Last Friday, Molecule experienced a handful of 1- to 4-minute service interruptions between 5:55 PM and 6:59 PM Central Time. We apologize for the interruption, and would like to share the findings from our internal investigation.
What Happened
At 5:55 PM, the Molecule app was unavailable for 4 minutes, because our primary database was suffering excessive load. This happened 3 more times (with up to 4-minute interruptions each) over the next hour.
Why?
The database load was primar...