# dbt Labs: Major incident: Git Failures in dbt Platform

**Summary:** dbt Labs reported a major Git outage starting 2026-08-17 15:02 UTC, lasting 6 h 19 min and resolving at 2026-08-17 21:21 UTC. A widespread GitHub outage caused failures in dbt deps, repository connections, Studio IDE, Scheduled Jobs and GitHub authentication; dbt confirmed all affected systems were functioning normally. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-08-17 15:02 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://status.getdbt.com/incidents/01M083XYMASAXVZFRZ7AY0KK77](https://status.getdbt.com/incidents/01M083XYMASAXVZFRZ7AY0KK77)
- [Company: dbt Labs](https://rewindex.com/company/dbt-labs.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:143/01M083XYMASAXVZFRZ7AY0KK77@61a2e6d0b266
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Git Failures in dbt Platform
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

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+ resolved
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**4. Added: Start time**

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+ 2026-08-17 15:02 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-08-17 21:21 UTC
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**6. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-08-17 15:02 UTC

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+ We're investigating an issue with GitHub that is causing failures across multiple components including dbt deps and repository connections. This is impacting the Studio IDE and Scheduled Jobs anytime after 9:30 AM Eastern. This is being addressed on GitHub's side. You can follow their progress here: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx
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**7. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-08-17 15:51 UTC

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+ An ongoing GitHub outage is causing intermittent failures across parts of the dbt platform including Scheduled Jobs and the Studio IDE. Some users may also run into errors when trying to authenticate to GitHub or connect repositories. This is being addressed on GitHub's side. You can follow their progress here: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx We are monitoring closely and will provide an update as soon as GitHub's mitigation takes effect or we have more information.
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**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-08-17 17:31 UTC

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+ The degradation affecting git services has been mitigated. Error rates are continuing to decrease and we are continuing to monitor for full resolution on the impacted systems.
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**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-08-17 21:21 UTC

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+ The issue has been resolved, and all affected systems are now functioning normally as of 5 PM Eastern. Between 9:30 AM Eastern and 5 PM Eastern a widespread GitHub outage resulted in multiple failures across git services within dbt Platform. https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx Please contact Support via email support@getdbt.com "support@getdbt.com": http://support@getdbt.com if you continue to experience issues and are unsure of the root cause.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-17 15:02 UTC | Major incident: Git Failures in dbt Platform (this change) | outage |

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