Degraded availability for GitHub.com, GraphQL API, and Webhooks UI/API
Jun 8, 15:00 UTCJun 8, 15:00 UTC
Duration
0m
Impact
Informational
Root cause
Capacity
GitHub, 90 days
68 incidents
Affected
Not listed by the vendor.
Final update
On June 8, 2026, between 14:49 and 14:54 UTC, a subset of requests to GitHub.com, the REST API, GraphQL API, and Webhooks UI/API experienced elevated error rates due to a transient infrastructure capacity issue that self-resolved within approximately 5 minutes. Users experienced HTTP 500 errors and timeouts when accessing GitHub.com, the REST API, GraphQL API, and Webhooks UI/API for approximately 5 minutes, with the REST API taking up to 12 minutes to fully recover.
Timeline
- Resolved · Jun 8, 15:00 UTC
On June 8, 2026, between 14:49 and 14:54 UTC, a subset of requests to GitHub.com, the REST API, GraphQL API, and Webhooks UI/API experienced elevated error rates due to a transient infrastructure capacity issue that self-resolved within approximately 5 minutes. Users experienced HTTP 500 errors and timeouts when accessing GitHub.com, the REST API, GraphQL API, and Webhooks UI/API for approximately 5 minutes, with the REST API taking up to 12 minutes to fully recover.
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