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ChangesGitHub CopilotIncreased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users

GitHub Copilot: Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users

Incident updateNormal progress (rule, 100%)Changed www.githubstatus.com (opens in new tab)
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AddedUpdateinvestigating#1
Before: not present
After: We are debugging a spike in anonymous traffic. Some users who are not logged in may see errors on the site. CI jobs and release downloads may fail with a 504 Gateway Timeout status if they make anonymous calls.

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Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users on GitHub Copilot’s status page, changed 2026-11-09 06:33 UTC (change 1 of 7).

Title
Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users
Vendor
GitHub Copilot
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URL
https://rewindex.com/change/r4c3adfdcbb0aff

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