# I'm seeing "Request failed with http status code 503" CKErrorDomain 6

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**Category:** DEVONthink To Go\
**Created:** [February 10, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594 "2021-02-10T13:39:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594/1 "2021-02-10T13:39:06Z")

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Hi – Per the title. I’m seeing

> Request failed with http status code 503

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> CKErrorDomain 6

On my iPad and Mac as it’s attempting to sync. On iPad it’s a notification. On my Mac I see this in the log.

Once I see this error, it looks like syncing stops there, and when it tries to start again immediately stops.

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**Author:** ![chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/chrillek/32/29340_2.png) [@chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chrillek)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594/2 "2021-02-10T13:43:35Z")

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How are you syncing?

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**Author:** ![jeffvogelsang](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/jeffvogelsang/32/16785_2.png) [@jeffvogelsang](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/jeffvogelsang)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594/3 "2021-02-10T13:44:11Z")

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This is with the new iCloud (CloudKit) sync.

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594/4 "2021-02-10T13:45:36Z")

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HTTP 503 is a temporary error (“Service unavailable”). How large are the databases you’re trying to upload and how fast is your upstream?

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**Author:** ![jeffvogelsang](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/jeffvogelsang/32/16785_2.png) [@jeffvogelsang](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/jeffvogelsang)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594/5 "2021-02-10T13:55:56Z")

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Several thousand files. I can upload at about 900mb/s.

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594/6 "2021-02-10T14:06:29Z")

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> [@jeffvogelsang](#):
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> I can upload at about 900mb/s.

This might be the reason why the connection was throttled by Apple’s servers. You could try reducing the number of max. connections (see Preferences \> Sync).

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**Author:** ![jeffvogelsang](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/jeffvogelsang/32/16785_2.png) [@jeffvogelsang](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/jeffvogelsang)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594/7 "2021-02-10T14:21:03Z")

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Do you know what the limits are? Also, if Apple limits are asymmetric? As in are uploads throttled more than downloads?

I think at a limit of 1 sync thread, with lot of pauses, it seems ok, but will take a long time! I can leave it at 1 until everything is uploaded from my main Mac. What do you suggest the limit be long term?

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**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594/8 "2021-02-10T14:23:48Z")

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I am also getting the same issue. I have 100 Mb down and 5 Mb up.

 ![image](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/3X/7/5/755e5d26997c4952a89355b84bddae5daeddc655.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594/9 "2021-02-10T14:26:45Z")

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> [@jeffvogelsang](#):
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> Do you know what the limits are? Also, if Apple limits are asymmetric? As in are uploads throttled more than downloads?

Downloads are usually not throttled (also true for Dropbox), only uploads are. I tried to reproduce this and uploaded 3 databases containing approx. 34000 files (meaning lots of upload requests) but didn’t experience any issues (probably due to the slower upstream). Apple’s servers decide actually whether and when throttling is applied, maybe it depends also on the location and which data center is used.

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**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594/10 "2021-02-10T14:29:18Z")

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I am getting `CKErrorDomain 7`, is the same cause?

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**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594/11 "2021-02-10T14:35:48Z")

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Yes.

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**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594/12 "2021-02-10T14:36:34Z")

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How big are the databases you are syncing?

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My database are around 7GB with around 3k files.  
I don’t know if that matter but the arround appared around the movement I started switching wifi networks (I wanted to use faster wifi, the first time I switch DT crashed then I tried to reproduce it to post here, but it didn’t happened again)

Now I tried using VPN and upload seems to work (but maybe because there was 20 min break between the error and my next trying)

EDIT: After a moment sync problems happened again, maybe my network was too fast 😛 Restarting DT and switching to slower network helping me

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Some are a few GB.  
My classes DB is about 1GB  
My Cisco is 2 GB  
Work and mail DB are under 1 GB  
Personal DB is 2.3  
My reference DB is 7 GB

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And how many files approx.?

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Little over 6k.

At one point I used to crash Apple Notes all the time a few years ago, I think I was the cause of a lot of the stability updates with Apple notes since I have a few thousand notes.

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**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594/17 "2021-02-10T14:54:10Z")

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> [@echej](#):
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> After a moment sync problems happened again, maybe my network was too fast 😛 Restarting DT and switching to slower network helping me

How fast actually? Right now the CloudKit sync uses the recommended retry delays returned by CloudKit after errors, maybe these are not sufficient for very busy data centres?

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I don’t know, the provider of network is the same, but the one on which the upload is blocked is supposed to be faster one, 5GHz (and is actually faster)

I am installing Ookla speedtest to report it

- one that work Upload 3.7-4.5 Mbps on average (this one is losing often packages, video quality connection is poor)
- 5Ghz, the one that doesn’t work has 6.15 Mbps on average

The faster network works around 1min , then sync fail

I am currently located in Belgium.

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I’ve set to 1 sync thread only, and I can see in DevonThink (bottom right), I’m uploading 1 file at a time very slowly. Like a couple of seconds per file. I’m still getting rate limit errors and seeing long pauses where DevonThink isn’t doing any syncing.

I am in the U.S. NE region, so could be routing to a busy datacenter.

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**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/im-seeing-request-failed-with-http-status-code-503-ckerrordomain-6/61594/20 "2021-02-10T15:24:51Z")

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I have all of these same symptoms. Just reduced my Max Connections to 1 to try and get stuff uploaded as I’ve already cleaned my Legacy sync store. I am in the US SE region, if that helps at all.

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