GitHub outage — August 26, 2026
Disruption with GitHub Billing
GitHub’s Multiple services was disrupted for 7h 45m on August 26, 2026. 503Radar’s sensors raised the first signal at 16:24 UTC, 7h 13m before the official status page acknowledged impact.
Key facts
| Detected | August 26, 2026 · 16:24 UTC |
| Confirmed | 23:38 UTC · lead time 7h 13m |
| Resolved | 00:09 UTC |
| Duration | 7h 45m |
| Service | Multiple services |
| Official record | https://stspg.io/cpgst4hly3mh |
Timeline
- 16:24Z
Detected · Signal
26 crowd signals for Multiple services on GITHUB crossed the signal threshold. - 23:38Z
Confirmed · Official
An official GITHUB status-page notice corroborated the event — 7h 13m after detection. - 00:09Z
Resolved
Signal volume fell back below the threshold; the event was closed.
How this was detected
2 independent evidence classes for Multiple services on GITHUB. 25 crowd reports across bluesky, hn_comments, mastodon (independent class), z=+3.3σ vs the cell baseline; 1 press mention (corroboration). Official notice confirms it, 7h 13m after the crowd.