# GitHub: Incident updated: Disruption with Dependabot Alerts

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Incident update · Label: Normal progress (rule)
- Changed: 2026-10-23 15:43 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-23 15:43 UTC
- [Source: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/71y513kjvbzh](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/71y513kjvbzh)
- [Company: GitHub](https://rewindex.com/company/github.md)
- Versions: before incident\_version:187/71y513kjvbzh@4d2acd2c7192 → after incident\_version:187/71y513kjvbzh@e20e071590a7
- Change 1 of 6 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [Disruption with Dependabot Alerts](https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/71y513kjvbzh.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-10-23 15:39 UTC

```diff
+ We’re scaling alert processing capacity to reduce the backlog causing delays in some Dependabot alerts closing after affected repositories have been updated. We’re continuing to monitor and will share another update as more information becomes available.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-23 15:43 UTC | Incident updated: Disruption with Dependabot Alerts (this change) | Normal progress |
| 2026-10-23 16:14 UTC | [Incident updated: Disruption with Dependabot Alerts](https://rewindex.com/change/r61258887621131.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-10-23 16:43 UTC | [Incident updated: Disruption with Dependabot Alerts](https://rewindex.com/change/r9b1cf661b37ed3.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-10-23 17:34 UTC | [Incident updated: Disruption with Dependabot Alerts](https://rewindex.com/change/r457b62ca43320c.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-10-23 18:43 UTC | [Incident updated: Disruption with Dependabot Alerts](https://rewindex.com/change/rd46045e629ea7c.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-10-23 18:53 UTC | [Incident updated: Disruption with Dependabot Alerts](https://rewindex.com/change/raba08705c21a9a.md) | Normal progress |

Next: [change](https://rewindex.com/change/r61258887621131.md) · All GitHub changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/github/changes.md)
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