GitHub experiencing widespread outage, API errors reach ~20% GitHub is currently experiencing a widespread service disruption affecting multiple core services. GitHub reports approximately 20% error rates across web experiences and API traffic, while archive downloads and raw repository content are seeing around 50% errors**. Affected services include: * GitHub API * GitHub Actions * Pull Requests * Issues * Webhooks * GitHub Copilot * SAML/OIDC authentication * SCIM and Team Sync * Repository downloads and much more The incident began at approximately 13:40 UTC on August 17, 2026, and GitHub says it is continuing to investigate while applying mitigations. There is currently no indication that this is a cyberattack. The root cause has not yet been publicly confirmed. Full incident coverage and timeline: https://thecybersecguru.com/news/github-outage-api-errors-20-percent/ #GitHub #GitHubOutage #GitHubDown #GitHubAPI #GitHubActions #GitHubCopilot #DevOps #CyberSecurity #Infosec #OpenSource