GitHub outage: Website, API, Actions and Copilot affected as users report widespread issues

On August 17, 2026, GitHub suffered an extensive outage that disrupted key services. Users encountered significant ...

GitHub Down Worldwide? Users Hit Errors as Pull Requests and Actions Stop Working

GitHub suffered a major outage affecting Pull Requests, Actions, APIs and downloads before services began recovering.

GitHub outage: Web, API traffic hit by high error rates; downloads see 50% failures

The incident began at around 1:40 pm UTC on August 17 when GitHub said it was investigating reports of impacted performance ...

GitHub was down for most of the day

AM ET. The platform's status page notes there are problems on several fronts, including with API requests, pull requests and ...

GitHub is down again, and this time it's hitting almost everything

UTC on Monday, saying it was investigating reports of performance problems across several GitHub services. Within minutes, ...

Microsoft confirms GitHub is down worldwide

GitHub is down for some users as a widespread outage is causing errors across the website, API, Actions, Pull Requests, and ...
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GitHub down in major worldwide outage, thousands of developers hit

GitHub says a major outage disrupts services worldwide, with Copilot and core developer tools hit as the platform works to restore service.

GitHub restores services after nearly 8-hour outage disrupts Actions, APIs, PRs and Copilot

Authentication issues lingered as GitHub worked through a sprawling disruption that affected key developer services and enterprise workflows across its platform.
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GitHub's OpenAPI Spec Open-Sourced in Beta

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