# Pkg servers frequently down in South America

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-servers-frequently-down-in-south-america/129145>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** pkg, server\
**Created:** [May 19, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-servers-frequently-down-in-south-america/129145 "2025-05-19T12:57:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![juliohm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/juliohm/32/215266_2.png) [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-servers-frequently-down-in-south-america/129145/1 "2025-05-19T12:57:31Z")

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The Pkg servers are frequently down in South America:

> **[Statuspage for JuliaLang hosted services](https://status.julialang.org)**

What is causing this instability? How to avoid it?

I am teaching a course in Brazil and am worried that participants will not be able to download the latest versions of packages tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oscar_smith/32/25343_2.png) [@Oscar\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Smith)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-servers-frequently-down-in-south-america/129145/2 "2025-05-19T13:27:03Z")

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As a backup, you can always have them use a different package server. That said, this obviously isn’t ideal. I’ve flagged it to the people who run the pkg servers and will keep this thread updated with any conclusions that are found.

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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oscar_smith/32/25343_2.png) [@Oscar\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Smith)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-servers-frequently-down-in-south-america/129145/3 "2025-05-19T13:34:02Z")

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Fixed temporarily. Apparently the South America packageserver is weird due to AWS weirdness.

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**Author:** ![juliohm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/juliohm/32/215266_2.png) [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-servers-frequently-down-in-south-america/129145/4 "2025-05-19T13:43:08Z")

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Thank you @Oscar_Smith for looking into it. You mean AWS behaves differently in South America?