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 was down for most of the day

If you heard lots of grumbling in coffee shops today, GitHub's outage may be why.

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.
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GitHub is down in latest outage: API, Actions, Copilot and more affected

GitHub is facing a major outage affecting APIs, Actions, Copilot, downloads and authentication, with error rates reaching 50% ...

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 ...

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, ...

GitHub Down: Microsoft-Owned Platform Hit By Big Outage Worldwide, Services Now Recovering

GitHub is addressing a significant outage that impacted its website and various services like API, Actions, and Pull Requests ...
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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 outage cause: Developer platform reports ‘high error rates’ and API problems; Microsoft says ‘we are currently…’

The developer platform GitHub has experienced downtime since approximately 9:40 AM ET. According to the platform's status page, there are multiple issues ...