GitHub Recovers After Global Outage Caused by Database Change

The popular code repository experienced widespread disruptions, affecting multiple services and users worldwide.

GitHub faced a major outage due to a database infrastructure change, impacting services like pull requests and GitHub Pages.
The outage began around 4:00 PM Pacific time and was reported by over 10,000 users.
GitHub's status page and NetBlocks confirmed international service interruptions.
The company rolled back the database change to restore services, seeing improvements shortly after.
Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018, and it has since become a critical platform for developers.