Outage in GitHub
Authentication issues related to API requests
Resolved MajorIncident Report
Summary AI Generated
GitHub experienced sporadic authentication failures affecting approximately 15% of API traffic for 1.4 hours, causing erroneous 401 responses that triggered unnecessary authentication flows in app integrations. The incident also impacted the Issues component, with both API Requests and Issues experiencing degraded performance. GitHub identified and resolved the problematic infrastructure component, restoring normal service operations.
We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.
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RESOLVED
about 1 hour ago - at 06/10/2026 04:39PM
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 06/10/2026 04:36PM
The degradation affecting API Requests has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
INVESTIGATING
about 2 hours ago - at 06/10/2026 04:21PM
We continue to investigate issues related to sporadic authentication failures, impacting approximately 15% of API traffic. Erroneous 401 responses are causing app integrations to trigger authentication flows. We have identified a problematic component in our infrastructure and are working to mitigate.
INVESTIGATING
about 2 hours ago - at 06/10/2026 03:46PM
The degradation affecting Issues has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
INVESTIGATING
about 2 hours ago - at 06/10/2026 03:46PM
We continue to investigate issues related to sporadic authentication failures, impacting approximately 15% of API traffic. Further updates will be provided as we work to mitigate.
INVESTIGATING
about 3 hours ago - at 06/10/2026 03:27PM
We are investigating issues related to sporadic authentication failures impacting approximately 15% of API traffic. We will continue to investigate and provide updates.
INVESTIGATING
about 3 hours ago - at 06/10/2026 03:27PM
Issues is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
INVESTIGATING
about 3 hours ago - at 06/10/2026 03:23PM
API Requests is experiencing degraded availability. We are continuing to investigate.
INVESTIGATING
about 3 hours ago - at 06/10/2026 03:20PM
We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.
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