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

> Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users. Detected 2026-11-09 by Rewindex: what changed on GitHub Copilot’s status page, with the before/after diff.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/r62a3d18d5d6e4f
Last updated: 2026-11-09T06:53:48Z

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Incident update · Label: Normal progress (rule)
- Changed: 2026-11-09 06:53 UTC · Detected: 2026-11-09 06:53 UTC
- [Source: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/c9px7cw2ghrs](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/c9px7cw2ghrs)
- [Company: GitHub Copilot](https://rewindex.com/company/github-copilot.md)
- Versions: before incident\_version:18/c9px7cw2ghrs@22351fa262a9 → after incident\_version:18/c9px7cw2ghrs@acb3485ed75e
- Change 2 of 7 for this incident

## Discussed on Hacker News

- [Github.com 504 Gateway Timeout due to surge in anonymous users](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50421644): 16 points, 2 comments, posted 2026-11-09 06:05 UTC, posted 6 min after the vendor’s first update

Incident page (full timeline): [Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users](https://rewindex.com/company/github-copilot/incidents/c9px7cw2ghrs.md)
## What changed

**1. Changed: Status**

```diff
- investigating
+ monitoring
```

**2. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-11-09 06:51 UTC

```diff
+ The degradation has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-11-09 06:33 UTC | [Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users](https://rewindex.com/change/r4c3adfdcbb0aff.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-09 06:53 UTC | Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users (this change) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-09 07:13 UTC | [Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users](https://rewindex.com/change/r5518233fe4ba9e.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-09 07:53 UTC | [Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users](https://rewindex.com/change/r4331511778397d.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-09 08:23 UTC | [Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users](https://rewindex.com/change/r82f08e8369f7c4.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-09 08:53 UTC | [Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users](https://rewindex.com/change/rbbfc6a6551e1c6.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-09 09:13 UTC | [Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users](https://rewindex.com/change/ra6f01e4e520688.md) | Normal progress |

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## Cite this

Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users on GitHub Copilot’s status page, changed 2026-11-09 06:53 UTC (change 2 of 7).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/change/r62a3d18d5d6e4f
- Citation: GitHub Copilot, “Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users” (2026-11-09 06:53 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/change/r62a3d18d5d6e4f (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[GitHub Copilot: Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users (2026-11-09)](https://rewindex.com/change/r62a3d18d5d6e4f)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/r62a3d18d5d6e4f · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/change/r62a3d18d5d6e4f.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/changes/r62a3d18d5d6e4f · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-09T16:50:01.685Z