GitHub outage hits web, API, Actions and Copilot worldwide

Reports

2

Domains carrying it

2

First reported

17 August 2026

Latest report

17 August 2026

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◆ Timeline

1. 17 August 2026GitHub outage hits web, API, Actions and Copilot worldwideaiweekly.co
2. 17 August 2026GitHub Goes Down Again, and Millions of Developers Have Nowhere Else to Goglitchwire.com

◆ Connected developments

Situations Wire finds semantically close to this one. Proximity, not cause.

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◆ Evidence

2 reports · 2 domains

• GitHub Goes Down Again, and Millions of Developers Have Nowhere Else to Goglitchwire.com · 17 August 2026
• GitHub outage hits web, API, Actions and Copilot worldwideaiweekly.co · 17 August 2026