GitHub experienced increased latency and failures affecting SSH-based Git operations for approximately 1.8 hours, while HTTP-based Git operations remained unaffected. The service degradation occurred between 14:00 and 16:10 UTC on May 5th, 2026, with users experiencing elevated response times and connection failures when using SSH for Git commands. GitHub identified the suspected root cause, implemented mitigation measures, and fully resolved the incident after a brief monitoring period.
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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.
The degradation affecting Git Operations has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
We're continuing to work on preventing further impact from the earlier issue. No SSH-based impact is expected at this time. We'll post new updates if impact recurs or once our mitigation is in place.
Git Operations is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
Between approximately 14:00 and 16:10 UTC, customers using SSH-based Git operations may have experienced elevated latency and failures. HTTP-based operations were not impacted. We've identified a suspected root cause and are working to implement a mitigation to prevent further impact.
We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.
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