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GitHub · Developer toolsJan 25, 2026, 02:43 UTC

Disruption with repo creation

MinorDatabaseUpdated 18h ago
Jan 25, 02:43 UTCJan 25, 03:08 UTC
Duration
25m
Impact
Minor
Root cause
Database
GitHub, 90 days
68 incidents
Affected
Not listed by the vendor.
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Final update

Between January 24, 2026,19:56 UTC and January 25, 2026, 2:50 UTC repository creation and clone were degraded. On average, the error rate was 25% and peaked at 55% of requests for repository creation. This was due to increased latency on the repositories database impacting a read-after-write problem during repo creation. We mitigated the incident by stopping an operation that was generating load on the database to increase throughput. We have identified the repository creation problem and are working to address the issue and improve our observability to reduce our time to detection and mitigation of issues like this one in the future.

Timeline

  1. Resolved · Jan 25, 03:08 UTC
    Between January 24, 2026,19:56 UTC and January 25, 2026, 2:50 UTC repository creation and clone were degraded. On average, the error rate was 25% and peaked at 55% of requests for repository creation. This was due to increased latency on the repositories database impacting a read-after-write problem during repo creation. We mitigated the incident by stopping an operation that was generating load on the database to increase throughput. We have identified the repository creation problem and are working to address the issue and improve our observability to reduce our time to detection and mitigation of issues like this one in the future.

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