic requires developer resources.
- series_id
- —
- series_role
- standalone
- series_parts
- []
- tags
-
- • infrastructure
- • git
- • access
- • rate limiting
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
Re: binutils git: error 429 (too many requests)
This email follows up on an earlier report of ‘error 429 (too many requests)’ when fetching from the binutils git repository on Sourceware. The issue is suspected to be related to recent Anubis updates or increased bot activity. The sender provides a link to a similar discussion happening on the GCC mailing list, indicating a potential wider impact.