Posted Aug 21, 2026 at 8:25 AM UTCDExternal LinkDominic PrestonGitHub explains its latest outage.The Microsoft-owned developer platform was down for hours on Monday, which is becoming a bit of a habit. “If you were trying to ship software that day, we let you down,” CTO Vlad Fedorov says, blaming the outage on a capacity failure after traffic hit “a new peak.”The August 17 outage, and the work ahead[The GitHub Blog]Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Dominic Preston
GitHub explains its latest outage.
The Microsoft-owned developer platform was down for hours on Monday, which is becoming a bit of a habit. “If you were trying to ship software that day, we let you down,” CTO Vlad Fedorov says, blaming the outage on a capacity failure after traffic hit “a new peak.” [Link: The August 17 outage, and the work ahead | https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/the-august-17-outage-and-the-work-ahead/ | The GitHub Blog]
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