# Render: Critical incident: GitHub outage affecting new service creation and service deploys

**Summary:** Render reported a critical GitHub outage affecting new service creation and service deploys in Frankfurt, Ohio, Oregon, Singapore, and Virginia. It started at 2026-07-16 22:42 UTC and was resolved at 2026-07-17 00:14 UTC, lasting 1 h 32 min. GitHub reported degraded REST API availability and later said it had mitigated its incident. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-07-16 22:42 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/zv4b807m4dz0](https://stspg.io/zv4b807m4dz0)
- [Company: Render](https://rewindex.com/company/render.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:203/wlqp8g59j0cq@b734c06f0708
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ GitHub outage affecting new service creation and service deploys
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ critical
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**3. Added: Status**

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

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+ 2026-07-16 22:42 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-07-17 00:14 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ Builds and Deploys, Frankfurt - Builds and Deploys, Ohio - Builds and Deploys, Oregon - Builds and Deploys, Singapore - Builds and Deploys, Virginia - Builds and Deploys
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**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-07-16 22:42 UTC

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+ We are currently investigating this issue.
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**8. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-07-16 22:42 UTC

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+ We are continuing to investigate this issue.
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**9. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-07-16 23:09 UTC

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+ GitHub has updated its status page to report degraded REST API availability: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/gxycch3076xk
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**10. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-07-17 00:13 UTC

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+ GitHub reports that they have mitigated their incident and are monitoring to ensure stability.
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**11. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-07-17 00:14 UTC

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+ This incident has been resolved.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-16 22:42 UTC | Critical incident: GitHub outage affecting new service creation and service deploys (this change) | outage |

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