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GitHub widespread outage affecting API, Actions, and authentication

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The GitHub outage is degrading website, API, Actions, and Pull Requests access for some users, interrupting developer workflows and automated delivery. The disruption is also affecting SAML/OIDC authentication, SCIM, Team Sync, and some repository downloads. GitHub said it was seeing about 20% error rates across web and API traffic, with download errors reaching roughly 50%. The cause has not been disclosed and the investigation is still ongoing.

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  1. 17.08.2026 17:47 2 articles · 14d ago

    GitHub widespread outage affecting API, Actions, and authentication

    Initial Disclosure

    GitHub first acknowledged a broad service investigation after users began seeing errors across major developer surfaces. Early evidence pointed to a widespread availability problem affecting several connected services rather than a single isolated feature.

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