The root cause of this incident has been identified and stopped. We are deploying a more robust permanent fix should this ever happen again and will continue to monitor the system for the time being.
Identified · UTC
It's back, our fixes were not enough. We will apply more robust measures.
Resolved · UTC
This incident was due to abusive behavior from a customer. We have now deployed several different countermeasures and contacted the customer to clarify the behavior and stop it.
We will continue to monitor response times for the time being.
Update · UTC
We have deployed a temporary fix and are still working on a more permanent one.
Identified · UTC
We have identified a situation where a certain search query is slowing down the system. We are working on a fix.