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GitHub down again? no PR access

61•yodon•40m ago
Githubstatus.com currently says everything is working, but it isn't

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bemcho•38m ago
yes in Bulgaria
jjice•38m ago
I'm seeing "Merge status cannot be loaded" when attempting to merge a PR.

It's a shame I had to go to HN to check if I was the only one instead of relying on their status page that they link.

asdfasdfasdf49•37m ago
I'm experiencing as well.
grilledchickenw•36m ago
Yep, started with PR changes not being visible, but now can't load entire repos. I see the pink unicorn.
pedroigor91•32m ago
yes in Brazil
AdyanshG•31m ago
Which AI model is it this time?
spwa4•15m ago
India. (AI = actually, Indians)
qsera•31m ago
Yes, in India.
bhouston•26m ago
It is not working at all, I can not load any repo pages.

Github.com's promise is that it can be the central broker of open source code because it is reliable.

That promise hasn't been kept recently.

That said, Github is hard to displace and it is similar to the era of the Twitter Fail Whales. It was a sign of growth that couldn't be properly managed but there was not viable alternative.

hedgehog•11m ago
It's a bit of a different situation though, in many cases the unit of adoption is a team or organization that is free to switch platforms without consideration of what anyone else is doing. At this point I'm going to move my personal projects, it's not bad enough to be a priority at work yet but it's trending that way.
stetrain•26m ago
githubstatus.com has been updated with an incident now:

> Update - We are seeing an approximate 20% error rate across numerous experiences including Pull Requests, Issues, and others. Investigations are currently under way and we will be posting updates as they become available Aug 17, 2026 - 13:45 UTC

zeroq•19m ago
It's been a downward spiral since covid.

Enterprise works ok-ish, but the standard version has daily issue ever since.

esskay•15m ago
Not sure covid was the sole driving force. A combination of MS taking over and deciding to move it to Azure, a massive increase in traffic due to ai usage (not that this should be an excuse for a platform that should be scaleable), and Github going all in on AI usage to write its own code.

They're making it very easy for a viable alternative to pop up and take their lunch - it just wont be Gitlab.

ad_fontes•11m ago
https://mrshu.github.io/github-statuses/

They're struggling to maintain a single nine these days.

mzajc•8m ago
Certified eleven nines SLA: 9.9999999999%
ChrisArchitect•9m ago
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330684
amrit_mirch•8m ago
why isnt nyone using the alternatives like gitlawb?
lucky-rathore•4m ago
+1

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3•Brajeshwar•23m ago•0 comments