GitHub API Outage and Timeouts
- Investigating(current)
- Trending(upcoming)
- Workaround available(upcoming)
- Resolved(upcoming)
Executive summary
GitHub experienced an outage starting November 8, 2026, causing slow requests and timeouts with the service and API down.
No verified workaround yet
None of the linked reports describe a mitigation. Follow this incident to hear when one appears.
Under active investigation. No report has identified a root cause yet.
Evidence
3 reports · 1 HN, 2 BlueskyShow
- [1]HN First reportGitHub Down Again?(opens Hacker News thread in a new tab)
by ridowk 108upvotes 112comments
- [2]Bluesky🟡 Expo: Partially Degraded Service(opens Bluesky post in a new tab)
🟡 Expo: Partially Degraded Service Expo reports that GitHub API Requests do not work at full capacity. The service is degraded. Expo reports that the incident is still in progress. Degraded · GitHub API Requests https://outages.live/outages/expo-p9fgj0rhz1
by outages.live 0upvotes 1comments89% match
- [3]Bluesky👻 A sea shanty for GitHub, down since Nov 8, 2026, 10:36 UTC(opens Bluesky post in a new tab)
👻 A sea shanty for GitHub, down since Nov 8, 2026, 10:36 UTC Heave ho, heave ho, the code won't flow! Heave ho, heave ho, a ghostly show! GitHub's API, feeling slow, Requests are waiting, a mournful woe! Heave ho, heave ho, a timeout's glow, Source: www.githubstatus.com
by downtimeghost.bsky.social 0upvotes 1comments85% match