# Installation Failed: Plugins **URL:** \ **Category:** Self-hosting\ **Created:** [August 11, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-failed-plugins/67884 "2017-08-11T15:37:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![elijah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elijah/32/104055_2.png) [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 6:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-failed-plugins/67884/7 "2017-08-12T06:59:58Z")
It’s our old “friend” Rubygems giving a 429 error. Lots of people have been getting that, no one is quite sure why. Critically, it has _not_ been happening for Discourse’s own builds, so it’s not something inherent in Discourse. The people at Rubygems have not been forthcoming with an answer. The recommended “fix” is just try again in a little while. And maybe complain to Rubygems. Search for “rubygems rate limit” or “rubygems 429” for other topics on this. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-failed-plugins/67884)._