GitHub Down Again: 50% Download Error Rate as AI Traffic Outgrows Capacity
A Monday outage hit GitHub's core services, pushing web/API error rates near 20% and repo download failures to 50%, with Actions, Pages, webhooks and Copilot degraded for hours. It's the latest in a string of incidents, including eight in July, as AI-assisted coding traffic strains infrastructure. GitHub, now planning 30x capacity expansion, has not disclosed root cause.