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The degradation affecting Git Operations has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 18:23 UTC

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We identified the problematic component and have taken corrective actions, but we are seeing residual impact in the form of sporadic authentication failures. We are continuing to apply additional mitigations and investigate the remaining impact.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 18:11 UTC

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Issues is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 17:36 UTC

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We identified the problematic component and have taken corrective actions, but we are seeing residual impact across numerous services. We are continuing to apply additional mitigations and investigate the remaining impact.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 17:34 UTC

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Git Operations is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 17:30 UTC

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The degradation affecting API Requests, Actions, Git Operations, Issues, Pages, Pull Requests and Webhooks has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 16:59 UTC

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We identified the problematic component and have taken corrective actions. There are strong signs of recovery but we are still working to completely restore service, with error rates still remaining slightly elevated. We will post further updates as recovery continues.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 16:36 UTC

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We are experiencing high error rates around 20% for web experiences and api traffic. Archive downloads and raw repository content downloads are experiencing an approximate 50% error rate. SAML and OIDC authentication, SCIM, and Team Sync are also impacted. We are still working to identify the root cause and will continue to post updates as we learn more and perform mitigation.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 16:16 UTC

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We are experiencing high error rates around 20% for web experiences and api traffic. Archive downloads and raw repository content downloads are experiencing an approximate 50% error rate. SAML and OIDC authentication, SCIM, and Team Sync are also impacted. We are currently performing mitigations and will post updates as we progress.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 15:42 UTC

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Webhooks is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 15:40 UTC

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Git Operations is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 15:21 UTC

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Pages is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 15:10 UTC

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API Requests is experiencing degraded availability. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 15:01 UTC

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Webhooks is experiencing degraded availability. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 14:58 UTC

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We are experiencing high error rates around 20% for web experiences and api traffic. Archive downloads and raw repository content downloads are experiencing an approximate 50% error rate. SAML and OIDC authentication, SCIM, and Team Sync are also impacted. We are currently performing mitigations based on our investigation thus far and are monitoring for improvement.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 14:58 UTC

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Actions is experiencing degraded availability. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 14:58 UTC

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Pull Requests is experiencing degraded availability. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 14:54 UTC

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Issues is experiencing degraded availability. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 14:49 UTC

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Pull Requests is experiencing degraded availability. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 14:45 UTC

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Copilot is experiencing degraded availability. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 14:31 UTC

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We are experiencing high error rates around 20% for web experiences and api traffic. Archive downloads and raw repository content downloads are experiencing an approximate 50% error rate. SAML and OIDC authentication, SCIM, and Team Sync are also impacted. Investigations are on-going and we will continue to provide updates as we discover more information.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 14:24 UTC

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We are experiencing high error rates around 20% for web experiences and api traffic. Archive downloads and raw repository content downloads are experiencing an approximate 50% error rate. Investigations are on-going into the root cause, and updates will continue to be provided as we investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 14:04 UTC

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Pull Requests is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 13:58 UTC

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Issues is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 13:46 UTC

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We are seeing an approximate 20% error rate across numerous experiences including Pull Requests, Issues, and others. Investigations are currently under way and we will be posting updates as they become available

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 13:45 UTC

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Webhooks is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 13:44 UTC

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Actions is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 13:42 UTC

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API Requests is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 13:41 UTC

Investigating

We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.

Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 13:40 UTC

This incident affects: Git Operations, Webhooks, API Requests, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions, Pages, and Copilot.