August 17, 2026

Key Takeaways

1. If you're struggling to access GitHub this morning, you aren't alone.
2. GitHub appears to be down for users across the internet. Downdetector shows tens of thousands of user reports as of Monday morning.
3. GitHub issued a fix at 12:36 p.m. ET, but says interruptions may continue as it rolls out.

GitHub officially confirmed the outage through multiple updates to its status page. However, in the latest update at 12:36 p.m. ET, the company confirmed it fixed the issue: "We identified the problematic component and have taken corrective actions. There are strong signs of recovery but we are still working to completely restore service, with error rates still remaining slightly elevated. We will post further updates as recovery continues." As such, you might still see issues with GitHub as the fix rolls out.

GitHub hasn't identified the exact issue yet. At 12:16 a.m. ET, GitHub posted an update that reads: "We are experiencing high error rates around 20% for web experiences and api traffic. Archive downloads and raw repository content downloads are experiencing an approximate 50% error rate. SAML and OIDC authentication, SCIM, and Team Sync are also impacted. We are still working to identify the root cause and will continue to post updates as we learn more and perform mitigation."

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