Outage in GitHub

Disruption with some GitHub services

Resolved Major

April 09, 2026 - Started about 10 hours ago - Lasted 27 minutes
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Summary AI Generated

GitHub experienced a major service disruption lasting 27 minutes that primarily affected GitHub Copilot coding agent performance. Users encountered significant delays when starting new agent sessions, with jobs remaining queued longer than expected due to increased system load. The incident was resolved after GitHub's team addressed the performance issues.

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

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )

RESOLVED about 9 hours ago - at 04/09/2026 10:15AM

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 10 hours ago - at 04/09/2026 09:57AM

We are investigating an issue affecting GitHub Copilot coding agent. Users may experience significant delays when starting new agent sessions, with jobs remaining queued longer than expected. Our team has identified increased load as a contributing factor and is actively working to restore normal performance.

INVESTIGATING about 10 hours ago - at 04/09/2026 09:50AM

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

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