it's also happen to me today (it worked yesterday) when trying to fetch hikaru games. I think I called the api too many times : (
{"code":0,"message":"An internal error has occurred. Please contact Chess.com Developer's Forum for further help https://www.chess.com/club/chess-com-developer-community ."}
API Bug: /games/archives endpoint returns internal error for valid user
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Hi,
I'm developing a chess analysis tool () and encountering issues with the /games/archives endpoint.
**Problem 1 - Archives list returns internal error:**
For user "danipues", the archives endpoint fails completely:
GET https://api.chess.com/pub/player/danipues
→ 200 OK (player_id: 219656345, account exists)
GET https://api.chess.com/pub/player/danipues/games/archives
→ {"code":0,"message":"An internal error has occurred..."}
User has 2735 total games but cannot retrieve any archives.
**Problem 2 - Individual month archives return internal error:**
For user "rujinik", the archives list works but accessing recent months fails:
GET https://api.chess.com/pub/player/rujinik/games/archives
→ 200 OK (returns full list including 2025/01 through 2025/12)
GET https://api.chess.com/pub/player/rujinik/games/2025/12
→ {"code":0,"message":"An internal error has occurred..."}
The archives list includes recent months, but fetching the actual games returns internal error.
**Additional info:**
- Both issues reproducible via curl from multiple servers/IPs
- Other users work fine (., hikaru, magnuscarlsen)
- Older months for "rujinik" (., 2022/09) work correctly
Is this a known issue? Any insight into what causes this for specific accounts?
Thanks!