Incident with Github.com

GitHub is currently facing a widespread incident affecting numerous services. The earliest updates, from around 13:42 UTC on Aug 17, 2026, report degraded performance for API Requests, Actions, Webhooks, Issues, and Pull Requests. By 13:45, the company noted an approximate 20% error rate across many experiences, including Pull Requests and Issues.

The situation escalated as error rates persisted. Later updates at ~14:04 and ~14:24 confirm high error rates around 20% for web experiences and API traffic, while archive downloads and raw repository content downloads are experiencing an approximate 50% error rate. Additional impacted systems include SAML and OIDC authentication, SCIM, and Team Sync. As of 14:58, the incident also covers Git Operations and Pages, and Copilot is experiencing degraded availability.

The team is actively investigating the root cause and performing mitigations, with monitoring for improvement. No resolution time has been provided yet.