# GitHub: Incident updated: Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users

> Incident updated: Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users. Detected 2026-11-08 by Rewindex: what changed on GitHub’s status page, with the before/after diff.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/r948ec7b9b2bb98
Last updated: 2026-11-08T12:03:50Z

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Incident update · Label: not classified yet
- Changed: 2026-11-08 12:03 UTC · Detected: 2026-11-08 12:03 UTC
- [Source: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/pyynvrm1vskw](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/pyynvrm1vskw)
- [Company: GitHub](https://rewindex.com/company/github.md)
- Versions: before incident\_version:187/pyynvrm1vskw@da0b9e56f1c7 → after incident\_version:187/pyynvrm1vskw@6d53389bcf91
- Change 3 of 4 for this incident

## Downplayed?

Vendor rated this minor; a Hacker News thread about it drew 115 points and 121 comments. [GitHub Down Again?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50411818)

_This is an automated signal, not a finding. It compares the vendor’s own impact rating with public Hacker News activity (points, comments in the first hour, distinct commenters, first-hand symptom reports). HN users skew technical, so the impact on any one customer may differ. Method: [About: Hacker News signals](https://rewindex.com/about#signals)_
## Discussed on Hacker News

- [GitHub Down Again?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50411818): 115 points, 121 comments, posted 2026-11-08 09:56 UTC, posted 40 min before the vendor’s first update
- [GitHub: Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50412062): 1 points, 1 comments, posted 2026-11-08 10:41 UTC, posted 5 min after the vendor’s first update

Incident page (full timeline): [Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users](https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/pyynvrm1vskw.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-11-08 11:56 UTC

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

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-11-08 11:23 UTC | [Incident updated: Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users](https://rewindex.com/change/r80dd32d321c1a9.md) |  |
| 2026-11-08 11:53 UTC | [Incident updated: Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users](https://rewindex.com/change/r05b729795a0b17.md) |  |
| 2026-11-08 12:03 UTC | Incident updated: Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users (this change) |  |
| 2026-11-08 12:33 UTC | [Incident updated: Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users](https://rewindex.com/change/rec080d6f97e69b.md) |  |

Previous: [change](https://rewindex.com/change/r05b729795a0b17.md) · Next: [change](https://rewindex.com/change/rec080d6f97e69b.md) · All GitHub changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/github/changes.md)
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## Cite this

Incident updated: Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users on GitHub’s status page, changed 2026-11-08 12:03 UTC (change 3 of 4).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/change/r948ec7b9b2bb98
- Citation: GitHub, “Incident updated: Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users” (2026-11-08 12:03 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/change/r948ec7b9b2bb98 (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[GitHub: Incident updated: Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users (2026-11-08)](https://rewindex.com/change/r948ec7b9b2bb98)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/r948ec7b9b2bb98 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/change/r948ec7b9b2bb98.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/changes/r948ec7b9b2bb98 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-08T17:44:04.337Z