Incident with Github.com

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GitHub is experiencing high error rates and degraded performance across multiple services, including web, API, Git Operations, Webhooks, and Copilot, with ongoing investigations and mitigations.

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# Incident with GitHub.com Source: [https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx) ## Update We are experiencing high error rates around 20% for web experiences and api traffic\. Archive downloads and raw repository content downloads are experiencing an approximate 50% error rate\. SAML and OIDC authentication, SCIM, and Team Sync are also impacted\. We are currently performing mitigations and will post updates as we progress\. PostedAug17,2026\-15:42UTC ## Update Webhooks is experiencing degraded performance\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-15:40UTC ## Update Git Operations is experiencing degraded performance\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-15:21UTC ## Update Pages is experiencing degraded performance\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-15:10UTC ## Update API Requests is experiencing degraded availability\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-15:01UTC ## Update Webhooks is experiencing degraded availability\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-14:58UTC ## Update We are experiencing high error rates around 20% for web experiences and api traffic\. Archive downloads and raw repository content downloads are experiencing an approximate 50% error rate\. SAML and OIDC authentication, SCIM, and Team Sync are also impacted\. We are currently performing mitigations based on our investigation thus far and are monitoring for improvement\. PostedAug17,2026\-14:58UTC ## Update Actions is experiencing degraded availability\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-14:58UTC ## Update Pull Requests is experiencing degraded availability\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-14:54UTC ## Update Issues is experiencing degraded availability\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-14:49UTC ## Update Pull Requests is experiencing degraded availability\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-14:45UTC ## Update Copilot is experiencing degraded availability\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-14:31UTC ## Update We are experiencing high error rates around 20% for web experiences and api traffic\. Archive downloads and raw repository content downloads are experiencing an approximate 50% error rate\. SAML and OIDC authentication, SCIM, and Team Sync are also impacted\. Investigations are on\-going and we will continue to provide updates as we discover more information\. PostedAug17,2026\-14:24UTC ## Update We are experiencing high error rates around 20% for web experiences and api traffic\. Archive downloads and raw repository content downloads are experiencing an approximate 50% error rate\. Investigations are on\-going into the root cause, and updates will continue to be provided as we investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-14:04UTC ## Update Pull Requests is experiencing degraded performance\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-13:58UTC ## Update Issues is experiencing degraded performance\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-13:46UTC ## Update We are seeing an approximate 20% error rate across numerous experiences including Pull Requests, Issues, and others\. Investigations are currently under way and we will be posting updates as they become available PostedAug17,2026\-13:45UTC ## Update Webhooks is experiencing degraded performance\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-13:44UTC ## Update Actions is experiencing degraded performance\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-13:42UTC ## Update API Requests is experiencing degraded performance\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedAug17,2026\-13:41UTC ## Investigating We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services\. PostedAug17,2026\-13:40UTC This incident affects: Git Operations, Webhooks, API Requests, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions, Pages, and Copilot\.

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