Outage in GitHub
Creating GitHub apps using the REST API will fail with a 401 error
Resolved Minor
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Outage Details
We are currently investigating this issue.
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RESOLVED
about 2 hours ago - at 09/16/2025 05:45PM
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.
INVESTIGATING
about 2 hours ago - at 09/16/2025 05:27PM
We have mitigated the issue and are monitoring the results
INVESTIGATING
about 3 hours ago - at 09/16/2025 05:15PM
A recent change to our API routing inadvertently added an authentication requirement to the anonymous route for creating GitHub apps. We're in the process of fixing the change, but in the interim retrying should eventually succeed.
INVESTIGATING
about 3 hours ago - at 09/16/2025 05:14PM
We are currently investigating this issue.
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