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GitHub incident: Project updates delayed

GitHub reported this minor-impact incident on its official status page on Oct 22, 2026, 15:28 UTC. It was resolved after 11h 2m.

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Oct 22, 2026, 15:28 UTC
started
Oct 23, 2026, 02:30 UTC
resolved
11h 2m
duration
Minor
impact

Affected components

  • API Requests
  • Actions
  • Issues
  • Packages
  • Pull Requests
  1. resolvedOct 23, 2026, 02:30 UTC

    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.

  2. monitoringOct 23, 2026, 00:55 UTC

    The degradation has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

  3. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 23:48 UTC

    GitHub Projects update processing has improved, but newly added items may still take longer than expected to appear. <br /><br />We're continuing to work on the remaining delays and monitor recovery.

  4. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 22:07 UTC

    Some GitHub Projects updates, including newly added items and changes to issues and pull requests, are still delayed.<br /><br />We have seen some recovery, and are working to add more capacity to accelerate the recovery.

  5. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 20:46 UTC

    Some GitHub Projects updates, including newly added items and changes to issues and pull requests, remain delayed.<br /><br />We've identified interruptions in update processing and are evaluating mitigations to restore normal operation.

  6. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 19:56 UTC

    Some GitHub Projects updates related to issue changes and merged pull requests are still delayed. We're investigating the remaining delays and working to restore normal processing.

  7. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 19:04 UTC

    Some updates in GitHub Projects are still delayed. We're continuing mitigation work and monitoring.

  8. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 18:26 UTC

    The other affected services have recovered. <br /><br />We're continuing to investigate GitHub Projects and verify that normal operation has been restored.

  9. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 17:43 UTC

    We're seeing recovery across the affected services. GitHub Projects is still recovering as queued updates are processed, and we're continuing to monitor for stability.

  10. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 17:41 UTC

    Actions, Issues, Packages and Pull Requests are operating normally.

  11. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 17:16 UTC

    We're seeing recovery after adding capacity, with errors decreasing. Some users may still experience errors loading Issues, Pull Requests and search results on github.com. <br /><br />We're continuing to work towards full recovery and monitoring for stability.

  12. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 16:41 UTC

    Some users continue to experience errors loading Issues, Pull Requests, package listings and search results on github.com. <br /><br />We're working through multiple mitigation efforts and continuing to investigate.

  13. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 16:35 UTC

    API Requests is operating normally.

  14. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 16:28 UTC

    Packages is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

  15. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 16:26 UTC

    API Requests is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

  16. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 16:08 UTC

    Some users continue to experience intermittent errors loading Issues, Pull Requests and search results on github.com. <br /><br />We're investigating and evaluating mitigation options to restore normal service.

  17. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 15:33 UTC

    Some users may experience intermittent errors loading Issues, Pull Requests and search results on github.com. <br /><br />We're investigating and working to restore normal service.

  18. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 15:28 UTC

    We are investigating reports of degraded performance for Actions, Issues and Pull Requests

What APIStatus.watch saw

  • Oct 22, 2026, 15:20 UTCdegraded → operational
  • Oct 22, 2026, 15:30 UTCoperational → degraded
  • Oct 22, 2026, 17:45 UTCdegraded → operational

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