Ropes incident
Workspaces Failing to Start Due to Downstream Provider Outage
Ropes experienced a critical incident on February 9, 2026 affecting Ropes Assessments, lasting 41m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Ropes Assessments
Update timeline
- identified Feb 09, 2026, 04:49 PM UTC
GitHub is currently experiencing a major outage, which affects the availability of Ropes assessment workspaces. We will provide updates as we have them. For the most up-to-date outage information, see GitHub's status page directly: https://www.githubstatus.com/
- monitoring Feb 09, 2026, 05:26 PM UTC
Our internal metrics indicate GitHub's system health is improving. We are actively working to confirm that Ropes workspaces are no longer impacted.
- resolved Feb 09, 2026, 05:30 PM UTC
We've confirmed that Ropes workspaces are now functioning properly. Candidates will no longer be blocked from taking assessments.