# GitHub: Incident with Git Operations, Pull Requests and Actions

- Provider: [GitHub](https://outages.cc/github.md)
- Type: Incident
- State: Resolved
- Worst impact: Major outage
- Started: 2026-10-07 16:25 UTC
- Resolved: 2026-10-07 16:25 UTC (lasted 1 min)
- Components: Git Operations, Webhooks, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions
- Official update: https://stspg.io/96smrcth8bpg

## Updates from GitHub

### resolved, 2026-10-07 16:25 UTC

On October 7, 2026, GitHub had two outages of write operations with the same cause, totaling about 19 minutes. The first ran from 15:06 to 15:16 UTC (about 10 minutes) and the second from 16:52 to 17:01 UTC (about 9 minutes). In both windows, actions that save or change data failed across Git operations, pull requests, issues, GitHub Actions, the API, webhooks, sign-in and authentication, GitHub Apps and OAuth, code scanning, Codespaces, and Copilot. Reading data was largely unaffected. In the first outage, 5.6% of all web and API requests failed, peaking at 8.9%, and more than 12,000 organizations saw failed requests. Up to 26% of Git authentication requests failed, and 17% of Actions workflow runs failed with infrastructure errors. In the second outage, 6.2% of web and API requests failed, peaking at 9.3%, and more than 11,000 organizations were affected. Up to 25% of Git authentication requests failed, and 19% of Actions workflow runs failed. No databases experienced data loss, and

### monitoring, 2026-10-07 16:23 UTC

Git Operations, Pull Requests and Actions are fully recovered and stable. The root cause has been identified and mitigations are being applied to prevent a reoccurrence.

### monitoring, 2026-10-07 15:58 UTC

We are seeing full recovery across all systems including Git Operations, Pull Requests and Actions. We are continuing to investigate the root cause of the disruption between 15:06 UTC and 15:16 UTC, and will share another update shortly.

### monitoring, 2026-10-07 15:56 UTC

The degradation has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

### monitoring, 2026-10-07 15:49 UTC

The degradation has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:49 UTC

The degradation affecting Git Operations and Webhooks has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:47 UTC

The degradation affecting Issues has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:41 UTC

We are observing partial recovery across all systems. We are continuing to monitor and investigate the root cause of the disruption.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:35 UTC

Git Operations is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:32 UTC

Actions is operating normally.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:31 UTC

The degradation affecting Pull Requests has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:27 UTC

Webhooks is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:27 UTC

Git Operations is operating normally.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:25 UTC

Pull Requests is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:24 UTC

We observed widespread impact across GitHub services between 15:06 UTC and 15:16 UTC, and are investigating the root cause. We are seeing all systems recover, and will provide another update shortly.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:21 UTC

Git Operations is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:16 UTC

Webhooks is experiencing degraded availability. We are continuing to investigate.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:15 UTC

Issues is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:14 UTC

Webhooks is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

### investigating, 2026-10-07 15:14 UTC

We are investigating reports of degraded availability for Actions, Git Operations and Pull Requests