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GitHub: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues

MajorStatus: resolvededitedStarted Resolved (2.0 h)9 updateswww.githubstatus.com (opens in new tab)
Summary

GitHub reported major degraded performance affecting Git Operations, Issues, Pull Requests and Actions, starting 2026-11-04 09:50 UTC. The incident was still open when archived, open for 0 min at the last update; GitHub was investigating and had stated no cause or fix.

Machine-written from the archived incident (Sol). Check the timeline before relying on it.

Affected components: ActionsAPI RequestsGit OperationsIssuesPull Requests

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Timeline of updates

  1. investigating

    We are investigating reports of degraded performance for Git Operations, Issues and Pull Requests

  2. investigating

    Actions is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

  3. investigating

    Pull Requests is experiencing degraded availability. We are continuing to investigate.

  4. investigating

    We're investigating elevated errors and intermittent failures affecting GitHub including Pull Requests, Git Operations, and Issues. We'll continue to keep users updated as we work toward mitigation.

  5. investigating

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

  6. investigating

    We're currently working on mitigating elevated errors and intermittent failures affecting GitHub, including Pull Requests, Git Operations, and Issues. Some requests may fail or be delayed while we work to restore service. We'll provide another update as more information becomes available.

  7. investigating

    The degradation affecting API Requests, Git Operations, Issues and Pull Requests has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

  8. monitoring

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

  9. 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: major) posted by GitHub, started 2026-11-04 09:50 UTC, resolved after 2.0 h, 9 update(s); edited after publishing.

Title
Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues
Vendor
GitHub
Date
URL
https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/smtdswd1h2w4

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