Disruption with Login and Release Asset downloads
The provider has not confirmed which tracked products are affected.
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Last official update:
Resolved:
Published incident duration: 78 minutes.
On August 12 and 13, 2026, some anonymous (logged-out) requests to github.com experienced HTTP 5xx errors when loading pages like the sign-in page, and when downloading release assets, due to an unusual traffic pattern that repeatedly overloaded a part of our infrastructure that serves these types of requests. There were three windows of impact: (1) August 12 from 16:34 to 18:34 UTC, with an average error rate of 16.16% that peaked at 28.6%; (2) August 12 from 19:00 to 22:56 UTC, with an average error rate of 16.55% that peaked at 24.18%; and (3) August 13 from 06:19 to 08:05 UTC, with an average error rate of 2.01% that peaked at 7.49%. Requests from signed-in users were unaffected.<br
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What to do
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Official update timeline
- · resolved
On August 12 and 13, 2026, some anonymous (logged-out) requests to github.com experienced HTTP 5xx errors when loading pages like the sign-in page, and when downloading release assets, due to an unusual traffic pattern that repeatedly overloaded a part of our infrastructure that serves these types of requests. There were three windows of impact: (1) August 12 from 16:34 to 18:34 UTC, with an average error rate of 16.16% that peaked at 28.6%; (2) August 12 from 19:00 to 22:56 UTC, with an average error rate of 16.55% that peaked at 24.18%; and (3) August 13 from 06:19 to 08:05 UTC, with an average error rate of 2.01% that peaked at 7.49%. Requests from signed-in users were unaffected.<br
- · investigating
We have identified the root cause and are working on mitigation. Errors on the login page and downloading release assets have decreased, but we are not fully mitigated. We will continue to provide updates.
- · investigating
We are investigating issues with Login and when downloading Release Assets. We will continue to keep users updated on progress towards mitigation.
- · investigating
We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.