Is GitHub down? › Outage history › Oct 7, 2026
GitHub outage on Oct 7, 2026: what happened
On Oct 7, 2026, the GitHub status page reported "Incident with Git Operations, Issues, Actions and Pull Requests". About 48 minutes: from Oct 7, 2026, 17:17 UTC to Oct 7, 2026, 18:04 UTC, by the official start and resolution times.
GitHub right now
At our last refresh (Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC) GitHub was up: All Systems Operational.
- Started
- Oct 7, 2026, 17:17 UTC
- Resolved
- Oct 7, 2026, 18:04 UTC
- Duration
- 48 minutes
- Official impact
- Critical
- Affected
- Git Operations, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions
- Source
- Incident with Git Operations, Issues, Actions and Pull Requests on the GitHub status page
The GitHub status page rated it "Critical", its highest impact level: an outage of the affected parts, not only slowness.
What caused the GitHub outage?
The GitHub status page has not published a cause. Its updates describe the symptoms only.
When was it fixed?
The GitHub status page marked it resolved at Oct 7, 2026, 18:04 UTC, 48 minutes after it started. A fix was in place and being monitored from Oct 7, 2026, 17:27 UTC. Its resolution note: "On October 7, 2026, from 16:52 to 17:01 UTC, GitHub experienced a recurrence of the write-operation outage from earlier that day. Both outages shared the same root cause. Please refer to the combined summary covering both incidents, their impact, and our prevention measures: ..."
Timeline of official updates
Every update the GitHub status page posted, oldest first. Times are UTC.
Oct 7, 2026, 17:17 UTC investigating
We are investigating reports of degraded performance for Actions, Git Operations, Issues and Pull Requests
Oct 7, 2026, 17:25 UTC investigating
We observed widespread impact across GitHub services from 16:52 UTC to 17:01 UTC, and are investigating the root cause. All systems have recovered. This incident is a reoccurrence of the incident from earlier in the day https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/djlmxz2zd0j7. Durable mitigation is in progress. We will provide another update in 30 minutes.
Oct 7, 2026, 17:27 UTC monitoring
The degradation has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
Oct 7, 2026, 18:00 UTC monitoring
All systems have recovered. We have applied mitigations and do not anticipate another recurrence.
Oct 7, 2026, 18:04 UTC resolved
On October 7, 2026, from 16:52 to 17:01 UTC, GitHub experienced a recurrence of the write-operation outage from earlier that day. Both outages shared the same root cause. Please refer to the combined summary covering both incidents, their impact, and our prevention measures: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/djlmxz2zd0j7
GitHub outage questions
What caused the GitHub outage on Oct 7, 2026?
The GitHub status page has not published a cause.
When was the GitHub outage on Oct 7, 2026 fixed?
The GitHub status page marked it resolved at Oct 7, 2026, 18:04 UTC, 48 minutes after it started. A fix was in place and being monitored from Oct 7, 2026, 17:27 UTC. Its resolution note: "On October 7, 2026, from 16:52 to 17:01 UTC, GitHub experienced a recurrence of the write-operation outage from earlier that day. Both outages shared the same root cause. Please refer to the combined summary covering both incidents, their impact, and our prevention measures: ..."
How long did the GitHub outage last?
About 48 minutes: from Oct 7, 2026, 17:17 UTC to Oct 7, 2026, 18:04 UTC, by the official start and resolution times.
Was GitHub completely down?
The GitHub status page rated it "Critical", its highest impact level: an outage of the affected parts, not only slowness. The affected parts listed were: Git Operations, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions.
Which parts of GitHub were affected?
The GitHub status page listed: Git Operations, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions.
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