GitHub Copilot problems on 30 October 2026

Status	Resolved
Worst verdict	Some users report problems
Started	30 Oct 2026, 20:59 UTC
Ended	30 Oct 2026, 23:29 UTC
Duration	2 h 30 min
Official incident	Incident with Dependabot

Timeline

30 Oct 2026, 20:59 UTC

We started seeing problems. Our verdict: Some users report problems.
30 Oct 2026, 20:59 UTC · official update

Incident with Dependabot (investigating): “We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.” Source
30 Oct 2026, 21:00 UTC · official update

Incident with Dependabot (investigating): “We are investigating elevated errors when viewing some Dependabot alerts.” Source
30 Oct 2026, 21:46 UTC · official update

Incident with Dependabot (investigating): “We are continuing to investigate elevated errors when viewing some Dependabot alerts. We’ll provide more updates as we learn more.” Source
30 Oct 2026, 22:32 UTC · official update

Incident with Dependabot (monitoring): “The degradation has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.” Source
30 Oct 2026, 23:29 UTC

Looking normal again. We'll keep watching for 15 minutes before closing this.
30 Oct 2026, 23:43 UTC

Everything has looked normal for 15 minutes, so we marked this incident as resolved.

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How we track incidents

We open an incident when GitHub Copilot stops looking normal or GitHub posts an official incident, and close it after 15 minutes with everything back to normal. More about our method.