Is GitHub down right now?
Live public-endpoint check for GitHub (github.com). We compare EU and US reachability, then link to the provider reference for broader context.
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About GitHub
GitHub hosts Git repositories, issues, pull requests, GitHub Actions (CI/CD), Packages (npm, Docker, Maven registries), Codespaces, and Copilot. Outages break in predictable patterns: Git operations (push/pull/clone) fail when the backend is degraded, Actions queue up when the runner orchestrator has issues, the web UI fails while the API works (or vice versa), and Copilot completions silently stop. Any of these directly blocks engineering work, push failures stop deploys, Actions failures block merges, and Codespaces outages stop in-browser dev work entirely. GitHub also sees occasional incident storms around major auth events (e.g. SSH key-type rotations).
The official GitHub status page is available as a reference. Official pages are useful, but they can lag behind real outages by minutes or hours. Independent monitoring catches issues faster.
How GitHub outages affect production workloads
Developer-platform outages have outsized impact because they cascade. When GitHub is degraded, every customer's build pipeline, deploy hook, or webhook delivery can stall, and the failure mode often looks like a customer problem before engineers realize the dependency is the cause. CI runs hang, status checks never report, and queued jobs pile up silently.
The live check above provides independent public-endpoint evidence from EU and US, including status and response timing. That helps separate a broad reachability problem from a local client issue, but it does not execute your private API call, build, webhook, or deploy. Test the exact dependency path before attributing the incident to GitHub.
Common signs GitHub is having issues
- API rate limits returning earlier than the documented thresholds
- Webhook deliveries showing 5xx errors or unusual latency tail
- Deploy or build hooks accepted by GitHub but never firing downstream
- OAuth or token endpoints failing intermittently for the same client credentials
What to do when GitHub is degraded
When GitHub is having trouble, the fastest mitigation is usually feature-flagging the dependency off if your application can degrade gracefully. Check the multi-region results on this page first; if both regions report healthy but your application still sees failures, the issue is likely your network path or DNS, not GitHub itself.
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Provider status references
and endpoint checks answer different questions.
Independent endpoint evidence
The regional check can show that a public endpoint is failing before or after a provider posts broader incident context. It does not validate every product subsystem.
Scheduled alerts
Monitor GitHub on your plan interval and route confirmed endpoint failures through the notification channels available to your workspace.
Multi-region verification
EU and US results can reveal a regional difference in public-endpoint reachability. Confirm the exact workflow and provider region you use.
Historical data
Track GitHub uptime over time. See trends, identify recurring issues, and make informed decisions about your dependency.