Incident with Github.com [resolved]

Post by snazz » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 9:11 PM UTC

dbmikus wrote: post #829

stusmall wrote: post #804

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Being the _the_ place for open source is what let them dominate the enterprise. Now that they dominate the enterprise, it'd make financial sense to put hard limits on the free tier. It's cynical but it would be foolish to lose that cash machine. It'd open them up for a competitor to slowly build up good will in open source then take them on in enterprise, but right now they are risking losing it all.

Big enterprises are on a different github deployment, so I doubt they are affected by this

Post by Quarrelsome » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 9:20 PM UTC

noahbp wrote: post #211

leishman wrote: post #171

I don't understand why Github hasn't solved this problem with pricing updates. My understanding is they are getting hammered with LLM generated code growing their traffic by over an order of magnitude. So why not rate limit non-paying users and charge for whatever scarce resource is being consumed that is causing them to constantly fall-over? This seems like a basic economics problem.

Because any price at all will immediately cause users to shift to another platform, and GitHub's value is that it is _the_ place to put your code on the internet.

Post by cursuve » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC

adamddev1 wrote: post #697

jubilanti wrote: post #637

Almost 3 hours in and still "We are still working to identify the root cause" Can't even view diffs in the web interface! I'm out! I am willing to pay ~$5-10/mo for a reliable host I can swap as painlessly as possible. Mostly just building little static sites and little PWAs, no more than 500mb a repo and 10gb total. Need a repo with PRs and issues, where people can register free account and contribute or raise issue…

I was in a very similar situation and this is what I did: - put Forgejo on a little $5 Vultr VPS (I share the VPS with other things, Forgejo doesn't need much resources. I also added some block storage to host my Docker containers in the Forgejo Docker registry) - got a 8GB ram cheaper Hetzner VPS (you have to wait for their availability) for around 8 EUR and used that to install the CI runner - Use Netlify for hosti…

Post by therealdrag0 » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC

unknownfuture wrote: post #850

hombre_fatal wrote: post #714

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Well, it would be a mistake on your part to assume that everything in an organization, especially a large one like github, is a reflection of the capabilities of the state of the art in anything (AI, architecture, programming language, organizational management, operations, etc.). It's clear that updating the status page as quickly as possible isn't even something github cares about.

It would be a mistake to judge AI based on the performance of one of its strongest pushers and promoters? Interesting take.

Post by sippeangelo » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 9:33 PM UTC

tom1337 wrote: post #677

jubilanti wrote: post #637

Almost 3 hours in and still "We are still working to identify the root cause" Can't even view diffs in the web interface! I'm out! I am willing to pay ~$5-10/mo for a reliable host I can swap as painlessly as possible. Mostly just building little static sites and little PWAs, no more than 500mb a repo and 10gb total. Need a repo with PRs and issues, where people can register free account and contribute or raise issue…

Update 16:36 UTC - 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. just shy of 3 hours to find the issue