GitHub outage, 21 October 2026

Delays for Pull Requests and Webhook deliveries

Started
Resolved
21 Oct 2026, 19:22 UTC (after 4 h 30 min)
Impact
Critical
Affected
Webhooks, Pull Requests, Actions

Is this still happening?

No. GitHub marked this incident resolved on 21 Oct 2026, 19:22 UTC, 4 h 30 min after it began.

Right now: GitHub reports all systems operational. (as of 26 Oct, 03:45 UTC) Live GitHub status

Last update from GitHub

This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.

21 Oct 2026, 19:22 UTC

Read the full incident on the official GitHub status page

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