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GitHub: Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users

MinorDownplayed?Status: resolvededitedStarted Resolved (1.9 h)7 updateswww.githubstatus.com (opens in new tab)

Affected components: API Requests

Downplayed?

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Timeline of updates

  1. investigating

    We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.

  2. investigating

    We are continuing to investigate degraded performance primarily for unauthenticated users.

  3. investigating

    API Requests is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

  4. investigating

    We've identified a problematic component and are working to redeploy it.

  5. investigating

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

  6. monitoring

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

  7. resolved

    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.

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Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by GitHub, started 2026-11-08 10:36 UTC, resolved after 1.9 h, 7 update(s); edited after publishing.

Title
Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users
Vendor
GitHub
Date
URL
https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/pyynvrm1vskw

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