GitHub Outage History

GitHub Copilot experienced degraded availability affecting the Grok Code Fast 1 model used by Copilot Chat, VS Code, and other Copilot products. The incident began at 12:46 AM UTC and was resolved by 1:36 AM UTC, lasting about 50 minutes. Users may have seen reduced responsiveness or limited Copilot functionality during the outage. The issue was attributed to an upstream model provider, with GitHub noting that other models remained available and functioning as expected. The Copilot component was listed as degraded during the incident.

GitHub reported a brief Copilot-related outage when some Copilot models were missing in VSCode and other Copilot-enabled products. The issue began at 6:36 PM UTC and impacted Copilot functionality until it was resolved at 9:11 PM UTC. Users relying on Copilot could have seen missing models or limited suggestions during the incident, which affected the Copilot component across affected environments. The provider issued two status updates during the incident, detailing the investigation and restoration of access. The outage lasted about 2 hours and 35 minutes and ended with Copilot models accessible again by 9:11 PM UTC.

The GitHub Actions component experienced a brief degradation affecting artifact downloads via the web interface for all users. The incident began at 4:46 PM UTC and was resolved by 5:06 PM UTC, lasting about 20 minutes. An official status update noted investigation into issues downloading artifacts from Actions workflows and indicated that all customers were affected when attempting web-based downloads, with a target follow-up by 5:15 PM UTC. The issue was communicated as a temporary disruption with the affected functionality returning to normal after the brief outage.

GitHub Copilot experienced a brief degraded performance incident. The Copilot component moved to a degraded state at Jan 6, 2026 8:56 AM UTC and was returned to normal by Jan 6, 2026 10:11 AM UTC. GitHub Status page updates indicate an initial investigation into the degraded Copilot performance, followed by restoration of Copilot services within about an hour. The impact appeared focused on Copilot functionality, with no indication of broader GitHub service disruption.