# GitHub: 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’s status page, with the before/after diff.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/r7fd31157faa4f5
Last updated: 2026-11-09T09:13:54Z

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Incident update · Label: Normal progress (rule)
- Changed: 2026-11-09 09:13 UTC · Detected: 2026-11-09 09:13 UTC
- [Source: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/c9px7cw2ghrs](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/c9px7cw2ghrs)
- [Company: GitHub](https://rewindex.com/company/github.md)
- Versions: before incident\_version:187/c9px7cw2ghrs@0ff5f2872dd5 → after incident\_version:187/c9px7cw2ghrs@d76db0c21da6
- Change 7 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/incidents/c9px7cw2ghrs.md)
## What changed

**1. Changed: Status**

```diff
- investigating
+ resolved
```

**2. Added: Resolved time**

```diff
+ 2026-11-09 09:09 UTC
```

**3. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-11-09 09:05 UTC

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

**4. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-11-09 09:09 UTC

```diff
+ We are resolving this incident as error rates have remained low and we have prepared additional protections.
```

**5. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-11-09 09:09 UTC

```diff
+ This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.
```

## 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/r67d81dad647445.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-09 06:53 UTC | [Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users](https://rewindex.com/change/r3859b6891ae875.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-09 07:13 UTC | [Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users](https://rewindex.com/change/rec6031f7e225e0.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-09 07:53 UTC | [Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users](https://rewindex.com/change/rf811380c5334c5.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-09 08:23 UTC | [Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users](https://rewindex.com/change/r24ecec37278330.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-09 08:53 UTC | [Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users](https://rewindex.com/change/r1e921c43b785f1.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-09 09:13 UTC | Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users (this change) | Normal progress |

Previous: [change](https://rewindex.com/change/r1e921c43b785f1.md) · All GitHub changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/github/changes.md)
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## Cite this

Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users on GitHub’s status page, changed 2026-11-09 09:13 UTC (change 7 of 7).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/change/r7fd31157faa4f5
- Citation: GitHub, “Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users” (2026-11-09 09:13 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/change/r7fd31157faa4f5 (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[GitHub: Incident updated: Increased timeouts due to surge in anonymous users (2026-11-09)](https://rewindex.com/change/r7fd31157faa4f5)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/r7fd31157faa4f5 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/change/r7fd31157faa4f5.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/changes/r7fd31157faa4f5 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-09T17:03:01.503Z