# GitHub: Incident with Git Operations, Issues, Actions and Pull Requests

- Impact (vendor’s label): critical
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-10-07 17:17 UTC · Resolved: 2026-10-07 18:04 UTC · Duration: 48 min
- Updates: 5 · Affected components: Git Operations, Actions, Pull Requests, Issues
- [Vendor status page: https://stspg.io/4p8x0jnnsx7m](https://stspg.io/4p8x0jnnsx7m)
- [Company: GitHub](https://rewindex.com/company/github.md)

## Summary

GitHub reported a critical degradation affecting Actions, Git Operations, Issues and Pull Requests, with a recurring write-operation outage from 16:52 to 17:01 UTC. The incident opened at 2026-10-07 17:17 UTC and resolved at 2026-10-07 18:04 UTC, lasting 47 min. GitHub applied mitigations and said both outages shared the same root cause, without specifying it here. _(machine-written, sol)_
## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-10-07 17:17 UTC: We are investigating reports of degraded performance for Actions, Git Operations, Issues and Pull Requests
- **investigating** 2026-10-07 17:25 UTC: We observed widespread impact across GitHub services from 16:52 UTC to 17:01 UTC, and are investigating the root cause. All systems have recovered. This incident is a reoccurrence of the incident from earlier in the day https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/djlmxz2zd0j7. Durable mitigation is in progress. We will provide another update in 30 minutes.
- **monitoring** 2026-10-07 17:27 UTC: The degradation has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
- **monitoring** 2026-10-07 18:00 UTC: All systems have recovered. We have applied mitigations and do not anticipate another recurrence.
- **resolved** 2026-10-07 18:04 UTC: On October 7, 2026, from 16:52 to 17:01 UTC, GitHub experienced a recurrence of the write-operation outage from earlier that day. Both outages shared the same root cause. Please refer to the combined summary covering both incidents, their impact, and our prevention measures: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/djlmxz2zd0j7

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2026-10-07 17:17 UTC: [Critical incident: Incident with Git Operations, Issues, Actions and Pull Requests](https://rewindex.com/change/i7b131b4842354e.md)


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