GitHub incident

Disruption with Login and Release Asset downloads

Major Resolved View vendor source →

GitHub experienced a major incident on August 12, 2026, lasting 1h 17m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 12, 2026, 09:39 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 12, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC
Duration
1h 17m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 12, 2026, 09:39 PM UTC

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 12, 2026, 09:39 PM UTC

    We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.

  2. investigating Aug 12, 2026, 09:43 PM UTC

    We are investigating issues with Login and when downloading Release Assets. We will continue to keep users updated on progress towards mitigation.

  3. investigating Aug 12, 2026, 10:22 PM UTC

    We have identified the root cause and are working on mitigation. Errors on the login page and downloading release assets have decreased, but we are not fully mitigated. We will continue to provide updates.

  4. resolved Aug 12, 2026, 10:56 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.