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Postmortem of database outage of january 31

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A page on about.gitlab.com is cited by 8 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 10 October 2026).

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8blogs citing

Citing blogs and links by period
Period Blogs Links
All time89
Last 90 days11
Last 30 days00
Last 7 days00
Figures for this page
First cited5 Nov 2025
Latest citation31 Aug 2026
Words blogs link it with5
New citing blogs a weeksince Nov 2025
New citing blogs a week, since Nov 2025: 49 weeks, peak 2 a week, latest week 0

0 this week (still settling) · peak 2

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Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.

Who cited it

Cited by 8 blogs across 1 subject: technology 7, unclassified 1.

Words blogs link it with

The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.

  • january 31, 2017 outage1 blog
  • and for humans too1 blog
  • debugging severe database lag1 blog
  • gitlab's 2017 outage1 blog
  • gitlab’s 18-hour outage1 blog

Cited by 8 blogs in 9 posts

One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.

Blog
Newest citing post
Date
atlasgo.io1 post
The AI-Native SDLC Playbook Stops at the Database

linked as “GitLab's 2017 outage”

Read at atlasgo.io (opens in a new tab)
31 Aug 2026
explainanalyze.com2 posts
Self-Healing Databases with a Health Check and a Watch Script

linked as “January 31, 2017 outage”

Read at explainanalyze.com (opens in a new tab)
8 Jul 2026
1 other post
Before the Bad Write

linked as “January 31, 2017 outage”

Read at explainanalyze.com (opens in a new tab)
4 Jul 2026
vivianvoss.net1 post
The Backup That Wasn't

linked as “postmortem”

Read at vivianvoss.net (opens in a new tab)
30 Apr 2026
VictoriaMetrics1 post
Not All Telemetry Requires Premium Pricing

linked as “GitLab’s 18-hour outage”

Read at victoriametrics.com (opens in a new tab)
27 Apr 2026
shapeofthesystem.com1 post
Nobody Wants a Backup Read at shapeofthesystem.com (opens in a new tab)
19 Apr 2026
Talos Linux1 post
Why temporary fixes break long-term infrastructure

linked as “debugging severe database lag”

Read at siderolabs.com (opens in a new tab)
1 Apr 2026
The Post Archive - Posted once a week or your money back. :: kmcd.dev1 post
IRC Log: rm -rf /var/opt/gitlab/postgresql/data

linked as “Postmortem of database outage of January 31”

Read at kmcd.dev (opens in a new tab)
9 Mar 2026
formal.ai1 post
Allowlisting Some Bash Commands is Often the Same as Allowlisting All with Claude Code

linked as “and for humans too”

Read at formal.ai (opens in a new tab)
5 Nov 2025

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