--- title: GitHub Hit by Widespread Outage, Halting Work for Global... description: A widespread outage hit GitHub on a Monday morning, disrupting repositories, downloads, authentication features (SAML, OIDC, SCIM, Team Sync), GitHub Copilot,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github-hit-by-widespread-outage-halting-work-for-global-developers-o6tt1qnaq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub Hit by Widespread Outage, Halting Work for Global Developers | daily.dev og:description: A widespread outage hit GitHub on a Monday morning, disrupting repositories, downloads, authentication features (SAML, OIDC, SCIM, Team Sync), GitHub Copilot,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-hit-by-widespread-outage-halting-work-for-global-developers-o6tt1qnaq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/O6TT1qNaq.png og:image:alt: GitHub Hit by Widespread Outage, Halting Work for Global Developers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GitHub Hit by Widespread Outage, Halting Work for Global Developers **[DevOps.com](https://daily.dev/sources/devops)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A widespread outage hit GitHub on a Monday morning, disrupting repositories, downloads, authentication features (SAML, OIDC, SCIM, Team Sync), GitHub Copilot, and GitHub Actions for hours. Error rates peaked around 20% across web and API traffic, with raw repository content and archive downloads seeing near 50% failures. GitHub identified the faulty component by early afternoon and reported strong signs of recovery, though the root cause remains undisclosed pending a post-incident review. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What caused the GitHub outage that broke Copilot and Actions this Monday morning? GitHub has not disclosed the exact root cause of the outage that began around 9:40 a.m. EDT, though engineers identified a faulty component and initiated fixes by 12:36 p.m. EDT. Error rates peaked near 20% across web and API traffic, with raw repository content and archive downloads suffering close to 50% failures. Enterprise authentication features like SAML, OIDC, SCIM, and Team Sync were also broadly impacted, alongside degraded GitHub Copilot and GitHub Actions. _Developers tracking platform incidents that stall sprints can follow outage coverage like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [GitHub appears to be struggling with one nine availability](https://daily.dev/posts/github-appears-to-be-struggling-with-one-nine-availability-d4tedw2tw) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [GitHub availability report: March 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/github-availability-report-march-2026-c2dt15scg) · GitHub Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What’s gone wrong at GitHub?](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-gone-wrong-at-github--5f7pmzqel) · LeadDev · 210 upvotes · 19 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#github-actions](https://daily.dev/tags/github-actions) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/github-hit-by-widespread-outage-halting-work-for-global-developers-o6tt1qnaq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"GitHub Hit by Widespread Outage, Halting Work for Global Developers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/github-hit-by-widespread-outage-halting-work-for-global-developers-o6tt1qnaq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/github-hit-by-widespread-outage-halting-work-for-global-developers-o6tt1qnaq"},"datePublished":"2026-08-17T18:53:34.174Z","dateModified":"2026-08-18T08:36:10.976Z","description":"A widespread outage hit GitHub on a Monday morning, disrupting repositories, downloads, authentication features (SAML, OIDC, SCIM, Team Sync), GitHub Copilot,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/da68901de0171c0f6424cda3eca7f62f?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/da68901de0171c0f6424cda3eca7f62f?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DevOps.com","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DevOps.com","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/db8f2265cff0416c878c6e7e92bb8715","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devops"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/github-hit-by-widespread-outage-halting-work-for-global-developers-o6tt1qnaq","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"github,github-actions","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DevOps.com","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devops"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"GitHub Hit by Widespread Outage, Halting Work for Global Developers"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/github-hit-by-widespread-outage-halting-work-for-global-developers-o6tt1qnaq#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What caused the GitHub outage that broke Copilot and Actions this Monday morning?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"GitHub has not disclosed the exact root cause of the outage that began around 9:40 a.m. EDT, though engineers identified a faulty component and initiated fixes by 12:36 p.m. EDT. 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