GitHub Outage Roundup — 3rd Time in February Alone [2026]
- February 9th: Simultaneous outages affecting Pull Requests, Actions, Copilot, and more.
- February 2nd: Large-scale Actions outage due to Azure infrastructure issues.
- Developer fatigue is increasing due to repeated outages within a single month.
Another GitHub Outage on February 9th
On February 9, 2026, at 16:19 (UTC), performance degradation was detected in GitHub Pull Requests[GitHub Status]. Subsequently, the impact spread to Actions, Webhooks, Issues, and Pages. Notification delivery was delayed by an average of 1 hour, and Copilot policy propagation also failed[GitHub Status].
Around 17:32, most services showed signs of recovery, but partial failures continued for Pull Requests and Copilot. Around 11 AM Eastern Time, reports of large-scale connection failures poured in[StatusGator].
Azure Was the Cause of the Actions Outage a Week Ago
There was also a large-scale outage in Actions on February 2nd. The cause was the blocking of access to the VM extension package repository due to a change in the public access settings of a storage account managed by Microsoft[Hacker News]. It lasted from 18:35 to 22:15, and Copilot Coding Agent, CodeQL, and Dependabot also stopped working.
Developer Reactions Are Lukewarm
On Hacker News, there was criticism that GitHub’s market dominance has led to a lack of investment in stability[Hacker News]. There were also complaints such as “I spent hours debugging CI failures, only to find out it was GitHub.” Although there are opinions to review alternative platforms, the cost of ecosystem transition is high, making it difficult.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q: Will my code disappear during a GitHub outage?
A: Git is a distributed version control system, so the entire history remains locally. Server failures do not lead to code loss. However, collaboration features such as push, pull, and PR cannot be used during an outage. Operating a separate mirror repository is safer.
Q: What happens to CI/CD during an Actions outage?
A: When Actions is interrupted, builds, tests, and deployments all stop. Workflows in the queue will restart after recovery, but may fail depending on the timeout. It is good to have a manual deployment procedure prepared as a backup.
Q: How can I check GitHub outages in real-time?
A: You can check the official status at githubstatus.com. You can also receive notifications via email or Slack webhooks. Using third-party monitoring like StatusGator together will help you identify issues more quickly.
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References
- GitHub Status – GitHub (2026-02-09)
- GitHub Status Check – StatusGator (2026-02-09)
- GitHub Actions Have “Major Outage” – Hacker News (2026-02-02)