GitHub incident: Elevated request latency

1. resolvedOct 1, 2026, 13:57 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 1, 2026, 13:51 UTC

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

3. investigatingOct 1, 2026, 13:39 UTC

   We are investigating recurrent periods of elevated latency affecting web requests. We’ll share updates as more information becomes available.

4. investigatingOct 1, 2026, 13:37 UTC

   We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Oct 1, 2026, 14:50 UTCoperational → degraded

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