503RADARINCIDENT ARCHIVEMETHODOLOGY
RESOLVED

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

DetectedAugust 26, 2026 · 16:24 UTC
Confirmed23:38 UTC · lead time 7h 13m
Resolved00:09 UTC
Duration7h 45m
ServiceMultiple services
Official recordhttps://stspg.io/cpgst4hly3mh

Timeline

  1. 16:24Z

    Detected · Signal

    26 crowd signals for Multiple services on GITHUB crossed the signal threshold.
  2. 23:38Z

    Confirmed · Official

    An official GITHUB status-page notice corroborated the event — 7h 13m after detection.
  3. 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.