Disruption with Login and Release Asset downloads
A record of the GitHub incident on August 12, 2026 (UTC): start time, duration and severity, plus current status, what to do, and alternatives.
Other providers down at the same time
No other provider we monitor recorded an incident during this window. This appears to have been specific to GitHub.
Derived from our own archive of official status pages across 13 providers. Items lasting more than 24 hours and unresolved items are excluded, as they would misrepresent the moment.
How big was this outage?
This outage lasted 78 minutes. Across 58 major incidents recorded for GitHub, the median duration is 95 minutes, making this the 38th longest.
Shorter than a typical outage.
Only incidents recorded as major-or-worse and already resolved are counted.
Current status
GitHub is operating normally now. This incident has been resolved.
See current GitHub status →What you can do during an outage
Source: GitHub's official status page.
Other GitHub incidents
- Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.7 Service IssuesOctober 23, 2026
- Disruption with Dependabot AlertsOctober 23, 2026
- Delayed Actions status check resultsOctober 23, 2026
- Project updates delayedOctober 22, 2026
- Incident with Actions ResultsOctober 22, 2026