Censors block Python's PyPI again on a strict Monday schedule
Russian digital overseers have once again demonstrated their supreme competence by cutting off local developers from the lifeblood of Python. It seems someone has a very specific, recurring Monday morning panic attack.
The block kicked in precisely at noon on Monday, mirroring an identical outage from exactly one week prior. While virtual private networks easily bypassed the digital wall, domestic hosting providers and regular users found themselves completely locked out of the official repository. Unlike the previous week's incident where some requests miraculously squeaked through, this round featured a total, uncompromising blackout of all traffic.
Russian censors temporarily blacklisted the entire PyPI ecosystem for the second Monday in a row, completely paralyzing local Python development before quietly reversing the ban.
The local internet watchdog, Roskomnadzor, previously denied any involvement in the first blockade after lifting it by the end of the business day. This newest restriction also evaporated shortly after starting, following a highly predictable pattern of corporate silence and sudden, unannounced restoration.
It takes a special kind of administrative genius to treat the country's software infrastructure like a bedroom light switch. The local dev community now gets to play a weekly game of Russian roulette where the prize is just being able to run basic package installations without a proxy.
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