Cypress incident

Github Outage

Major Resolved View vendor source →

Cypress experienced a major incident on August 17, 2026 affecting Authentication and GitHub API Requests and 1 more component, lasting 1h 15m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 17, 2026, 03:55 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 17, 2026, 05:10 PM UTC
Duration
1h 15m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 17, 2026, 03:55 PM UTC

Affected components

AuthenticationGitHub API RequestsGitHub ActionsGitHub CopilotGitHub Git OperationsGitHub IssuesGitHub PagesGitHub Pull RequestsGitHub Visit www.githubstatus.com for more informationGitHub Webhooks

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 03:55 PM UTC

    We are experiencing problems related to a major outage in Github

  2. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 03:57 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 05:10 PM UTC

    Update from Github: The degradation affecting API Requests, Actions, Git Operations, Issues, Pages, Pull Requests and Webhooks has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

  4. resolved Aug 17, 2026, 05:10 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.