GitHub reports slowdowns across code storage, issues, pull requests and Actions

On November 4, 2026, GitHub, a code-sharing site, reported slowdowns in saving code and tracking issues at 09:49 UTC. Within four minutes, the problems spread to its automation tools, called Actions, at 09:50 UTC. At 09:53 UTC, users had trouble reaching pull requests, or proposed code changes. At peak, 1.30% of all requests failed, per GitHub's status history.