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GitHub: Incident updated: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues

Incident updateNormal progress (rule, 100%)Changed 2026-11-04 11:33 UTCwww.githubstatus.com

Summary

Summary pending. The diff below shows exactly what changed.

Discussed on Hacker News

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264 points · 133 comments · posted 2026-11-04 10:00 UTC · posted 9 min after the vendor’s first update
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29 points · 16 comments · posted 2026-11-04 09:50 UTC · posted 1 min before the vendor’s first update

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What changed

~~Struck in red~~ is what GitHub removed; blue is what they added. Muted text is unchanged context.

AddedUpdateinvestigating2026-11-04 11:30 UTC#1

not present

The degradation affecting API Requests, Git Operations, Issues and Pull Requests has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

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Archive proof

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How the archive is checked, and what it cannot prove.

Nov 4
Before captured 11:23 UTC
In the 2026-11-04 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on Nov 5, 00:43 UTC. Record hash 00d40037b8b673f2…
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Nov 4
After captured 11:33 UTC
In the 2026-11-04 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on Nov 5, 00:43 UTC. Record hash 3d6fe502e796cae3…
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History of this incident

Wednesday, November 4

7 incident changes

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Degradation
09:50Major 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.

Cite this

Incident updated: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues on GitHub’s status page, changed 2026-11-04 11:33 UTC (change 6 of 7).

Title: Incident updated: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues
Vendor: GitHub
Date: 2026-11-04 11:33 UTC
URL: https://rewindex.com/change/r6c3014061ffed2

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