GitHub Copilot outage on May 5 — 5h 24m disruption
May 5, 01:39 PM → May 5, 07:03 PM · 5h 24m · medium
On May 5, 2026, GitHub Copilot experienced an outage that was detected through user reports. The incident began at approximately 13:39 UTC and was fully resolved by 19:03 UTC, resulting in a disruption lasting 5 hours and 24 minutes.
Impact
During the incident, users primarily reported issues related to GitHub Copilot being slow or unresponsive. A total of 84 user reports were received, with a peak of 10 reports within a 15-minute period. While the majority of reports indicated performance issues, a small number also cited security concerns. No specific regional impact was recorded for this event.
Top reported issues
- Slow / unresponsive80
- Security issue4
Incident timeline
- May 5, 01:39 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (medium severity)
- May 5, 01:43 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 01:53 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 01:58 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 02:08 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 02:13 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 02:23 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 02:28 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 02:38 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 02:43 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 02:53 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 02:58 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 03:08 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 03:13 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 03:23 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 03:28 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 03:38 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 05:15 PM
Peak of 8 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.3)
- May 5, 07:03 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 5, 01:39 PM
GitHub Copilot status page acknowledged the incident.
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