CircleCI incident: GitHub service degradation may impact customers using GitHub

Affected components

• Pipelines & Workflows

1. resolvedJul 24, 2026, 17:41 UTC

   The issue impacting customers who use GitHub as their VCS while GitHub was undergoing a service degradation (https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/yjysg0xrl67m) has now been resolved. GitHub has resolved the underlying issue and the affected functionality has returned to normal. We thank you for your patience.

2. identifiedJul 24, 2026, 16:35 UTC

   GitHub is currently experiencing a service degradation (https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/yjysg0xrl67m). Customers who use GitHub as their VCS may experience impact to their CircleCI platform experience as a result, impacting checkout and workflows. We will provide another update as we have more information to share. Thank you for your patience.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in CircleCI's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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