Incident with Github.com [resolved]

#1

Post by SpyCoder77 » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 1:35 PM UTC

Just got this message: "No server is currently available to service your request. Sorry about that. Please try refreshing and contact us if the problem persists."

Edit: at the time of posting there was not an incident on githubstatus.com. Now there is. https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx

Original Title: "Tell HN: GitHub Is Overloaded"

Incident with Github.com [resolved]
githubstatus.com

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#2

Post by ozarkerD » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 1:36 PM UTC

Is github down? Does the day end in y?

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#3

Post by SigmundurM » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC

Same here. Just as I was going to push out a release

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#4

Post by MallocVoidstar » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC

https://www.githubstatus.com/

It's all green which means it's working. Ignore the unicorn error on every page.

edit: After 5-10 minutes they got around to opening an incident and (apparently manually?) marking the API as having 'degraded performance'.

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#5

Post by bemcho » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC

yes in Bulgaria

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#6

Post by jjice » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC

I'm seeing "Merge status cannot be loaded" when attempting to merge a PR.

It's a shame I had to go to HN to check if I was the only one instead of relying on their status page that they link.

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#7

Post by Andugal » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC

Yes it is https://downdetector.com/status/github/

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#8

Post by asdfasdfasdf49 » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC

I'm experiencing as well.

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#9

Post by grilledchickenw » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 1:41 PM UTC

Yep, started with PR changes not being visible, but now can't load entire repos. I see the pink unicorn.

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#10

Post by lol768 » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC

Issues seems to be completely broken, just getting unicorns.

Interestingly the API still works for creating an issue (but webhooks weren't fired).