GitHub is sinking

#1

Post by herbertl » Sun, May 10, 2026, 4:07 PM UTC

Re: GitHub is sinking

#2

Post by oarsinsync » Sun, May 10, 2026, 4:44 PM UTC

I went to look at a repo on Github today. Clicked on the "xxx commits" link to see the commit history, and got told I've hit a secondary rate limit and need to wait.

I'm the only person on this network that would even look at Github, and my connection has a dedicated IP, no CGN.

Re: GitHub is sinking

#3

Post by tbolt » Sun, May 10, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC

“GitLab - enterprise grade, meaning it’s bloated and confusing but it’ll impress your boss. This could be the choice if you need multiple meetings to make the choice.“

lol!

Re: GitHub is sinking

#4

Post by blinded » Sun, May 10, 2026, 4:47 PM UTC

oarsinsync wrote: post #2

I went to look at a repo on Github today. Clicked on the "xxx commits" link to see the commit history, and got told I've hit a secondary rate limit and need to wait. I'm the only person on this network that would even look at Github, and my connection has a dedicated IP, no CGN.

The only real way to browse the site is to be logged in.

Re: GitHub is sinking

#5

Post by graemep » Sun, May 10, 2026, 4:47 PM UTC

oarsinsync wrote: post #2

I went to look at a repo on Github today. Clicked on the "xxx commits" link to see the commit history, and got told I've hit a secondary rate limit and need to wait. I'm the only person on this network that would even look at Github, and my connection has a dedicated IP, no CGN.

Exactly the same here. I get that regularly.

Re: GitHub is sinking

#6

Post by rvz » Sun, May 10, 2026, 4:48 PM UTC

I have lost count of how many times something went down on GitHub ever since documenting it on this comment chain [0] and also predicting 6 years ago [1], that going all in and centralizing everything on to GitHub was really not a good idea if you need stability or to push a critical fix and your GitHub actions doesn't work.

Now, are you going to finally self host or should we continue to expect another outage on GitHub?

This time, there is no CEO of GitHub to help us. It is Copilot, and Tay.ai that are still struggling to maintain GitHub.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37395238

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22867803

Re: GitHub is sinking

#7

Post by summa_tech » Sun, May 10, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC

It sort of feels like no major open source repository can be possibly left well enough alone. I remember how SourceForge went down the drain, it's a real pity to see same happen with GH.

Side note: I read the URL as "dBus hell". We've all been there m8

Re: GitHub is sinking

#8

Post by johnfn » Sun, May 10, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC

Everyone wants to pin this on the Microsoft acquisition or incompetence but it seems pretty clear to me from the material GitHub has posted that AI has 10xed the amount of code being committed to GH, which has downstream effects everywhere - CI, Actions, code ingestion, everywhere. The author pins it on weird things like MS Copilot, which kind of feels like he’s listing off things he doesn’t like rather than casual favors. This is ignoring the 800 pound gorilla in the room.

Re: GitHub is sinking

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Post by arikrahman » Sun, May 10, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC

summa_tech wrote: post #7

It sort of feels like no major open source repository can be possibly left well enough alone. I remember how SourceForge went down the drain, it's a real pity to see same happen with GH. Side note: I read the URL as "dBus hell". We've all been there m8

No m80 it's a nushell based on decibel units dBu Shell

Re: GitHub is sinking

#10

Post by iamkrazy » Sun, May 10, 2026, 4:54 PM UTC

I installed forgejo on my home server and never looked back. The only problem I face is when hosting an app on DigitalOcean App platform, or vercel etc. They only connect to GitHub.