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GitHub Copilot status: is it down right now?

Our own check of api.githubcopilot.com from Europe and the US, every 3 minutes, with recent history.

GitHub Copilot API responded. The page answered normally in 560 ms.

GitHub Copilot API responded.

The page answered normally in 560 ms.

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The page answered normally560 ms
USUp
The page answered normally309 ms
Result
The page answered normally
Checked at
19 Oct 2026, 12:21 UTC
Regions
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Official status (www.githubstatus.com)GitHub says: Copilot operational, AI model providers operational.Read . Reported by GitHub, not measured by us.

GitHub Copilot status history

Our own checks of GitHub Copilot API from Europe and the US. It does not sign in, request a completion or test your plan. Green means every check passed, amber means some checks failed, red means most checks in that period failed.

Last 24 hoursOur check of GitHub Copilot API was up for 100% of checks.
Last 7 daysOur check of GitHub Copilot API was up for 99.9% of checks.

Outages our checks detected

  • Down3 Oct 2026, 21:51 UTC6 min
  • Down3 Oct 2026, 14:21 UTC6 min

Recent Copilot incidents on www.githubstatus.com

From GitHub's public incident history (its 50 most recent incidents): the latest ones tagged Copilot or Copilot AI Model Providers, or with Copilot in the title. Reported by GitHub, not measured by us.

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About GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot is the code-completion and AI pair-programming product from GitHub, used across VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Neovim, Visual Studio, and the GitHub web UI. The product layers include inline completions (ghost text), Copilot Chat (IDE side-panel), Copilot Workspace (GitHub issue-to-PR flow), Copilot Enterprise features (codebase-aware answers, pull-request summaries), and the Copilot CLI. Outages typically show up as inline completions silently disappearing (no suggestions arrive as you type), Chat messages timing out, or PR summaries failing to generate. Because Copilot is a premium paid feature, prolonged outages trigger pro-rata credit requests.

The official GitHub Copilot status page is available as a reference. Official pages are useful, but they can lag behind real outages by minutes or hours.

outage patterns

Copilot not working? What an outage looks like

Copilot fails open. When it cannot reach its backend, the editor shows no suggestions and no error, so a quiet editor is the usual symptom. Chat can fail separately, with timeouts or "model unavailable".

The check above calls the Copilot API from Europe and the US. It does not sign in, request a completion or test your plan.

Common signs GitHub Copilot is having issues

  • Ghost-text suggestions stop appearing in VS Code or JetBrains with no error
  • Chat replies time out or return "model unavailable"
  • Sign-in loops or "GitHub Copilot could not connect"
  • Pull-request summaries or code review fail while GitHub itself works

Usually not a GitHub Copilot outage

  • Plan or premium-request limit reached
  • A company proxy or firewall blocking api.githubcopilot.com
  • An expired extension token: sign out and in
  • A model removed from your plan

What to do when GitHub Copilot is degraded

Compare the Copilot API result and GitHub's Copilot status at the top of this page. If either shows a problem, wait for GitHub's fix or pick another model in Copilot Chat. If both look fine, check your plan's limits, your proxy and the extension sign-in.

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Provider status references
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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.

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Frequently asked questions

Is GitHub Copilot down right now?

See the latest check of GitHub Copilot API and its timestamp at the top of this page. If GitHub Copilot is down, you can also check the official status page for extra context.

How do I check if GitHub Copilot is having issues?

This page checks the public GitHub Copilot endpoint from EU and US. You can also monitor that endpoint on a schedule and receive confirmed-failure alerts through the channels available on your plan. Test the exact provider feature you use for a complete diagnosis.

How can I get alerted when GitHub Copilot goes down?

Add github.com to Visual Sentinel and its first check is free. To keep monitoring, start a 7-day trial (card required) or subscribe now: Solo and Starter check every 5 minutes, Business and Agency every 60 seconds, with email, push and chat alerts.

Where can I find GitHub Copilot outage context?

The official GitHub Copilot status page is available as a reference. Official pages are useful, but they can lag behind real outages by minutes or hours. Visual Sentinel checks the public GitHub Copilot endpoint independently from EU and US. Paid Business and Agency plans support 60-second uptime checks.

Why do Copilot completions silently stop appearing in VS Code?

Copilot fails open, meaning if completions cannot reach the backend, the IDE just shows no suggestions rather than an error. Check the Copilot status indicator in the VS Code status bar. If it shows red or a warning, that is an outage signal.

Does a Copilot outage also break GitHub.com itself?

No. Copilot runs on separate infrastructure from core GitHub (Git hosting, Actions, Pages). Copilot-specific incidents leave repos, pull requests, and Actions working normally. The githubstatus.com page lists Copilot as its own row.

Is Copilot down or is it my proxy?

If the Copilot API answers our check from Europe and the US and GitHub shows Copilot as operational, a proxy or firewall is the more likely cause. Copilot has to reach api.githubcopilot.com and other GitHub hosts. Try once from a network without the proxy, or ask your network team to allow those hosts.

Copilot stopped suggesting code but GitHub.com works. Is Copilot down?

It can be. GitHub lists Copilot as separate components on its status page, so github.com can work while Copilot fails. Check the Copilot API result and GitHub's Copilot status at the top of this page. If both look fine, sign out of the Copilot extension, sign back in and restart the editor.

Does hitting my Copilot limit look like an outage?

It can. Copilot Free has monthly limits on completions and chat messages, and paid plans have a monthly allowance of premium requests. At a limit, suggestions or chat can stop, or Copilot moves you to another model, while our check still shows the Copilot API responding. Your GitHub account settings show your Copilot usage.

Why does the status page say operational while Copilot fails for me?

GitHub's status page shows problems GitHub has confirmed for many users, so a short or local problem may never appear there. Common local causes are an expired extension sign-in, a proxy or firewall, a reached plan limit, or a model that is not on your plan. Our check above only shows whether the Copilot API responds.

When an AI assistant stops answering, people usually try a second one. Each page below has its own check, run every 3 minutes from Europe and the US.