GitBook incident

GitHub outage affecting Git Sync

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

GitBook experienced a minor incident on August 17, 2026 affecting GitBook App, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 17, 2026, 09:14 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 17, 2026, 09:14 PM UTC
Duration
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 17, 2026, 09:14 PM UTC

Affected components

GitBook App

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 01:56 PM UTC

    Status: Investigating GitHub currently has an outage with a few components that Git Sync uses to sync your content to and from GitBook. This means that some operations might not work properly while this issue is ongoing. We'll keep this status updated as soon as we have more to share. GitHub's original status page for this incident: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx Affected components GitBook App (Degraded performance)

  2. resolved Aug 17, 2026, 09:14 PM UTC

    Status: Resolved The GitHub operations should be returning to normal as its service is back online. We’ll keep monitoring for any updates to the incident. GitHub Incident status: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx Affected components GitBook App (Operational)