503RADARINCIDENT ARCHIVEMETHODOLOGY
RESOLVED

GitHub outage — August 20, 2026

Intermittent failures creating agent tasks

GitHub’s Multiple services was disrupted for 12h 31m on August 20, 2026. 503Radar’s sensors raised the first signal at 03:38 UTC, 11h 29m before the official status page acknowledged impact.

Key facts

DetectedAugust 20, 2026 · 03:38 UTC
Confirmed15:08 UTC · lead time 11h 29m
Resolved16:09 UTC
Duration12h 31m
ServiceMultiple services
Official recordhttps://stspg.io/py1yl5mnq89c

Timeline

  1. 03:38Z

    Detected · Signal

    6 crowd signals for Multiple services on GITHUB crossed the signal threshold.
  2. 15:08Z

    Confirmed · Official

    An official GITHUB status-page notice corroborated the event — 11h 29m after detection.
  3. 16:09Z

    Resolved

    Signal volume fell back below the threshold; the event was closed.

How this was detected

1 independent evidence class for Multiple services on GITHUB. 7 crowd reports across bluesky, hn_comments, mastodon (below the anomaly threshold), z=-2.7σ vs the cell baseline. Official notice confirms it, 11h 29m after the crowd.