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AI SecurityEmerging1 sourceAug 18, 2026 · 12:33via CyberInsider

GitHub suffers eight-hour outage affecting Actions, APIs, and Copilot

Brief

GitHub suffered a widespread outage on August 17 that disrupted core services including its API, Actions, Pull Requests, Issues, Pages, Webhooks, and Copilot, with some repository downloads experiencing error rates of around 50%. The incident began at 1:40 p. m. UTC when GitHub said it was investigating reports of performance problems affecting some of its services. …

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