Storm Passed, Shields Up!

A quick word about yesterday’s hiccup, what we fixed, and how we’re protecting your uptime

Hi everyone,

If you tried to hit our API yesterday, you may have noticed a rash of 503 errors or unusually slow responses, even a complete down service. The short story: a spam botnet discovered our legacy endpoints and fired millions of junk requests in just a few minutes. Our automatic defenses throttled traffic, but the surge was big enough that we chose to pull the emergency brake, patch the gates, and bring everything back up in a controlled way.

What actually happened?

Massive request spike — far above normal usage — hammered v1 and legacy URLs.
Our rate-limiter kicked in, but some nodes still choked, leading to intermittent outages.
We temporarily throttled all traffic while we traced and blocked the offenders.

Important: No customer data leaked, no credits were lost, and the core database was never at risk. It was simply an overload.

What we’ve done since

Upgraded our Web Application Firewall (WAF) to spot and drop similar floods in real time.
Refined rate-limiting rules so bad actors get cut off faster while legit users sail through.
Added burst buffers on the legacy endpoints, giving them extra headroom before throttles trigger.

Everything is now back online, speeds are normal, and we’re monitoring the gauges 24/7.

How this affects you

No action required. Your keys, hits, and integrations remain exactly as they were.
Improved resilience. Future spam waves should fizzle out long before they touch your app.
Transparent status. If something ever wobbles, you’ll see it first at https://status.freegoldprice.org.

One more thing—thanks for your patience ❤️

We know downtime is a pain, especially when you’re shipping features or running live dashboards. We’re sorry for the rough patch and grateful for the heads-up emails that helped us zero in on the culprit.

Questions or concerns? Hit us up at support@freegoldprice.org. Otherwise, enjoy the smooth skies — and stay golden! ✨