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Wire · operational-macro

GitHub outage hits web, API, Actions and Copilot worldwide

17 August 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

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17 August 2026

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operational-macro

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Enterprise Software

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Fusion42 · 17 August 2026 · Fusion42 review

GitHub is experiencing a worldwide outage impacting web, API traffic, authentication services, Actions, and Copilot, with error rates between 20% and 50%, disrupting critical developer workflows and CI/CD pipelines.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Enterprise Software, and 2 sources have reported it.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

Your developer workflows just hit a systemic stop. If you rely on GitHub Actions or Copilot this week, plan immediate failovers or manual overrides to keep delivery on track.

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2 sources · 17 Aug 2026

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Enterprise Softwaregithuboutageapi-failuredeveloper-toolscicdcopilot