Major incident

dbt Cloud: Git Failures in dbt Platform

Current status of dbt Cloud: Operational — live dbt Cloud status

Timeline

1. Aug 17, 2026, 15:02 UTC
   investigating
   We're investigating an issue with GitHub that is causing failures across multiple components including dbt deps and repository connections. This is impacting the Studio IDE and Scheduled Jobs anytime after 9:30 AM Eastern. This is being addressed on GitHub's side. You can follow their progress here: [https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx "https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx")
2. Aug 17, 2026, 15:51 UTC
   identified
   An ongoing GitHub outage is causing intermittent failures across parts of the dbt platform including Scheduled Jobs and the Studio IDE. Some users may also run into errors when trying to authenticate to GitHub or connect repositories. This is being addressed on GitHub's side. You can follow their progress here: [https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx "https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx") We are monitoring closely and will provide an update as soon as GitHub's mitigation takes effect or we have more information.
3. Aug 17, 2026, 17:31 UTC
   monitoring
   The degradation affecting git services has been mitigated. Error rates are continuing to decrease and we are continuing to monitor for full resolution on the impacted systems.
4. Aug 17, 2026, 21:21 UTC
   resolved
   The issue has been resolved, and all affected systems are now functioning normally as of 5 PM Eastern. Between 9:30 AM Eastern and 5 PM Eastern a widespread GitHub outage resulted in multiple failures across git services within dbt Platform. [https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx "https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx") Please contact Support via email [[email protected]](http://[email protected] "[email protected]") if you continue to experience issues and are unsure of the root cause.

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