Critical incident

GitHub: Disruption with GitHub services

Affected: Issues, Pages

Current status of GitHub: Operational — live GitHub status

Timeline

1. Oct 30, 2026, 14:31 UTC
   investigating
   We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.
2. Oct 30, 2026, 14:35 UTC
   investigating
   We are investigating degraded performance across multiple services. We will continue to keep users updated on progress towards mitigation.
3. Oct 30, 2026, 14:36 UTC
   investigating
   Issues is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
4. Oct 30, 2026, 14:39 UTC
   investigating
   Pages is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
5. Oct 30, 2026, 14:45 UTC
   investigating
   Issues is operating normally.
6. Oct 30, 2026, 14:48 UTC
   investigating
   A temporarily overloaded component triggered a burst of errors between 14:21 and 14:30 UTC across numerous services. Component health has returned to normal and we continue to monitor while investigating the root cause.
7. Oct 30, 2026, 14:49 UTC
   monitoring
   The degradation affecting Pages has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
8. Oct 30, 2026, 15:02 UTC
   resolved
   This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.

Updates as published by GitHub (original).