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Outage in GitHub

Disruption with Dependabot Alerts

Resolved Minor
October 23, 2026 - Started 1 day ago - Lasted about 4 hours
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Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

GitHub's Dependabot alert processing experienced a backlog over approximately 4 hours, causing delays in alerts closing after repositories were updated to address vulnerabilities. The issue was resolved by scaling additional alert processing capacity to clear the backlog. The incident was fully resolved after a brief monitoring period confirmed stability.

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

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED 1 day ago - at 10/23/2026 06:51PM

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.

MONITORING 1 day ago - at 10/23/2026 06:36PM

The degradation has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

INVESTIGATING 1 day ago - at 10/23/2026 05:27PM

Some Dependabot alerts continue to be delayed in closing after repository updates address a vulnerability.

We're continuing to investigate and work to restore normal processing.

INVESTIGATING 1 day ago - at 10/23/2026 04:43PM

We’re continuing to investigate delays in some Dependabot alerts closing after affected repositories are updated. Alert processing remains backed up, and additional processing capacity is rolling out to help reduce the backlog. We’re monitoring progress and will share another update as we learn more.

INVESTIGATING 1 day ago - at 10/23/2026 04:11PM

We’re continuing to investigate delays in some Dependabot alerts closing after affected repositories are updated. Alert processing remains backed up, and additional processing capacity is rolling out to help reduce the backlog. We’re monitoring the rollout and will share another update as we learn more.

INVESTIGATING 1 day ago - at 10/23/2026 03:39PM

We’re scaling alert processing capacity to reduce the backlog causing delays in some Dependabot alerts closing after affected repositories have been updated. We’re continuing to monitor and will share another update as more information becomes available.

INVESTIGATING 1 day ago - at 10/23/2026 03:00PM

We’re investigating delays in some Dependabot alerts closing after affected repositories have been updated to address a vulnerability. Alert processing is backed up. We’ll share more information as it becomes available.

INVESTIGATING 1 day ago - at 10/23/2026 02:58PM

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

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