GitHub: [Retroactive] Incident with GitHub.com
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- resolved
Beginning at 02:49 UTC on May 15 2026 and lasting until 03:04 UTC, GitHub.com was unavailable for a subset of customers. This impact has been mitigated and normal service resumed. The issue was rooted in a sudden spike in traffic, with intermittent impact. We've identified the source of the traffic and prevented further disruption.
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Status incident (vendor impact label: none) posted by GitHub, started 2026-05-15 02:30 UTC, resolved after 0 min, 1 update(s).
- Title
- [Retroactive] Incident with GitHub.com
- Vendor
- GitHub
- Date
- URL
- https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/t5mch8tlq6vl
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