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 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 performance issues on both the website and API, leading to higher error rates across ...

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, affecting developers globally.

GitHub Actions was down yet again

Wednesday’s problem, as has so often been the case, hit Actions, GitHub’s CI/CD platform for automating software builds, ...

GitHub Down: Pull Requests, Issues, Actions And Copilot Hit By Major Outage Today

GitHub is facing a significant outage on August 17, 2026, with multiple core services degraded since around 7:10 PM IST. The company has confirmed elevated error rates across its platform and is ...

GitHub down: Users report problems with website, app and login

GitHub users are reporting outages across the website, app and login services, with DownDetector data showing a surge in problem reports as issues continue.

Microsoft confirms GitHub outage: Here’s what all is affected

GitHub is facing a widespread outage affecting core developer services, authentication, downloads and Copilot, while Amazon continues to overhaul its AI strategy around frontier-model research.