Blacksmith incident
GitHub connectivity degraded in us-west
Resolved after 33 minutes, affecting US West (us-west ARM) and US West (us-west x86), on September 24, 2026.
Git checkout performance in us-west has remained stable since we rerouted traffic away from the congested upstream network link, and this incident is now resolved.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Sep 24, 2026, 07:16 PM UTC
We are investigating degraded network connectivity between our us-west region and GitHub. Customers running jobs in us-west may see slower-than-normal git checkouts, while jobs in other regions are not affected. Workflows using the Blacksmith checkout action with git checkout caching are less affected, and setup instructions are in the documentation below. Git checkout caching documentation: .
- investigating Sep 24, 2026, 07:16 PM UTC
We are investigating degraded network connectivity between our us-west region and GitHub. Customers running jobs in us-west may see slower-than-normal git checkouts, while jobs in other regions are not affected.
- monitoring Sep 24, 2026, 07:31 PM UTC
After rerouting traffic, congestion on the upstream network link has subsided, and git checkout performance in us-west has returned to normal. We are monitoring and will resolve this incident once performance has continued to stay stable. .
- monitoring Sep 24, 2026, 07:31 PM UTC
After rerouting traffic, congestion on the upstream network link has subsided, and git checkout performance in us-west has returned to normal. We are monitoring and will resolve this incident once performance has continued to stay stable.
- resolved Sep 24, 2026, 07:50 PM UTC
Git checkout performance in us-west has remained stable since we rerouted traffic away from the congested upstream network link, and this incident is now resolved..
- resolved Sep 24, 2026, 07:50 PM UTC
Git checkout performance in us-west has remained stable since we rerouted traffic away from the congested upstream network link, and this incident is now resolved.
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