Another day, another GitHub incident

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GitHub reported degraded performance affecting Actions, Pull Requests, and Webhooks on Oct 21, 2026, with investigation ongoing.

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# Delays for Pull Requests and Webhook deliveries Source: [https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/nms1dpzmh9d9](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/nms1dpzmh9d9) [GitHub Octicon logo](https://www.githubstatus.com/)[Help](https://help.github.com/)[Community](https://github.community/)[Status](https://www.githubstatus.com/)[GitHub\.com](https://github.com/) ![GitHub header](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/19292210/60553865-044dd200-9cea-11e9-859c-d6f266e2f01f.png) [Subscribe to UpdatesSubscribe](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/nms1dpzmh9d9#) Incident Report for[GitHub](https://www.githubstatus.com/) [Subscribe to Updates](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/nms1dpzmh9d9#subscribe-modal-nms1dpzmh9d9) ## Update Actions is experiencing degraded performance\. We are continuing to investigate\. PostedOct21,2026\-15:15UTC ## Investigating We are investigating reports of degraded performance for Actions, Pull Requests and Webhooks PostedOct21,2026\-14:52UTC This incident affects: Webhooks, Pull Requests, and Actions\. [←Current Status](https://www.githubstatus.com/)[Powered by Atlassian Statuspage](https://www.atlassian.com/software/statuspage?utm_campaign=www.githubstatus.com&utm_content=SP-notifications&utm_medium=powered-by&utm_source=inapp) ![GitHub footer](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/19292210/60553864-044dd200-9cea-11e9-996a-a7a316ec3a35.png) [https://github.com/](https://github.com/)### Subscribe to our developer newsletter Get tips, technical guides, and best practices\. Twice a month\. Right in your inbox\. [Subscribe](https://resources.github.com/newsletter/) ### Product - [Features](https://github.com/features) - [Enterprise](https://github.com/enterprise) - [Copilot](https://github.com/features/copilot) - [Security](https://github.com/security) - [Pricing](https://github.com/pricing) - [Team](https://github.com/team) - [Resources](https://resources.github.com/) - [Roadmap](https://github.com/github/roadmap) - [Compare GitHub](https://github.com/resources/articles/devops-tools-comparison) ### Platform - [Developer API](https://docs.github.com/get-started/exploring-integrations/about-building-integrations) - [Partners](https://partner.github.com/) - [Education](https://github.com/edu) - [GitHub CLI](https://cli.github.com/) - [GitHub Desktop](https://desktop.github.com/) - [GitHub Mobile](https://github.com/mobile) ### Support - [Docs](https://docs.github.com/) - [Community Forum](https://github.community/) - [Professional Services](https://services.github.com/) - [Skills](https://skills.github.com/) - [Contact GitHub](https://support.github.com/?tags=dotcom-footer) ### Company - [About](https://github.com/about/) - [Customer stories](https://github.com/customer-stories?type=enterprise) - [Blog](https://github.blog/) - [The ReadME Project](https://github.com/readme) - [Careers](https://github.careers/) - [Newsroom](https://github.com/newsroom) - [Inclusion](https://github.com/about/diversity) - [Social Impact](https://socialimpact.github.com/) - [Shop](https://shop.github.com/) - © GitHub, Inc\. - [Terms](https://docs.github.com/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service/) - [Privacy](https://help.github.com/articles/github-privacy-statement/)\([Updated08/2022](https://github.com/github/site-policy/pull/582)\) - [GitHub X](https://x.com/github) - [GitHub Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/GitHub) - [GitHub LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/github) - [GitHub YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/github) - [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/github) - [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@github) - [GitHub\.com](https://github.com/github)

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