GitHub outage on August 26, 2026

On August 26, 2026, GitHub had 4 incidents recorded on Microsoft's official status page, lasting about 2h 50m. Here's what happened, in the provider's own words — DownRNdoesn't invent causes or durations.

critical

Incident with Actions

Started
11:11 AM ET
Resolved
2:01 PM ET
Duration
2h 50m
Status
resolved
minor

Disruption with GitHub Billing

Started
7:37 PM ET
Resolved
3:44 PM ET
Duration
20h 7m
Status
resolved
minor

Incident with Actions and Pull Requests

Started
6:56 PM ET
Resolved
8:26 PM ET
Duration
1h 30m
Status
resolved
minor

Disruption with some GitHub services

Started
11:09 AM ET
Resolved
12:07 PM ET
Duration
59 minutes
Status
resolved