Is GitHub down? › Outage history › Oct 19, 2026
GitHub outage on Oct 19, 2026: what happened
On Oct 19, 2026, the GitHub status page reported "Degraded availability for GitHub Actions, GitHub Pages and Webhooks". About 1 hour 8 min: from Oct 19, 2026, 15:49 UTC to Oct 19, 2026, 16:56 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 19, 2026, 15:49 UTC
- Resolved
- Oct 19, 2026, 16:56 UTC
- Duration
- 1 hour 8 min
- Official impact
- Critical
- Affected
- Webhooks, Actions, Pages
- Source
- Degraded availability for GitHub Actions, GitHub Pages and Webhooks 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 19, 2026, 16:56 UTC, 1 hour 8 min after it started. Its resolution note: "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."
Timeline of official updates
Every update the GitHub status page posted, oldest first. Times are UTC.
Oct 19, 2026, 15:49 UTC investigating
We are investigating reports of degraded performance for Actions and Pages
Oct 19, 2026, 15:50 UTC investigating
Webhooks is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
Oct 19, 2026, 15:56 UTC investigating
We're are currently investigating degraded availability affecting GitHub Actions, GitHub Pages and Webhooks. Customers may experience delays in workflow processing, site builds and webhook delivery.
Oct 19, 2026, 16:30 UTC investigating
We're seeing recovery following mitigation and are continuing to monitor. Customers may still experience delays in GitHub Actions workflow status updates, GitHub Pages deployments, and check and workflow webhook events generated by Actions runs.
Oct 19, 2026, 16:56 UTC monitoring
Actions, Pages and Webhooks are operating normally.
Oct 19, 2026, 16:56 UTC resolved
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.
What our checks saw
- Our once-a-minute checks recorded GitHub as degraded from Oct 19, 2026, 16:02 UTC to 17:06 UTC (1 hour 4 min, read from the official status page).
GitHub outage questions
What caused the GitHub outage on Oct 19, 2026?
The GitHub status page has not published a cause.
When was the GitHub outage on Oct 19, 2026 fixed?
The GitHub status page marked it resolved at Oct 19, 2026, 16:56 UTC, 1 hour 8 min after it started. Its resolution note: "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."
How long did the GitHub outage last?
About 1 hour 8 min: from Oct 19, 2026, 15:49 UTC to Oct 19, 2026, 16:56 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: Webhooks, Actions, Pages.
Which parts of GitHub were affected?
The GitHub status page listed: Webhooks, Actions, Pages.
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- [Retroactive] Actions workflow run logs delayed Oct 14, 2026, 00:12 UTC, duration not stated
- Incident with Actions, Pull Requests and Issues Oct 12, 2026, 12:21 UTC, 7 hours 54 min
- Incident with Git Operations, Issues, Actions and Pull Requests Oct 7, 2026, 17:17 UTC, 48 minutes
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