GitHub Copilot outage on May 5 — 2h 17m disruption
May 5, 04:31 PM → May 5, 06:48 PM · 2h 17m · medium
GitHub Copilot experienced a service disruption on May 5, 2026. This incident was detected through user reports indicating service issues. The disruption was resolved on May 5, 2026, at 18:48 UTC.
Impact
Users reported experiencing issues with GitHub Copilot during the incident. The primary reported issue type was slow or unresponsive service, accounting for 36 out of 38 total reports. A small number of users also reported security-related concerns. No specific regional impact was recorded during this period.
Top reported issues
- Slow / unresponsive36
- Security issue2
Incident timeline
- May 5, 04:31 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (medium severity)
- May 5, 04:53 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 05:08 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 05:13 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 05:15 PM
Peak of 8 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.3)
- May 5, 05:18 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 05:23 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 5, 05:28 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 5, 05:38 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 05:43 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 05:54 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 05:58 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 06:08 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 06:13 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 06:23 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 06:28 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 06:48 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 5, 04:31 PM
GitHub Copilot status page acknowledged the incident.
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