Live status & reliability report

GitHub status, outages & reliability

#10 of 10 code hosting & CI platformsOperational

GitHub is a Microsoft-owned platform for hosting Git repositories, with pull requests, issues, Actions CI/CD, Packages and Codespaces.

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · score recalculated

Over the last 76 days GitHub had 98.37% effective uptime across 35 status page incidents (11 partial or major outages), resolving them in 2h 33m on average.

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Uptime (90d)98.37%1d 5h weighted downtime
Incidents (90d)358.9 per 30 days
Major / partial outages11
Avg time to resolve2h 33m
Outages we detected0by our independent probes

90-day uptime

Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026: no dataAug 18, 2026: 97.47% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026: no incidentsAug 24, 2026: 99.60% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 25, 2026: no incidentsAug 26, 2026: 87.53% uptime, 3 incidents (Major outage)Aug 27, 2026: 99.72% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026: no incidentsSep 1, 2026: 99.36% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026: no incidentsSep 4, 2026: 99.77% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 5, 2026 – Sep 12, 2026: no incidentsSep 13, 2026: 93.83% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 14, 2026: 99.42% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 15, 2026: 98.54% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 19, 2026: no incidentsSep 20, 2026: 99.28% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026: no incidentsSep 23, 2026: 91.36% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 24, 2026: 96.92% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026: no incidentsOct 1, 2026: 97.81% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026: no incidentsOct 5, 2026: 84.45% uptime, 2 incidents (Major outage)Oct 6, 2026: 81.28% uptime, 2 incidents (Major outage)Oct 7, 2026: 96.68% uptime, 2 incidents (Major outage)Oct 8, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026: no incidentsOct 12, 2026: 95.05% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 13, 2026: no incidentsOct 14, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026: no incidentsOct 19, 2026: 95.30% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Oct 20, 2026: no incidentsOct 21, 2026: 81.24% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Oct 22, 2026: 94.03% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 23, 2026: 95.63% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 24, 2026 – Oct 25, 2026: no incidentsOct 26, 2026: 99.90% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 27, 2026 – Oct 29, 2026: no incidentsOct 30, 2026: 93.02% uptime, 3 incidents (Major outage)Oct 31, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago98.385% average daily uptimeToday
  • No incidents
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Key facts about GitHub's reliability

  • Since Aug 18, 2026, the earliest date its published history covers, GitHub published 35 incidents on its status page, 11 of them partial or major outages.
  • Its longest outage on record in that time was “Delays for Pull Requests and Webhook deliveries” on Oct 21, 2026, which lasted 4h 30m.
  • The part of GitHub most often affected was Actions (16 of 35 incidents).
  • GitHub's 90-day uptime of 98.37% is below the average for code hosting & CI platforms (99.35%).
  • It resolves incidents more slowly than the typical code hosting & CI platform: 2h 33m on average, against a median of 2h 21m.

Score breakdown

Uptime · 40% weight
22
98.375% effective uptime
Incident frequency · 20% weight
11
8.94 weighted incidents per 30 days
Time to resolve · 20% weight
81
2h 33m average
Transparency · 20% weight
100
No unreported outages detected

How the score is calculated →

Incidents per month

06121824DecJan ’26FebMarAprMayJunJul1 major outage incident4 degraded performance incidents1 informational incident6Aug1 major outage incident7 degraded performance incidents8Sep7 major outage incidents2 partial outage incidents11 degraded performance incidents1 informational incident21OctNov
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  • Partial outage
  • Degraded
  • Informational

Response time

Daily average response time of GitHub's public pages, measured by our probes.

Not enough data yet — this chart fills in as our monitoring runs.

Score trend

Daily reliability score (rolling 90-day window).

Not enough data yet — this chart fills in as our monitoring runs.

GitHub incident history (last 90 days)

Source: GitHub status page · last checked

Our independent monitoring

We check these public GitHub pages every 5 minutes. An outage is recorded after two consecutive failed checks.

PageLast checkUptime (30d)Avg response
HomepageUp 100%372 ms
Sign-in pageUp 100%354 ms
REST API rootUp 100%291 ms

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GitHub status FAQ

Is GitHub down right now?

No, GitHub is up and running. GitHub's status page currently reports all systems operational, and all 3 of the GitHub pages we check every five minutes are responding. This page updates automatically when that changes.

How reliable is GitHub?

GitHub has a reliability score of 47.1 out of 100, ranking #10 of 10 code hosting & CI platforms. Over the last 90 days it had 98.37% effective uptime.

How often does GitHub have outages?

GitHub published 35 incidents on its status page in the last 90 days (11 partial or major outages) and 35 in the past 12 months.

How long do GitHub outages last?

GitHub resolves incidents in 2h 33m on average. Its longest outage in the past year lasted 4h 30m, on Oct 21, 2026.

Does GitHub have a status page?

Yes. GitHub's official status page is www.githubstatus.com. We read it every five minutes and keep its full incident history.