diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 33e41bcf15..ff7480b702 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Augur NEW Release v0.86.0
+# Augur NEW Release v0.86.1
 
 Augur is primarily a data engineering tool that makes it possible for data scientists to gather open source software community data - less data carpentry for everyone else! 
 The primary way of looking at Augur data is through [8Knot](https://github.com/oss-aspen/8knot), a public instance of 8Knot is available [here](https://metrix.chaoss.io) - this is tied to a public instance of [Augur](https://ai.chaoss.io). 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ We follow the [First Timers Only](https://www.firsttimersonly.com/) philosophy o
 ## NEW RELEASE ALERT!
 **If you want to jump right in, the updated docker, docker-compose and bare metal installation instructions are available [here](docs/new-install.md)**.
 
-Augur is now releasing a dramatically improved new version to the ```main``` branch. It is also available [here](https://github.com/chaoss/augur/releases/tag/v0.86.0).
+Augur is now releasing a dramatically improved new version to the ```main``` branch. It is also available [here](https://github.com/chaoss/augur/releases/tag/v0.86.1).
 
 
 - The `main` branch is a stable version of our new architecture, which features:
diff --git a/augur/application/db/lib.py b/augur/application/db/lib.py
index d6c550f30b..3e22b18be4 100644
--- a/augur/application/db/lib.py
+++ b/augur/application/db/lib.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import re
 import time
 import random
 import logging
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ def facade_bulk_insert_commits(logger, records):
                 )
             session.commit()
         except Exception as e:
+            session.rollback()
             
             if len(records) > 1:
                 logger.error(f"Ran into issue when trying to insert commits \n Error: {e}")
@@ -257,7 +259,14 @@ def facade_bulk_insert_commits(logger, records):
                 commit_record = records[0]
                 #replace incomprehensible dates with epoch.
                 #2021-10-11 11:57:46 -0500
-                placeholder_date = "1970-01-01 00:00:15 -0500"
+                
+                # placeholder_date = "1970-01-01 00:00:15 -0500"
+                placeholder_date = commit_record['author_timestamp']
+                
+                # Reconstruct timezone portion of the date string to UTC
+                placeholder_date = re.split("[-+]", placeholder_date)
+                placeholder_date.pop()
+                placeholder_date = "-".join(placeholder_date) + "+0000"
 
                 #Check for improper utc timezone offset
                 #UTC timezone offset should be between -14:00 and +14:00
diff --git a/augur/tasks/github/util/github_data_access.py b/augur/tasks/github/util/github_data_access.py
index 613437e1dc..06cbd3104c 100644
--- a/augur/tasks/github/util/github_data_access.py
+++ b/augur/tasks/github/util/github_data_access.py
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 class RatelimitException(Exception):
 
-    def __init__(self, response, message="Github Rate limit exceeded") -> None:
+    def __init__(self, response, keys_used, message="Github Rate limit exceeded") -> None:
 
         self.response = response
 
-        super().__init__(message)
+        super().__init__(f"{message}. Keys used: {keys_used}")
 
 class UrlNotFoundException(Exception):
     pass
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def __init__(self, key_manager, logger: logging.Logger):
         self.logger = logger
         self.key_client = KeyClient("github_rest", logger)
         self.key = None
+        self.expired_keys_for_request = []
 
     def get_resource_count(self, url):
 
@@ -108,7 +109,8 @@ def make_request(self, url, method="GET", timeout=100):
             response = client.request(method=method, url=url, headers=headers, timeout=timeout, follow_redirects=True)
 
             if response.status_code in [403, 429]:
-                raise RatelimitException(response)
+                self.expired_keys_for_request.append(self.key)
+                raise RatelimitException(response, self.expired_keys_for_request[-5:])
 
             if response.status_code == 404:
                 raise UrlNotFoundException(f"Could not find {url}")
@@ -120,7 +122,8 @@ def make_request(self, url, method="GET", timeout=100):
 
             try:
                 if "X-RateLimit-Remaining" in response.headers and int(response.headers["X-RateLimit-Remaining"]) < GITHUB_RATELIMIT_REMAINING_CAP:
-                    raise RatelimitException(response)
+                    self.expired_keys_for_request.append(self.key)
+                    raise RatelimitException(response, self.expired_keys_for_request[-5:])
             except ValueError:
                 self.logger.warning(f"X-RateLimit-Remaining was not an integer. Value: {response.headers['X-RateLimit-Remaining']}")
 
@@ -147,12 +150,16 @@ def __make_request_with_retries(self, url, method="GET", timeout=100):
         """
 
         try:
-            return self.make_request(url, method, timeout)
+            result = self.make_request(url, method, timeout)
+            self.expired_keys_for_request = []
+            return result
         except RatelimitException as e:
             self.__handle_github_ratelimit_response(e.response)
             raise e
         except NotAuthorizedException as e:
+            self.expired_keys_for_request = []
             self.__handle_github_not_authorized_response()
+            raise e
 
     def __handle_github_not_authorized_response(self):
 
@@ -162,6 +169,7 @@ def __handle_github_not_authorized_response(self):
     def __handle_github_ratelimit_response(self, response):
 
         headers = response.headers
+        previous_key = self.key
 
         if "Retry-After" in headers:
 
@@ -184,6 +192,9 @@ def __handle_github_ratelimit_response(self, response):
         else:
             self.key = self.key_client.expire(self.key, time.time() + 60)
 
+        if previous_key == self.key:
+            self.logger.error(f"The same key was returned after a request to expire it was sent (key: {self.key[-5:]})")
+
     def __add_query_params(self, url: str, additional_params: dict) -> str:
         """Add query params to a url.
 
diff --git a/docker/backend/Dockerfile b/docker/backend/Dockerfile
index 35ecba3443..16bfb415f8 100644
--- a/docker/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN go install github.com/ossf/scorecard/v5@v5.1.1 \
 FROM python:3.11-slim-bullseye
 
 LABEL maintainer="outdoors@acm.org"
-LABEL version="0.86.0"
+LABEL version="0.86.1"
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV PATH="/usr/bin/:/usr/local/bin:/usr/lib:${PATH}"
diff --git a/docker/database/Dockerfile b/docker/database/Dockerfile
index e5825ca7bf..9d677fd2be 100644
--- a/docker/database/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/database/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 FROM postgres:16
 
 LABEL maintainer="outdoors@acm.org"
-LABEL version="0.86.0"
+LABEL version="0.86.1"
 
 ENV POSTGRES_DB "test"
 ENV POSTGRES_USER "augur"
diff --git a/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile b/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile
index 9b0b3c98c3..6cf5251f7b 100644
--- a/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM rabbitmq:3.12-management-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="574/augur@simplelogin.com"
-LABEL version="0.86.0"
+LABEL version="0.86.1"
 
 ARG RABBIT_MQ_DEFAULT_USER=augur
 ARG RABBIT_MQ_DEFAULT_PASSWORD=password123
diff --git a/metadata.py b/metadata.py
index 740db52f3d..d94bb3822f 100644
--- a/metadata.py
+++ b/metadata.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 __short_description__ = "Python 3 package for free/libre and open-source software community metrics, models & data collection"
 
-__version__ = "0.86.0"
-__release__ = "v0.86.0 (Pod People)"
+__version__ = "0.86.1"
+__release__ = "v0.86.1 (Pod People)"
 
 __license__ = "MIT"
 __copyright__ = "University of Missouri, University of Nebraska-Omaha, CHAOSS, Sean Goggins, Brian Warner & Augurlabs 2025"