GitHub outage — August 31, 2026
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GitHub’s Multiple services was disrupted for 53m on August 31, 2026.
Key facts
| Detected | August 31, 2026 · 09:15 UTC |
| Confirmed | 09:15 UTC |
| Resolved | 10:09 UTC |
| Duration | 53m |
| Service | Multiple services |
| Official record | https://stspg.io/8trzn5bjrtnn |
Timeline
- 09:15Z
Detected · Signal
2 crowd signals for Multiple services on GITHUB crossed the signal threshold. - 09:15Z
Confirmed · Official
An official GITHUB status-page notice corroborated the event the same cycle. - 10:09Z
Resolved
Signal volume fell back below the threshold; the event was closed.
Evidence
| Official status feed | degraded (changed 09:15 UTC) |
| Anomaly score | -0.76σ above this cell's own baseline |
| Engine confidence | 95% |
Outage-related signals per hour over the live window, oldest → newest (peak 1).
How this was detected
1 independent evidence class for Multiple services on GITHUB. 1 crowd report across bluesky (single platform — not corroborating), z=-0.8σ vs the cell baseline; 1 press mention (corroboration). Official notice confirms it.