GitHub Outage Wipes Out 20% of Global Traffic Amid Microsoft Investigation

Microsoft faced a major global outage on its GitHub platform on [date] at 13:40 UTC. The company initially reported that it was investigating reports of impacted performance for some services, but quickly confirmed issues with multiple tools, including Webhooks, Actions, API Requests, Pull Requests, and more.

The status page showed error rates as high as 50% in some instances, with a global average of 20%. The company identified the problematic component by 16:36 UTC and took corrective actions. However, problems persisted, and users could expect further disruption.

During the outage, Copilot experienced degraded availability. Microsoft updated its status page several times, providing updates on the investigation and recovery efforts. By the end of the incident, the company reported that the degradation affecting multiple services had been mitigated, but was still working to fully restore service.