Is GitHub down for you? Here’s what’s going on (Update: Back online)

By Ryan McNeal · Android Authority · Wednesday, 7 October 2026 at 15:41 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

TL;DR Thousands of users are reporting that GitHub is down.

GitHub confirms there is an outage and it is investigating.

Webhooks, actions, pull requests, and more are currently experiencing degraded performance.

Update: October 7, 2026 (1:03 PM ET): According to the GitHub status site, all systems are operational once again.

Original article: October 7 2026 (11:41 AM ET): The online platform where developers store, share, and collaborate on software projects is experiencing issues today. GitHub has confirmed there is an outage.

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