# GitHub: Actions Workflows Run Start Delays

> GitHub status incident “Actions Workflows Run Start Delays” on 2026-01-28: impact minor (vendor’s label), 42 min, 1 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/22zx8fw9qt4t
Last updated: 2026-01-28T15:54:00Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-01-28 15:12 UTC · Resolved: 2026-01-28 15:54 UTC · Duration: 42 min
- Updates: 1
- [Vendor status page: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/22zx8fw9qt4t](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/22zx8fw9qt4t)
- [Company: GitHub](https://rewindex.com/company/github.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **resolved** 2026-01-28 15:54 UTC: On Jan 28, 2026, between 14:56 UTC and 15:44 UTC, GitHub Actions experienced degraded performance. During this time, workflows experienced an average delay of 49 seconds, and 4.7% of workflow runs failed to start within 5 minutes. The root cause was an atypical load pattern that overwhelmed system capacity and caused resource contention. Recovery began once additional resources came online at 15:25 UTC, with full recovery at 15:44 UTC. We are implementing safeguards to prevent this failure mode and enhancing our monitoring to detect and address similar patterns more quickly in the future.

_From the vendor’s published history: only the final update text is available for incidents before Rewindex began polling this page._

## Cite this

Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by GitHub, started 2026-01-28 15:12 UTC, resolved after 42 min, 1 update(s).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/22zx8fw9qt4t
- Citation: GitHub, “Actions Workflows Run Start Delays” (2026-01-28 15:12 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/22zx8fw9qt4t (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[GitHub: Actions Workflows Run Start Delays (2026-01-28)](https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/22zx8fw9qt4t)`


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