Major incident

GitHub: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues

Affected: Git Operations, API Requests, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions

Current status of GitHub: Operational — live GitHub status

Timeline

1. Nov 4, 2026, 09:49 UTC
   investigating
   We are investigating reports of degraded performance for Git Operations, Issues and Pull Requests
2. Nov 4, 2026, 09:50 UTC
   investigating
   Actions is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
3. Nov 4, 2026, 09:53 UTC
   investigating
   Pull Requests is experiencing degraded availability. We are continuing to investigate.
4. Nov 4, 2026, 10:38 UTC
   investigating
   We're investigating elevated errors and intermittent failures affecting GitHub including Pull Requests, Git Operations, and Issues. We'll continue to keep users updated as we work toward mitigation.
5. Nov 4, 2026, 11:11 UTC
   investigating
   API Requests is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
6. Nov 4, 2026, 11:17 UTC
   investigating
   We're currently working on mitigating elevated errors and intermittent failures affecting GitHub, including Pull Requests, Git Operations, and Issues. Some requests may fail or be delayed while we work to restore service. We'll provide another update as more information becomes available.
7. Nov 4, 2026, 11:30 UTC
   investigating
   The degradation affecting API Requests, Git Operations, Issues and Pull Requests has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
8. Nov 4, 2026, 11:43 UTC
   monitoring
   The degradation affecting Actions has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
9. Nov 4, 2026, 11:50 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).