On June 8, 2026, between 14:49 and 14:54 UTC, a subset of requests to GitHub.com, the REST API, GraphQL API, and Webhooks UI/API experienced elevated error rates due to a transient infrastructure capacity issue that self-resolved within approximately 5 minutes.

Users experienced HTTP 500 errors and timeouts when accessing GitHub.com, the REST API, GraphQL API, and Webhooks UI/API for approximately 5 minutes, with the REST API taking up to 12 minutes to fully recover.

Posted Jun 08, 2026 - 15:00 UTC