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Active incident 1
- Copilot AI Model Providers
Timeline · 1 update
- investigating · Sep 16, 2026, 07:21 AM UTC
We are investigating reports of degraded availability for Copilot AI Model Providers
Latest: We are investigating reports of degraded availability for Copilot AI Model Providers
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Recent outages & incidents
Past 90 days- Copilot AI Model Providers
Timeline · 7 updates
- investigating · Sep 15, 2026, 09:47 AM UTC
We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.
- monitoring · Sep 15, 2026, 09:48 AM UTC
We are investigating degraded availability for Claude Fable 5.1, affecting some Copilot products and integrated development environments. The issue is caused by a problem with our upstream model provider. Customers can use another model or select Auto while we investigate.
- investigating · Sep 15, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC
Copilot AI Model Providers is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
- investigating · Sep 15, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC
We continue to investigate intermittent errors affecting Claude Fable 5.1 in some Copilot products and integrated development environments. Customers can use another model or select Auto while we monitor the situation.
- investigating · Sep 15, 2026, 11:09 AM UTC
We continue to monitor intermittent errors affecting Claude Fable 5.1 in some Copilot products and integrated development environments. Customer-facing metrics have recovered, and we are awaiting confirmation from our upstream provider that the issue will not recur. Customers can select another model or Auto in the meantime.
- investigating · Sep 15, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC
The issues with our upstream model provider have been resolved, and Claude Fable 5.1 is once again available in Copilot products and IDE surfaces. We will continue monitoring to ensure stability, but mitigation is complete.
- resolved · Sep 15, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.
Latest: This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.
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- Copilot AI Model Providers
Timeline · 5 updates
- investigating · Sep 03, 2026, 02:17 PM UTC
We are investigating reports of degraded performance for Copilot AI Model Providers
- investigating · Sep 03, 2026, 02:20 PM UTC
We are experiencing degraded availability for the Grok 4.6 model in Copilot Chat, VS Code and other Copilot products. This is due to an issue with an upstream model provider. We are working with them to resolve the issue.
- investigating · Sep 03, 2026, 02:22 PM UTC
The Grok 4.5 model has degraded availability as well. We are working with the upstream provider to resolve the issue.
- investigating · Sep 03, 2026, 05:11 PM UTC
The issues with our upstream model provider have been resolved, and Grok models are once again available in Copilot products and IDE surfaces. We will continue monitoring to ensure stability, but mitigation is complete.
- resolved · Sep 03, 2026, 05:11 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.
Latest: This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.
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- Copilot AI Model Providers
Timeline · 6 updates
- investigating · Aug 31, 2026, 09:15 AM UTC
We are investigating reports of degraded performance for Copilot AI Model Providers
- investigating · Aug 31, 2026, 09:22 AM UTC
Copilot is experiencing a higher rate of errors for OpenAI models, including gpt-5.2, gpt-5.3-codex, gpt-5.4, gpt-5.4, and the gpt-5.6 family of models. Other models are not impacted.
- investigating · Aug 31, 2026, 09:48 AM UTC
One of our model providers has confirmed an incident on their end. We have provided them details to help identify the issue. We are starting to see recovery.
- monitoring · Aug 31, 2026, 09:51 AM UTC
The degradation affecting Copilot AI Model Providers has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
- monitoring · Aug 31, 2026, 09:58 AM UTC
The issues with our upstream model provider have been resolved, and gpt-5.3-codex, gpt-5.4-mini, gpt-5.4-nano, gpt-5.5, and the gpt-5.6 family of models are once again available in Copilot products and IDE surfaces. We will continue monitoring to ensure stability, but mitigation is complete.
- resolved · Aug 31, 2026, 09:58 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.
Latest: This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.
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- Copilot AI Model Providers
Timeline · 5 updates
- investigating · Aug 27, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC
We are investigating reports of degraded availability for Copilot AI Model Providers
- investigating · Aug 27, 2026, 10:43 AM UTC
We are experiencing degraded availability for the Kimi K3 model in Copilot products and IDE surfaces. This is due to an issue with an upstream model provider. While we work with them to resolve the issue, we recommend choosing another model or selecting 'Auto' to continue using Copilot.
- investigating · Aug 27, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC
Copilot AI Model Providers is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
- investigating · Aug 27, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC
The issues with our upstream model provider have been mitigated, and Kimi K3 is once again available in Copilot products and IDE surfaces. We will continue monitoring to ensure stability.
- resolved · Aug 27, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.
Latest: This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.
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- Copilot AI Model Providers
Timeline · 3 updates
- investigating · Aug 24, 2026, 07:12 AM UTC
We are investigating reports of degraded availability for Copilot AI Model Providers
- investigating · Aug 24, 2026, 07:12 AM UTC
We are experiencing degraded availability for the Fable model in Copilot products and IDE surfaces. This is due to an issue with the upstream model provider. While we work with them to resolve the issue, we recommend choosing another model or selecting 'Auto' to continue using Copilot.
- resolved · Aug 24, 2026, 07:58 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.
Latest: This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.
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See the full GitHub Copilot outage history
13 more incidents in the last 90 days, plus the full multi-year archive of per-service events and update timelines.
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- Started Sep 16, 2026, 07:20 AM UTC · ● 5m
- Disruption with some GitHub services ResolvedStarted Sep 15, 2026, 09:47 AM UTC · Resolved Sep 15, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC · 1h 30m
- Started Sep 03, 2026, 02:17 PM UTC · Resolved Sep 03, 2026, 05:11 PM UTC · 2h 54m
- Started Aug 31, 2026, 09:15 AM UTC · Resolved Aug 31, 2026, 09:58 AM UTC · 42m
- Started Aug 27, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC · Resolved Aug 27, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC · 2h 8m
- Started Aug 24, 2026, 07:12 AM UTC · Resolved Aug 24, 2026, 07:58 AM UTC · 46m
- Incident with GitHub.com ResolvedStarted Aug 17, 2026, 01:40 PM UTC · Resolved Aug 17, 2026, 09:15 PM UTC · 7h 35m
- Started Aug 13, 2026, 02:43 PM UTC · Resolved Aug 13, 2026, 03:47 PM UTC · 1h 3m