Degraded availability for GitHub.com, GraphQL API, and Webhooks UI/API

Summary

Degraded availability for GitHub.com, GraphQL API, and Webhooks UI/API

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.

• Started

  Jun 8, 2026 · 3:00 PM

• Resolved

  Jun 8, 2026 · 3:00 PM

• Duration

  < 1m

• Severity

  None

• ✓

  Resolved

  Jun 9 · 3:48 PM GitHub

  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.