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Outage in GitHub

Delayed visibility of newly added issues on project boards

Resolved Minor
March 02, 2026 - Started about 7 hours ago - Lasted about 7 hours
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Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

GitHub experienced a 6.8-hour incident where project board updates were significantly delayed, with newly added issues, pull requests, and field changes taking up to 5 hours to appear instead of the normal near-real-time behavior. The GitHub Issues component was affected, causing degraded performance for project management workflows. GitHub deployed a fix that restored normal processing speeds and cleared the backlog of delayed updates, fully resolving the incident.

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

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED 10 minutes ago - at 03/03/2026 05:54AM

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 1 hour ago - at 03/03/2026 04:36AM

The backlog of delayed updates is expected to fully clear within approximately 1 hour, after which project board updates will return to near-real-time.

INVESTIGATING about 2 hours ago - at 03/03/2026 04:17AM

The fix has been deployed and processing speeds have returned to normal. There is a backlog of delayed updates that will continue to be worked through — we're estimating how long that will take and will provide an update in the next 60 minutes.

INVESTIGATING about 3 hours ago - at 03/03/2026 03:22AM

The fix is still building and is expected to deploy within 60 minutes. The current delay for GitHub Projects updates has increased to up to 5 hours.

INVESTIGATING about 4 hours ago - at 03/03/2026 02:27AM

We're deploying a fix targeting the increased delay in GitHub Projects updates. The rollout should complete within 60 minutes. If successful, the current delay of up to 4 hours should begin to decrease.

INVESTIGATING about 4 hours ago - at 03/03/2026 01:40AM

The delay for project board updates has increased to up to 3 hours. We've identified a potential cause and are working on remediation.

INVESTIGATING about 5 hours ago - at 03/03/2026 12:52AM

Project board updates — including adding issues, pull requests, and changing fields such as "Status" — are currently delayed by 1–2 hours. Normal behavior is near-real-time. We're actively investigating the root cause.

INVESTIGATING about 6 hours ago - at 03/03/2026 12:05AM

The impact extends beyond adding issues to project boards. Adding pull requests and updating fields such as "Status" may also be affected. We're continuing to investigate the root cause.

INVESTIGATING about 6 hours ago - at 03/02/2026 11:46PM

Newly added issues are taking 30–60 minutes to appear on project boards, compared to the normal near-real-time behavior. We're investigating the root cause and possible mitigations.

INVESTIGATING about 7 hours ago - at 03/02/2026 11:12PM

Newly added issues can take up to 30 minutes to appear on project boards. We're investigating the cause of this delay.

INVESTIGATING about 7 hours ago - at 03/02/2026 11:11PM

Issues is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

INVESTIGATING about 7 hours ago - at 03/02/2026 11:10PM

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

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