What Happened
GitHub experienced an outage on July 27, 2026. The incident lasted approximately 5 minutes.
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Timeline
| Time (UTC) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 03:53 | Investigating | We are investigating reports of degraded performance for API Requests |
| 19:31 | Investigating | This is just a test of our systems. Please ignore. |
| 19:31 | Investigating | We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services. |
| 19:41 | Resolved | All systems operational |
Impact
The outage lasted approximately 5 minutes. GitHub runs on Azure — check those status pages if you experienced cascading issues.
Resolution
GitHub has recovered and is now operational.
What To Do Next
- View GitHub live status and outage history
- Set up alerts to get notified instantly next time GitHub has an issue
- Compare GitHub reliability with other services
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