Outage in GitHub

Disruption with some GitHub services

Resolved Minor

April 27, 2026 - Started about 3 hours ago - Lasted about 2 hours
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Summary AI Generated

GitHub experienced a 2.3-hour service disruption affecting Copilot Cloud Agent jobs using the Codex agent, which were failing after starting. The incident was resolved after GitHub identified the root cause and deployed a fix, with users advised to use alternative agents during the outage.

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

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )

RESOLVED 36 minutes ago - at 04/27/2026 07:02PM

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 04/27/2026 05:26PM

We've found the issue and are working on deploying a solution to get Codex agent runs working again.

INVESTIGATING about 3 hours ago - at 04/27/2026 05:01PM

Copilot Cloud Agent (CCA) jobs using the Codex agent are failing after starting. To avoid this issue, please choose a different agent. We are investigating the cause and working towards remediation

INVESTIGATING about 3 hours ago - at 04/27/2026 04:48PM

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

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