Incident with Github.com [resolved]

SpyCoder77 536 points 926 comments August 17, 2026
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Just got this message: "No server is currently available to service your request. Sorry about that. Please try refreshing and contact us if the problem persists." Edit: at the time of posting there was not an incident on githubstatus.com. Now there is. https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx Original Title: "Tell HN: GitHub Is Overloaded"

Discussion Highlights (20 comments)

ozarkerD

Is github down? Does the day end in y?

SigmundurM

Same here. Just as I was going to push out a release

MallocVoidstar

https://www.githubstatus.com/ It's all green which means it's working. Ignore the unicorn error on every page. edit: After 5-10 minutes they got around to opening an incident and (apparently manually?) marking the API as having 'degraded performance'.

bemcho

yes in Bulgaria

jjice

I'm seeing "Merge status cannot be loaded" when attempting to merge a PR. It's a shame I had to go to HN to check if I was the only one instead of relying on their status page that they link.

Andugal

Yes it is https://downdetector.com/status/github/

asdfasdfasdf49

I'm experiencing as well.

grilledchickenw

Yep, started with PR changes not being visible, but now can't load entire repos. I see the pink unicorn.

lol768

Issues seems to be completely broken, just getting unicorns. Interestingly the API still works for creating an issue (but webhooks weren't fired).

lini

incident was just created - https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx

root-parent

As sure as it is Monday....

Maxion

Welp, workday over in Europe early!

augustohp

On the bright side, they were pretty fast on the Incident Declaration this time.

beardedetim

We're starting to have the conversation of "do we need to replace GitHub as our CI/CD pipeline?" No idea if/when we decide to pull that bandaid but I think once we can't merge a hot fix into main because of GH being down, it'll be a big org push to replace it. What's everyone else using? Self hosted Gitlab? Gitea?

pedroigor91

yes in Brazil

xet7

1) Issues showed unicorn. Reloading page. 2) Issues showed Not found. Anyway, GitHub Actions for building new release has progress. Good enough.

biennvops

Seems to affect web as well. Currently working on a PR and now it says "Merge status cannot be loaded"

dhruv3006

how long can they survive like this?

brookst

It's getting to where we should just post when it's working fine, to reduce noise.

AdyanshG

Which AI model is it this time?

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