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GitHub

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Current status

GitHub is operational

Operational

No widespread issue detected from available signals.

Issue score0 / 100
Low riskHigh risk
Data confidence85%

Official status reports all systems operational. No other signals are flagging issues.

Evidence

Each independent source we read, in order of weight.

  • Official feed

    ok

    All Systems Operational (indicator: none)

  • Community reports

    neutral

    No anonymous reports in the last 24 hours.

View 30-day incident history

Troubleshooting GitHub

  1. Check DNS records with a tool like dig, nslookup, or an online DNS lookup.
  2. Verify SSL certificate expiration in your browser or with an SSL checker.
  3. Review HTTP status codes — 5xx means a server-side problem, 4xx means a client-side error.
  4. Check for redirect loops or misconfigured headers.
  5. Check your hosting provider or CDN's status page.
  6. Use our Website Down Checker to test the domain from our servers.
Why does GitHub go down?

GitHub outages typically affect a single product (Actions, API, Codespaces, packages) rather than the whole platform. The status page breaks it down by component, and component-level outages are common.

Common issues

  • Actions runner pool exhaustion during incidents, where workflows queue indefinitely while the rest of GitHub looks fine.
  • API rate-limit cascades — when something fails, retries pile up and amplify the problem until rate limits kick in.
  • Git operation slowness or failures (push/pull/clone) on specific repositories during traffic spikes.
  • Package registry (npm, container registry) latency lagging behind the rest of the platform.
  • GitHub Pages deploys backing up during platform incidents.

What you can try

  • Check status.github.com first — component-level outages are normal and the rest of the platform may be fine.
  • For Actions issues, the workflow logs sometimes return empty during incidents; rerunning after status recovers usually works.
  • Git operations can fall back to SSH if HTTPS is having problems, or vice versa.

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