Github Downfall

Track Github's incidents and downtime

409 incidents recorded since Jan 2025

All Systems Operational for 19 hr

Less More

Frequency trend

+45%

24.2/mo vs 16.7/mo prior

Severity trend

+58%

avg weighted severity/mo

Longest calm streak

8 days

ending Dec 31, 2025

Busiest month

37 incidents

Feb 2026

Impact breakdown

critical 23 (6%)

major 72 (18%)

minor 294 (72%)

none 20 (5%)

Worst days

1. Feb 9, 2026

7 incidents, 2 major

2. May 6, 2026

3 incidents, 3 major

3. Apr 23, 2026

5 incidents, 1 major

4. Feb 2, 2026

4 incidents, 3 major

5. Mar 5, 2026

4 incidents, 2 major

Incidents per month

13

Jan

16

Feb

17

Mar

17

Apr

19

May

18

Jun

17

Jul

12

Aug

16

Sep

22

Oct

17

Nov

15

Dec

25

Jan

37

Feb

32

Mar

29

Apr

22

May

24

Jun

27

Jul

14

Aug