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 ...
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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, but There's a Fix

GitHub appears to be down for users across the internet. Downdetector shows thousands of user reports as of Monday morning.

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, ...
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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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