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## GitHub attributes seven-hour outage to critical infrastructure capacity failures

DevFeed: [GitHub attributes seven-hour outage to critical infrastructure capacity failures](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/github-traces-7-hour-outage-to-critical-infrastructure-failure-here-s-what-we-know-56558.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/github-7-hour-outage-what-we-know-10842789/>)

Author: Tech Desk

Published: 2026-08-21T04:10:56Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Technology | The Indian Express](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/technology-the-indian-express.md>)

Topics: [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Critical Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/critical-infrastructure.md>), [GitHub Copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-copilot.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/copilot.md>), [critical-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/critical-infrastructure.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [github-2-9-billion-monthly-commits](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-2-9-billion-monthly-commits.md>), [github-actions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-actions.md>), [github-august-17-outage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-august-17-outage.md>), [github-azure-migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-azure-migration.md>), [github-capacity-failure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-capacity-failure.md>), [github-copilot-outage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-copilot-outage.md>), [github-outage-postmortem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-outage-postmortem.md>), [github-scaling-issues](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-scaling-issues.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [limits](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/limits.md>), [load](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load.md>), [memory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory.md>), [microsoft-github-outage-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft-github-outage-report.md>), [outage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/outage.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>), [technology-tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology-tech.md>), [traces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/traces.md>)

### AI overview

GitHub attributed a seven-hour, 47-minute outage to a critical infrastructure component that failed to scale when traffic reached a new peak. The resulting capacity pressure caused authentication failures and disrupted GitHub services, including Actions, APIs, pull requests, issues, and Copilot. GitHub said it is adding capacity, improving efficiency, and removing architectural bottlenecks.

### Source excerpt

While most GitHub services recovered earlier that day, some Copilot services took longer.