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When attempting to select an area below UK level on the dashboard, the area list will not populate, hangs with pulsing dots.

It appears API is down today. Any request to the API results with Internal Error or Request cannot be served and error 504 or 500.

Same can be seen in the main dashboard where user is presented with dots instead of data across all available sections e.g.

Email about issue with API:

A new issue with the covid dashboard appeared today. When making queries that include structured data with sub elements (that is {case:{new, cum}, deaths:{new, cum}} or similar), the following exception is returned:
{"response":"An internal error occurred whilst processing your request, please try again. If the problem persists, please report as an issue and include your request.","status_code":500,"status":"Internal Server Error"}
The following query was used:

https://api.coronavirus.data.gov.uk/v1/data?filters=areaType=nation;areaName=england&structure={%22date%22:%22date%22,%22name%22:%22areaName%22,%22code%22:%22areaCode%22,%22cases%22:{%22daily1%22:%22newCasesByPublishDate%22,%22cumulative1%22:%22cumCasesByPublishDate%22},%22deaths%22:{%22daily2%22:%22newDeathsByDeathDate%22,%22cumulative2%22:%22cumDeathsByDeathDate%22}}

If a query without sub structures is used, the API works fine.

https://api.coronavirus.data.gov.uk/v1/data?filters=areaType=nation;areaName=england&structure={%22date%22:%22date%22,%22name%22:%22areaName%22,%22code%22:%22areaCode%22,%22daily1%22:%22newCasesByPublishDate%22,%22cumulative1%22:%22cumCasesByPublishDate%22,%22daily2%22:%22newDeathsByDeathDate%22,%22cumulative2%22:%22cumDeathsByDeathDate%22}

This bug is new, since I was able to use these queries yesterday.

The API call
GET https://api.coronavirus.data.gov.uk/v1/data?filters=areaType=ltla&structure={"areaType": "areaType","areaName": "areaName","areaCode": "areaCode","date": "date","newCasesByPublishDate": "newCasesByPublishDate","cumCasesByPublishDate": "cumCasesByPublishDate","hospitalCases": "hospitalCases","newCasesBySpecimenDate": "newCasesBySpecimenDate","cumCasesBySpecimenDate": "cumCasesBySpecimenDate","newAdmissions": "newAdmissions","covidOccupiedMVBeds": "covidOccupiedMVBeds","newDeaths28DaysByPublishDate": "newDeaths28DaysByPublishDate","cumDeaths28DaysByPublishDate": "cumDeaths28DaysByPublishDate","newDeaths28DaysByDeathDate": "newDeaths28DaysByDeathDate","cumDeaths28DaysByDeathDate": "cumDeaths28DaysByDeathDate"}&page=25
has been returning a 504 Gateway Timeout error for over 12 hours now. It seems to be specific to page 25. Pages 24 & 26 work just fine.

Some API v1 results can be split across pages. See this example:

https://api.coronavirus.data.gov.uk/v1/data?page=4&filters=areaType%3Dltla&structure=%7B%22date%22%3A%22date%22%2C%22areaName%22%3A%22areaName%22%2C%22areaType%22%3A%22areaType%22%2C%22areaCode%22%3A%22areaCode%22%2C%22cases%22%3A%22newCasesBySpecimenDate%22%2C%22deaths%22%3A%22newDeaths28DaysByDeathDate%22%2C%22pcrPercentage%22%3A%22uniqueCasePositivityBySpecimenDateRollingSum%22%7D

https://api.coronavirus.data.gov.uk/v1/data?page=5&filters=areaType%3Dltla&structure=%7B%22date%22%3A%22date%22%2C%22areaName%22%3A%22areaName%22%2C%22areaType%22%3A%22areaType%22%2C%22areaCode%22%3A%22areaCode%22%2C%22cases%22%3A%22newCasesBySpecimenDate%22%2C%22deaths%22%3A%22newDeaths28DaysByDeathDate%22%2C%22pcrPercentage%22%3A%22uniqueCasePositivityBySpecimenDateRollingSum%22%7D

The first link (page 4) has the last entry:
{​​​​​​​​​"date":"2021-06-04","areaName":"Cheshire West and Chester","areaType":"ltla","areaCode":"E06000050","cases":null,"deaths":0,"pcrPercentage":2.1}​​​​​​​​​

But the first entry for the second link (page 5) is:
{​​​​​​​​​"date":"2021-06-04","areaName":"Cheshire West and Chester","areaType":"ltla","areaCode":"E06000050","cases":52,"deaths":null,"pcrPercentage":null}​​​​​​​​​

So the same date and area, but the metrics are split across the pages, with nulls where they are not included.