Outage in CircleCI
Errors with GitHub APIs delaying workflows
Resolved MinorIncident Report
Summary AI Generated
GitHub API outages caused CircleCI pipelines to fail to start, get stuck in a running state, or fail to receive status updates for approximately 1.2 hours. The incident affected Pipelines & Workflows, GitHub Git Operations, and GitHub API Requests, including errors processing push event webhooks. GitHub API error rates recovered to normal levels at resolution, with affected users advised to re-trigger pipelines manually or cancel and rerun any stuck pipelines.
We have identified an issue with GitHub API requests that may cause some customers to see workflows stuck in a running state or workflows fail to start.
GitHub has reported incidents on the APIs
https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/ph5nns5y4gxj
https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/8vfyvq16hzh9
We are monitoring the stability of GitHub APIs and will update this page as more information is available.
Components affected
CircleCI Pipelines & Workflows CircleCI GitHub Git Operations CircleCI GitHub API RequestsTrusted by 1,000+ teams
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RESOLVED
5 days ago - at 07/20/2026 01:45AM
GitHub API error rates have recovered to normal levels.
During the incident, some customers may have seen pipelines fail to start or not receive status updates. Some pipelines may be stuck in a running state.
* You should re-push commits or use the UI to manually trigger pipelines that didn't start.
* Pipelines in a stuck running state should be canceled and rerun.
If you encounter any issues please contact CircleCI support.
MONITORING
5 days ago - at 07/20/2026 01:36AM
We are seeing signs of recovery from the GitHub API.
We will stay in a monitoring state to verify that the API error rate has recovered.
IDENTIFIED
5 days ago - at 07/20/2026 01:24AM
We are also seeing errors processing push event webhooks due to the upstream API outage.
Users may need to retry pipelines for these push events.
IDENTIFIED
5 days ago - at 07/20/2026 12:35AM
We have identified an issue with GitHub API requests that may cause some customers to see workflows stuck in a running state or workflows fail to start.
GitHub has reported incidents on the APIs
https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/ph5nns5y4gxj
https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/8vfyvq16hzh9
We are monitoring the stability of GitHub APIs and will update this page as more information is available.
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