# GitHub: Errors starting and connecting to Codespaces

> GitHub status incident “Errors starting and connecting to Codespaces” on 2026-03-16: impact minor (vendor’s label), 27 min, 1 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/2lh36qcrd7l6
Last updated: 2026-03-16T15:28:00Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-03-16 15:01 UTC · Resolved: 2026-03-16 15:28 UTC · Duration: 27 min
- Updates: 1
- [Vendor status page: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/2lh36qcrd7l6](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/2lh36qcrd7l6)
- [Company: GitHub](https://rewindex.com/company/github.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **resolved** 2026-03-16 15:28 UTC: On 16 March 2026, between 14:16 UTC and 15:18 UTC, Codespaces users encountered a download failure error message when starting newly created or resumed codespaces. At peak, 96% of the created or resumed codespaces were impacted. Active codespaces with a running VSCode environment were not affected. The error was a result of an API deployment issue with our VS Code remote experience dependency and was resolved by rolling back that deployment. We are working with our partners to reduce our incident engagement time, improve early detection before they impact our customers, and ensure safe rollout of similar changes 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 2026-03-16 15:01 UTC, resolved after 27 min, 1 update(s).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/2lh36qcrd7l6
- Citation: GitHub, “Errors starting and connecting to Codespaces” (2026-03-16 15:01 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/2lh36qcrd7l6 (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[GitHub: Errors starting and connecting to Codespaces (2026-03-16)](https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/2lh36qcrd7l6)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/2lh36qcrd7l6 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/2lh36qcrd7l6.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/companies/github/incidents/2lh36qcrd7l6 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-04T15:51:28.402Z