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Up · checkedNo, GitHub is not down right now: github.com answered our check at 23:13 UTC, and GitHub’s status page reports no problems.
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GitHub is up
github.com answered our last check in 175 ms. The official status page reports no problems.
- Last checked
- Response
- HTTP 200 · 175 ms
- Checked from
- New York, London and Stockholm
- Uptime since 16 Oct
- 99.978%
Official status: All Systems Operational
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Having problems with GitHub?
Tell us what isn’t working. Reports are anonymous and show up here within about a minute, so everyone can see whether GitHub is failing for others too.
What isn’t working?
Reports, last 24 hours
Per 15 minutes, in UTC
- Last hour
- 0
- Usually per hour
- 0
- Last 24 hours
- 0
No problems with GitHub reported in the last 24 hours.
//_02 Common problems
GitHub not working? Common problems and fixes
What usually helps when GitHub fails for you while it works for others.
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git push or pull fails: “Could not resolve host” or “Connection timed out”
Usually DNS or the network: try another network or DNS server. If github.com answers here and the status page is green, the problem is on your side.
GitHub Actions jobs stay queued
Actions has its own component on GitHub’s status page and is often the only part affected. Jobs start once it recovers.
“Support for password authentication was removed”
Git over HTTPS needs a personal access token or SSH, not your password.
API errors: “API rate limit exceeded”
Unauthenticated calls are limited to 60 an hour per address; with a token you get far more. Wait for the reset time in the response headers.
//_03 Last 24 hours
GitHub response time
How long github.com took to answer our checks from New York, London and Stockholm, averaged per 15 minutes.
- Average
- 106 ms
- Slowest
- 139 ms
- Failed checks
- 4
//_04 Uptime
GitHub uptime, last 90 days
- 24 hours
- 100%
- Since 16 Oct
- 99.978%
//_05 Outages
Recent GitHub outages
Since we started checking GitHub on 16 Oct 2026, our checks found GitHub down 2 times, for 6 min in total. The longest outage lasted 4 min, on 21 Oct 2026. That is 99.978% uptime from our checks. GitHub’s status page reported 8 incidents in that time, the latest on 4 Nov 2026.
- Outages in our checks, since 16 Oct
- 2
- Downtime, since 16 Oct
- 6 min
- Longest outage
- 4 min
- Status page incidents, since 16 Oct
- 8
Outage timeline
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4 Nov 2026, 17:43 UTC · 25 min · status page
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Incident with Actions and Pages
4 Nov 2026, 16:20 UTC · 30 min · status page
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Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues
4 Nov 2026, 09:50 UTC · 1 h 55 min · status page
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Incident with Actions, Pages, and Webhooks
30 Oct 2026, 18:02 UTC · 31 min · status page
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Disruption with GitHub services
30 Oct 2026, 14:37 UTC · 13 min · status page
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Disruption with some Copilot services
28 Oct 2026, 15:25 UTC · 2 min · status page
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Timeout after 10 s
21 Oct 2026, 19:47 UTC · 2 min · our checks
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Response body: Timeout after 10 s
21 Oct 2026, 19:31 UTC · 4 min · our checks
Open on GitHub’s status page
No open incidents on GitHub’s status page right now.
GitHub components on its status page
- Git Operations Operational
- Webhooks Operational
- Visit www.githubstatus.com for more information Operational
- API Requests Operational
- Issues Operational
- Pull Requests Operational
- Actions Operational
- Packages Operational
- Pages Operational
- Copilot Operational
- Codespaces Operational
- Copilot AI Model Providers Operational
Every GitHub outage since our checks started, with start, end and duration, and an Atom feed for your reader or Slack.
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About GitHub outages
Is GitHub down right now?
No, GitHub is not down right now: github.com answered our check at 23:13 UTC, and GitHub’s status page reports no problems.
When was GitHub last down?
Our checks last found GitHub down on 21 Oct 2026 at 19:47 UTC, for 2 min: Timeout after 10 s. GitHub’s status page last reported an incident on 4 Nov 2026: “Incident with Actions”.
How often does GitHub go down?
Since we started checking GitHub on 16 Oct 2026, our checks found GitHub down 2 times, for 6 min in total. The longest outage lasted 4 min, on 21 Oct 2026. That is 99.978% uptime from our checks. GitHub’s status page reported 8 incidents in that time, the latest on 4 Nov 2026.
How does Uptimecheck check GitHub?
We request https://github.com/ every 2 minutes from New York, London and Stockholm. Any answer below HTTP 500 within 10 seconds counts as up, since large sites often answer automated requests with 403. A failure only counts once a second check confirms it. We also read GitHub’s official status page every 2 minutes.
What can I do when GitHub is down?
Check GitHub’s official status page for updates and try again in a few minutes. If github.com works for us but not for you, try another network or browser, or clear your DNS cache. If your own product depends on GitHub, tell your customers on your status page before they email support.
Why is GitHub not working for me when it is up?
Our check shows that github.com answers. Your own network, a VPN, browser extensions, an outdated app or a problem with your account can still break GitHub for you alone. The common problems on this page list what usually helps, and when many people report the same problem, it shows here.
Can I get an alert when GitHub has an outage?
Yes. Start a free trial and Uptimecheck watches GitHub’s official status page for you and alerts you by email, SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram or webhook when it reports an outage, and again when it is resolved.
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