GitHub experienced a major incident on July 20, 2026, lasting 1h 20m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Update timeline
- investigating Jul 20, 2026, 12:25 AM UTC
We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.
- monitoring Jul 20, 2026, 12:25 AM UTC
Some Git LFS operations, and loading files through the API are failing. We are investigating.
- monitoring Jul 20, 2026, 12:26 AM UTC
Some Git LFS operations, and loading files through the API are failing. We are investigating.
- investigating Jul 20, 2026, 01:15 AM UTC
The Git LFS API issues have been identified as being related to a separate incident where Actions is experiencing degraded availability. We’re consolidating our investigation efforts under that incident.
- investigating Jul 20, 2026, 01:45 AM UTC
Git LFS API success rates have returned to normal. We will continue to monitor the service closely.
- resolved Jul 20, 2026, 01:46 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.