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Re: GitHub is down again

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Post by ZpJuUuNaQ5 » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC

It's a funny coincidence - I pushed a commit adding a link to an image in the README.md, opened the repo page, clicked on the said image, and got the unicorn page. The site did not load anymore after that.

Re: GitHub is down again

#42

Post by alexeiz » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

RomanPushkin wrote: post #20

Looks like AI replacement of engineering force in action.

You're absolutely right! Sorry I deleted your database.

Re: GitHub is down again

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Post by thesmart » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

Can we please demand that Github provide mirror APIs to competitors? We're just asking for an extinction-level event. "Oops, our AI deleted the world's open source."

Any public source code hosting service should be able to subscribe to public repo changes. It belongs to the authors, not to Microsoft.

Re: GitHub is down again

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Post by porise » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

alimbada wrote: post #36

porise wrote: post #8

Take it away from Microsoft. Not sure how this isn't an antitrust issue anyway.

Do you also post "Take it away from $OWNER" every time your open source software breaks?

What antitrust issue does my open source software have?

Re: GitHub is down again

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Post by jbpadgett » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

3 outages in 3 months straight according to their own status history. https://www.githubstatus.com/history

Re: GitHub is down again

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Post by retinaros » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

migrating to azure kills businesses

Re: GitHub is down again

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Post by poilet66 » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

vvilliamperez wrote: post #17

tapoxi wrote: post #4

Is it really that much better than alternatives to justify these constant outages?

You can self-host GitHub enterprise.

Ooh - got a source?

Re: GitHub is down again

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Post by brendanfinan » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

porise wrote: post #8

Take it away from Microsoft. Not sure how this isn't an antitrust issue anyway.

It's not an antitrust issue because antitrust laws aren't enforced in the U.S.

Re: GitHub is down again

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Post by stefankuehnel » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

You can literally watch GitHub explode bit by bit. Take a look at the GitHub Status History; it's hilarious: https://www.githubstatus.com/history.

Re: GitHub is down again

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Post by danelski » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC

I wonder what's the value of having a dedicated X (formerly Twitter) status account post 2023 when people without account will see a mix of entries from 2018, 2024, and 2020 in no particular order upon opening it. Is it just there so everyone can quickly share their post announcing they're back?