# GitHub: Major incident: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues

> GitHub reported major degraded performance affecting Git Operations, Issues, Pull Requests and Actions, starting 2026-11-04 09:50 UTC. The incident was still open when archived, open for 0 min at the last update; GitHub was investigating and had stated no cause or fix.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/i4bb3c9de5d5208
Last updated: 2026-11-04T09:53:44Z

**Summary:** GitHub reported major degraded performance affecting Git Operations, Issues, Pull Requests and Actions, starting 2026-11-04 09:50 UTC. The incident was still open when archived, open for 0 min at the last update; GitHub was investigating and had stated no cause or fix. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: degradation (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-11-04 09:50 UTC · Detected: 2026-11-04 09:53 UTC
- [Source: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/smtdswd1h2w4](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/smtdswd1h2w4)
- [Company: GitHub](https://rewindex.com/company/github.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:187/smtdswd1h2w4@fc579b868cdf
- Change 1 of 7 for this incident

## Discussed on Hacker News

- [Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50363378): 264 points, 133 comments, posted 2026-11-04 10:00 UTC, posted 9 min after the vendor’s first update
- [Tell HN: GitHub Is Down](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50363274): 29 points, 16 comments, posted 2026-11-04 09:50 UTC, posted 1 min before the vendor’s first update

Incident page (full timeline): [Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues](https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/smtdswd1h2w4.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues
```

**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ investigating
```

**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2026-11-04 09:50 UTC
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**5. Added: Affected components**

```diff
+ Actions, Git Operations, Issues, Pull Requests
```

**6. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-11-04 09:49 UTC

```diff
+ We are investigating reports of degraded performance for Git Operations, Issues and Pull Requests
```

**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-11-04 09:50 UTC

```diff
+ Actions is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-11-04 09:50 UTC | Major incident: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues (this change) | degradation |
| 2026-11-04 10:03 UTC | [Incident updated: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues](https://rewindex.com/change/r815fc4b1b5d853.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-04 10:43 UTC | [Incident updated: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues](https://rewindex.com/change/r20ea415302701a.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-04 11:14 UTC | [Incident updated: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues](https://rewindex.com/change/r27ecbb71dc414b.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-04 11:23 UTC | [Incident updated: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues](https://rewindex.com/change/r175c80bf05ae39.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-04 11:33 UTC | [Incident updated: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues](https://rewindex.com/change/r6c3014061ffed2.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-04 11:53 UTC | [Incident updated: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues](https://rewindex.com/change/r4edb48fef1b86c.md) | Normal progress |

Next: [change](https://rewindex.com/change/r815fc4b1b5d853.md) · All GitHub changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/github/changes.md)
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## Cite this

Major incident: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues on GitHub’s status page, changed 2026-11-04 09:50 UTC (change 1 of 7).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/change/i4bb3c9de5d5208
- Citation: GitHub, “Major incident: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues” (2026-11-04 09:50 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/change/i4bb3c9de5d5208 (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[GitHub: Major incident: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues (2026-11-04)](https://rewindex.com/change/i4bb3c9de5d5208)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/i4bb3c9de5d5208 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/change/i4bb3c9de5d5208.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/changes/i4bb3c9de5d5208 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-11T05:01:59.824Z