TechThe GitHub Blog1h ago
GitHub says its 7+ hour August 17 outage was caused by a capacity
GitHub says its 7+ hour August 17 outage was caused by a capacity failure when peak traffic overwhelmed an infrastructure component in a Central US data center
TL;DRGitHub's 7-hour outage was caused by traffic overwhelming a data center component.
Why it matters: Developers rely on GitHub for code access; capacity failures highlight infrastructure risks affecting mission-critical services.
An update on the August 17 outage and the steps we're taking to improve reliability. — On August 17, GitHub experienced an outage that lasted 7 hours and 47 minutes.
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