GitHub Authentication issues related to API requests

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GitHub experienced authentication issues impacting approximately 15% of API traffic, causing erroneous 401 responses and affecting Issues and API Requests. The incident has been resolved.

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# Authentication issues related to API requests Source: [https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/fcj3088jg1wx](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/fcj3088jg1wx) ## 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\. PostedJun10,2026\-16:39UTC ## Monitoring The degradation has been mitigated\. We are monitoring to ensure stability\. PostedJun10,2026\-16:37UTC ## Update The degradation affecting API Requests has been mitigated\. We are monitoring to ensure stability\. PostedJun10,2026\-16:36UTC ## Update We continue to investigate issues related to sporadic authentication failures, impacting approximately 15% of API traffic\. Erroneous 401 responses are causing app integrations to trigger authentication flows\. We have identified a problematic component in our infrastructure and are working to mitigate\. PostedJun10,2026\-16:21UTC ## Update The degradation affecting Issues has been mitigated\. We are monitoring to ensure stability\. PostedJun10,2026\-15:46UTC ## Update We continue to investigate issues related to sporadic authentication failures, impacting approximately 15% of API traffic\. Further updates will be provided as we work to mitigate\. PostedJun10,2026\-15:46UTC ## Update We are investigating issues related to sporadic authentication failures impacting approximately 15% of API traffic\. We will continue to investigate and provide updates\. PostedJun10,2026\-15:27UTC ## Update Issues is experiencing degraded performance\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedJun10,2026\-15:27UTC ## Update API Requests is experiencing degraded availability\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedJun10,2026\-15:23UTC ## Investigating We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services\. PostedJun10,2026\-15:20UTC This incident affected: API Requests and Issues\.

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