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GitHub Copilot Outage History

Every past GitHub Copilot outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 43 GitHub Copilot outages since March 2025. The 42 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor April 1, 2026

April 2026: Incident with Copilot

Detected Apr 1, 2026 9:59 AM UTC · Resolved Apr 1, 2026 12:43 PM UTC · Duration about 3 hours

GitHub Copilot experienced degraded performance for 2.7 hours, with users encountering increased latency and intermittent errors when viewing or creating agent sessions. The service degradation affected Copilot's success rates and response times, impacting the overall user experience. The incident was mitigated and performance returned to baseline levels, with the service being monitored for stability before full resolution.

Major March 19, 2026

March 2026: Issues with Copilot Coding Agent

Detected Mar 19, 2026 1:47 PM UTC · Resolved Mar 19, 2026 2:35 PM UTC · Duration about 1 hour

GitHub Copilot experienced degraded performance and Copilot Coding Agent session logs were unavailable in the UI for 48 minutes. The incident affected the Copilot service's overall functionality and user interface components. The issue was resolved after investigation and normal operations were restored.

Minor March 5, 2026

March 2026: Some OpenAI models degraded in Copilot

Detected Mar 5, 2026 12:48 AM UTC · Resolved Mar 5, 2026 1:16 AM UTC · Duration 28 minutes

GitHub Copilot experienced degraded performance due to issues with the gpt-5.3-codex model from an upstream provider, affecting Copilot Chat, VS Code, and other Copilot products. The incident lasted 28 minutes and was resolved by working with the upstream model provider. GitHub has indicated that a detailed root cause analysis will be shared once available.

Minor March 3, 2026

March 2026: Claude Opus 4.6 Fast not appearing for some Copilot users

Detected Mar 3, 2026 8:31 PM UTC · Resolved Mar 3, 2026 9:11 PM UTC · Duration 40 minutes

GitHub Copilot experienced degraded performance for 40 minutes, with some users reporting that Claude Opus 4.6 Fast was not appearing in their interface. The incident affected Copilot services, though all users retained access to Claude Opus 4.6 throughout the issue. The problem was resolved after investigation and monitoring confirmed service restoration.

Major March 3, 2026

March 2026: Incident with Copilot and Actions

Detected Mar 3, 2026 7:02 PM UTC · Resolved Mar 3, 2026 8:11 PM UTC · Duration about 1 hour

GitHub experienced a major incident affecting multiple services including Copilot, Actions, Issues, Pull Requests, Git Operations, API Requests, Webhooks, and Codespaces, with users reporting degraded availability and performance across these components. The incident lasted 1.2 hours, with GitHub identifying the root cause and applying a mitigation that led to gradual recovery of all affected services. All services were fully restored and operating normally by the time the incident was resolved.

Minor February 27, 2026

February 2026: Incident with Copilot agent sessions

Detected Feb 27, 2026 11:21 PM UTC · Resolved Feb 27, 2026 11:49 PM UTC · Duration 28 minutes

GitHub Copilot experienced degraded performance due to networking issues with model requests and a spike in errors during agent sessions. The incident affected Copilot functionality for 28 minutes. The issue was resolved and GitHub indicated a detailed root cause analysis would follow.

Minor February 26, 2026

February 2026: Incident with Copilot

Detected Feb 26, 2026 10:23 AM UTC · Resolved Feb 26, 2026 11:07 AM UTC · Duration 44 minutes

GitHub Copilot experienced degraded performance for 44 minutes, with users reporting 502 errors and "click here to reload page" messages, particularly affecting users in India. The service disruption was investigated and resolved, with a detailed root cause analysis to follow.

Minor February 25, 2026

February 2026: Incident with Copilot Agent Sessions impacting CCA/CCR

Detected Feb 25, 2026 4:42 PM UTC · Resolved Feb 25, 2026 4:46 PM UTC · Duration 4 minutes

GitHub Copilot experienced degraded performance affecting Copilot Agent Sessions and CCA/CCR components. The incident lasted 4 minutes and has been resolved. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared once available.

Minor February 23, 2026

February 2026: Incident with Copilot

Detected Feb 23, 2026 3:01 PM UTC · Resolved Feb 23, 2026 4:19 PM UTC · Duration about 1 hour

GitHub Copilot experienced degraded performance for 1.3 hours due to an upstream model provider issue that specifically affected the Haiku 4.5 model in Copilot Chat, VS Code, and other Copilot products. Other models remained available and functional during the incident. The issue was resolved after the upstream provider recovered, with GitHub monitoring for stability before fully restoring service.