Problems accessing source code?

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi Chris,

On Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 09:03:41PM -0700, chris hermansen wrote:
> Good evening all,
> 
> Anyone besides me having difficulties with:
> 
> git clone https://gcc.gnu.org/git/gcc.git
> 
> I've been getting
> 
> error: RPC failed; HTTP 429 curl 22 The requested URL returned error: 429
> 
> and sometimes
> 
> fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly
> 
> over the course of the day (Pacific time)

Sadly yes. The AI scraperbots are again in full force using
residential proxies. An nginx limiter was put in front the
sourceware/gcc/cygwin https to fight them off. But innocent bystanders
get hit by the mitigation too. One way to get around the limiter is
login in to bugzilla or use ssh (assuming you have an account on the
system).

The other is to use a non-https protocol like git:// or use the forge
mirror git clone https://forge.sourceware.org/gcc/gcc or sourcehut one
git clone https://git.sr.ht/~sourceware/gcc

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Cheers,

Mark