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Outage in Semaphore

Periodic authentication failure with GitHub repositories

Resolved Minor
September 02, 2026 - Started 1 day ago - Lasted 1 day
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Summary AI Generated

Semaphore 2.0 experienced intermittent authentication failures affecting Git operations over HTTPS for approximately 24.6 hours, caused by an intentional change GitHub made to unauthenticated Git operations. Builds stalled or failed when attempting to interact with GitHub repositories, and Semaphore implemented fail-fast behavior to reduce unnecessary runtime during the incident. The incident was resolved once normal operations resumed, with the permanent workaround of forcing Git to use HTTP/1.1 (`git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1`) remaining available for any still-affected builds.

The wider situation impacting HTTPS operations, which is also affecting Semaphore and our users, has started occurring again: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581 As a workaround, you can configure git to use only HTTP/1.1, using the following command: git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1 We are continuing to monitor the situation on our end and will share further updates as they become available.
Components affected
Semaphore 2.0

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RESOLVED about 6 hours ago - at 09/03/2026 04:41PM

Semaphore is currently operating normally, which is why we’re marking this incident as resolved.

GitHub confirmed that the behavior affecting unauthenticated Git operations is the result of an intentional change on their end rather than a bug. You can read their latest statement here:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581#discussioncomment-18269083

For builds affected by this behavior, the previously shared workaround remains available. Configure Git to use HTTP/1.1 before running the affected Git operation:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

We will add this instruction and further context to our documentation. Any additional guidance from Semaphore will be shared through in-app notifications.

For further assistance, contact our support team at support@semaphore.io.

IDENTIFIED about 10 hours ago - at 09/03/2026 12:45PM

Our engineers are actively monitoring the intermittent issue affecting Git operations over HTTPS. We will share another update when more information becomes available.

To prevent affected builds from stalling while waiting for credentials, our engineering team has implemented fail-fast behavior. Affected builds will now fail promptly, reducing unnecessary runtime.

If the issue persists after rerunning the job, add the following command to the job before the affected Git operation to force Git to use HTTP/1.1:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 09/02/2026 10:07PM

Our engineers are actively monitoring the ongoing situation affecting HTTPS operations: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581. We’ll share the next update once we have new information from GitHub.

As a workaround, you can configure git to use only HTTP/1.1, using the following command:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 09/02/2026 09:30PM

The wider situation impacting HTTPS operations, which is also affecting Semaphore and our users, has started occurring again:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581

As a workaround, you can configure git to use only HTTP/1.1, using the following command:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

We are continuing to monitor the situation on our end and will share further updates as they become available.

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 09/02/2026 09:00PM

The wider situation impacting HTTPS operations, which is also affecting Semaphore and our users, has started occurring again:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581

As a workaround, you can configure git to use only HTTP/1.1, using the following command:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

We are continuing to monitor the situation on our end and will share further updates as they become available.

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 09/02/2026 08:30PM

The wider situation impacting HTTPS operations, which is also affecting Semaphore and our users, has started occurring again:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581

As a workaround, you can configure git to use only HTTP/1.1, using the following command:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

We are continuing to monitor the situation on our end and will share further updates as they become available.

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 09/02/2026 08:00PM

The wider situation impacting HTTPS operations, which is also affecting Semaphore and our users, has started occurring again:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581

As a workaround, you can configure git to use only HTTP/1.1, using the following command:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

We are continuing to monitor the situation on our end and will share further updates as they become available.

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 09/02/2026 07:32PM

The wider situation impacting HTTPS operations, which is also affecting Semaphore and our users, has started occurring again:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581

As a workaround, you can configure git to use only HTTP/1.1, using the following command:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

We are continuing to monitor the situation on our end and will share further updates as they become available.

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 09/02/2026 07:00PM

The wider situation impacting HTTPS operations, which is also affecting Semaphore and our users, has started occurring again:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581

As a workaround, you can configure git to use only HTTP/1.1, using the following command:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

We are continuing to monitor the situation on our end and will share further updates as they become available.

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 09/02/2026 06:31PM

The wider situation impacting HTTPS operations, which is also affecting Semaphore and our users, has started occurring again:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581

As a workaround, you can configure git to use only HTTP/1.1, using the following command:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

We are continuing to monitor the situation on our end and will share further updates as they become available.

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 09/02/2026 06:02PM

The wider situation impacting HTTPS operations, which is also affecting Semaphore and our users, has started occurring again:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581

As a workaround, you can configure git to use only HTTP/1.1, using the following command:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

We are continuing to monitor the situation on our end and will share further updates as they become available.

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 09/02/2026 05:32PM

The wider situation impacting HTTPS operations, which is also affecting Semaphore and our users, has started occurring again:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581

As a workaround, you can configure git to use only HTTP/1.1, using the following command:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

We are continuing to monitor the situation on our end and will share further updates as they become available.

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 09/02/2026 05:04PM

The wider situation impacting HTTPS operations, which is also affecting Semaphore and our users, has started occurring again:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581

As a workaround, you can configure git to use only HTTP/1.1, using the following command:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

We are continuing to monitor the situation on our end and will share further updates as they become available.

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 09/02/2026 04:35PM

The wider situation impacting HTTPS operations, which is also affecting Semaphore and our users, has started occurring again:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581

As a workaround, you can configure git to use only HTTP/1.1, using the following command:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

We are continuing to monitor the situation on our end and will share further updates as they become available.

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 09/02/2026 04:08PM

The wider situation impacting HTTPS operations, which is also affecting Semaphore and our users, has started occurring again:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581

As a workaround, you can configure git to use only HTTP/1.1, using the following command:
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

We are continuing to monitor the situation on our end and will share further updates as they become available.

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