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    GitHub Outage History

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    There were 154 GitHub outages since January 2025 which are summarized below, including incident details, duration, and resolution information.

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    : GitHub Actions run start delays brief outage

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged:
    Outage ended: (1 hour and 55 minutes)

    GitHub Actions experienced a brief degradation that caused delays starting runs. The issue began at when the Actions component was listed as degraded and was resolved by . The GitHub Status page issued 2 updates during the incident, and a small number of user reports were received, including a report from Vienna at , indicating delays across workflows.

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    : GitHub Copilot degraded performance incident

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged:
    Outage ended: (1 hour and 25 minutes)

    GitHub Copilot experienced degraded performance, with some users seeing Copilot-related errors and reduced autocompletion quality. The Copilot component was listed as degraded during the incident, and the issue appeared to affect Copilot features for a subset of users (for example, Copilot error messages like 400) based on user reports.

    The outage began at and was resolved by , lasting roughly 1 hour and 25 minutes. GitHub posted two status updates during the incident — first indicating an investigation into degraded Copilot performance, then confirming recovery as Copilot returned to normal. The impact was limited to Copilot and did not indicate broader issues across GitHub services.

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    : GitHub Codespaces briefly degraded during incident

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged:
    Outage ended: (1 hour and 35 minutes)

    The GitHub Codespaces component experienced degraded performance, causing intermittent issues for users and disrupting related workflows. The incident began at and was resolved by , lasting about 1 hour and 35 minutes. GitHub published two status updates noting degraded performance and ongoing investigation. User reports described Copilot chat timeouts in VS Code during the event, indicating the impact was focused on Codespaces-based services rather than the entire GitHub platform.

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    : GitHub Actions degraded briefly, then recovered

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged:
    Outage ended: (20 minutes)

    GitHub Actions experienced a brief degradation in performance beginning around , with the Actions component listed as degraded at . The outage lasted roughly 20 minutes and affected automation workflows that rely on GitHub Actions. The incident was resolved by as the status returned to normal.

    The provider issued 2 status updates during the incident describing the degraded performance and the subsequent recovery.

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    : GitHub outage disrupts Git operations and Codespaces

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged:
    Outage ended: (1 hour and 15 minutes)

    The GitHub outage began at and affected Git Operations with degraded availability, followed by Codespaces reporting degraded availability as the incident progressed. Users reported push/pull failures and remote access issues, and Codespaces environments experienced instability, signaling a partial outage across core development workflows.

    The incident lasted about 1 hour and 15 minutes and was resolved by . GitHub issued 3 status updates documenting the ongoing investigation and eventual recovery for both Git Operations and Codespaces. Reports from users across many regions indicated a broad geographic footprint, reflecting widespread impact on development activities.

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    : GitHub Git Operations brief degradation affects push and pull

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged:
    Outage ended: (10 minutes)

    Users began reporting issues with Git operations on GitHub around , with many unable to push changes and some seeing internal server errors. The problem appeared as degraded performance in the Git Operations component and was most noticeable around . The incident was acknowledged when GitHub updated the status to warn at and the issue was resolved about 10 minutes later as the status returned to up at . Two official status updates were issued during the event. The disruption appeared to be globally observed, with developers across regions reporting push and pull failures or errors during the window.

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    : GitHub Copilot partial outage affects code completions

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged:
    Outage ended: (20 minutes)

    The Copilot feature for GitHub experienced a partial outage, with code completion suggestions partially unavailable for a portion of users. The incident began at and was resolved by , lasting about 20 minutes. GitHub posted two status updates during the incident while engineering investigated and worked to restore Copilot Code Completions. The issue appeared to be limited to the Copilot component, with no broader disruption to GitHub services.

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    : GitHub Copilot code completions briefly degraded

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged:
    Outage ended: (35 minutes)

    The GitHub Copilot code completion feature experienced degraded performance, with Copilot partially unavailable for roughly 35 minutes from to . A small number of users reported Copilot issues beginning around .

    GitHub's status page documented the incident with two updates: first, an investigation into degraded Copilot performance at , and later a resolution indicating Copilot had returned to normal at . The issue affected the Copilot component and was resolved after about 35 minutes.

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    : GitHub Packages downloads degraded with 5xx errors

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged:
    Outage ended: (4 hours and 45 minutes)

    GitHub experienced degraded performance for GitHub Packages downloads, with failures returning 5xx errors and reported failure rates up to 15%. The incident began at when the GitHub Status page flagged an issue with the Packages component, and users reported problems publishing content and slower workflows around that time.

    The outage lasted approximately 4 hours and 45 minutes and was resolved by as services returned to normal. Users could encounter interruptions when downloading packages or publishing packages, and related workflows (including Copilot usage) experienced slowdowns during the incident.

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    : GitHub Actions degraded performance briefly

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged:
    Outage ended: (1 hour and 30 minutes)

    An incident affected GitHub Actions, causing degraded performance for executing workflows. The issue began around , with the Actions component listed as degraded after initial investigation at . The incident was resolved by when status returned to up. The provider issued 2 status updates during the incident. A small number of users reported issues, including a report from Pune, India. Impact was limited to Actions functionality; other GitHub services remained operational.

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