Mirrors.fedoraproject.org returning 503 error

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Is there any known outage regarding mirrors.fedoraproject.org? I get now (Mon Mar 31 01:10:06 PM UTC 2025) following errors:

dnf --refresh upgrade
Updating and loading repositories:
 Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates                                                                               100% | 309.6 KiB/s |  24.1 KiB |  00m00s
 Fedora 41 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64                                                                   100% |  53.8 KiB/s |  14.0 KiB |  00m00s
>>> Status code: 503 for https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-cisco-openh264-41&arch=x86_64 (IP: 2a05:d01c:c6a:cc01:269:da52:9ae1:
>>> Status code: 503 for https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-cisco-openh264-41&arch=x86_64 (IP: 2a05:d01c:c6a:cc01:269:da52:9ae1:
...

Similarly plain curl:

curl -fsS 'https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-41&arch=x86_64'
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 503
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I note that those errors are with the IPv6 addresses.
Have you tried switching to use only IPv4?

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No issues reported so far. You could re-try in an hour to check whether the problem persist and then file an issue: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issues

Alternatively, you can joing #fedora-admin on libera chat (IRC) - this is where the infra admins hang out and you can ask them there directly.

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Seems to be resolved - tested on Mon Mar 31 02:42:58 PM UTC 2025.

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This is a proxy that we have been having problems with. ;(

I’m not sure it’s fully solved yet, but we are working on it.

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I ran across this thread. I have just installed fedora 41 server and am receiving this when doing dnf update:

Updating and loading repositories:
 Fedora $releasever openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64                                                                                                                                                                                100% | 527.1 KiB/s |   1.8 MiB |  00m03s
>>> Status code: 404 for https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-cisco-openh264-$releasever&arch=x86_64 (IP: 152.19.134.198) - https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-cisco-openh264-$releasever&arch=x86_64 - https://mirrors.fedoraprojec
>>> Status code: 404 for https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-cisco-openh264-$releasever&arch=x86_64 (IP: 152.19.134.198) - https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-cisco-openh264-$releasever&arch=x86_64 - https://mirrors.fedoraprojec

I get that message for every mirror and the update fails.

Do you think this is related, or is my issue different?

Thanks

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I think I resolved this.
It was one of two things, but I think ultimately my date was off by a whole year.

I did two things just before it started working:
dnf clean (all the things)
and set my date correctly

I think the date was key though, because when doing a ‘dnf update --releasever=41’ I was able to received the updates correctly but then received messages about gpg/certs not yet valid. That was more clue than a regular ‘dnf update’ was giving me about not being able to find a site. Hope this helps someone in the future. I don’t think time/date being off is a large problem though, I just happened to load this on a workstation that hasn’t been powered on in a number of years.