GitHub Copilot outage on May 5 — 3h 42m disruption
May 5, 03:16 PM → May 5, 06:58 PM · 3h 42m · medium
On May 5, 2026, GitHub Copilot experienced an outage, which was detected through user reports. Users may have encountered issues with the service during this period. The incident was resolved on May 5, 2026, at 18:58 UTC.
Impact
During the incident, users reported issues primarily related to GitHub Copilot being slow or unresponsive. A smaller number of reports also indicated security-related concerns. The outage was initially detected through these user reports. No specific regional impact was recorded during this event.
Top reported issues
- Slow / unresponsive56
- Security issue2
Incident timeline
- May 5, 03:16 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (medium severity)
- May 5, 03:43 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 03:53 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 03:58 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 04:08 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 04:13 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 04:23 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 04:28 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 04:38 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 04:43 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 05:15 PM
Peak of 8 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.3)
- May 5, 06:58 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 5, 03:16 PM
GitHub Copilot status page acknowledged the incident.
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