Outage in GitHub

Disruption with some GitHub services

Resolved Minor

January 16, 2026 - Started about 8 hours ago - Lasted about 3 hours
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We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )

RESOLVED about 5 hours ago - at 01/17/2026 02:54AM

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 6 hours ago - at 01/17/2026 02:25AM

The deployment of the fix is still ongoing. We are now targeting 3:00 AM UTC for full resolution.

INVESTIGATING about 6 hours ago - at 01/17/2026 02:21AM

The deployment is still in progress. We are still targeting 2:00 AM UTC for full resolution.

INVESTIGATING about 7 hours ago - at 01/17/2026 01:28AM

Deployment of the fix is in progress. We are still targetting 2:00 AM UTC for full resolution.

INVESTIGATING about 8 hours ago - at 01/17/2026 12:08AM

Some enterprise Copilot CLI users may encounter an "You are not authorized to use this Copilot feature" error. We have identified the root cause and are currently deploying a fix. Expected resolution: within 2 hours.

INVESTIGATING about 8 hours ago - at 01/16/2026 11:53PM

We received multiple reports of 403s when attempting to use the Copilot CLI. We have identified the root cause and are rolling out a fix for affected customers.

INVESTIGATING about 8 hours ago - at 01/16/2026 11:53PM

We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.

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