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GitHub availability report: July 2026
GitHub's July 2026 availability report details several service outages and the company's ongoing migration to Azure to improve infrastructure resiliency.
Why it matters
These architectural changes aim to reduce widespread service disruptions, ensuring developers face fewer productivity losses due to single points of failure.
The details
- Monolith read traffic in Azure Central US peaked at 52.75% on July 28.
- Eight distinct service incidents occurred during July affecting various GitHub tools and APIs.
- GitHub aims to move all dotcom production traffic out of datacenters by CY2026.
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GitHub owns GitHub Packages
GitHub operates the GitHub Packages registry service.
GitHub owns GitHub Pages
GitHub provides GitHub Pages for static site hosting.
GitHub owns GitHub MCP Server
GitHub develops and provides the GitHub MCP Server.
GitHub Actions uses Azure
The majority of GitHub Actions runs on Azure, and GitHub is accelerating the migration of remaining core services to Azure.
GitHub Pages uses GitHub Actions
GitHub Pages builds depend on GitHub Actions for job execution.
GitHub MCP Server uses Model Context Protocol
GitHub MCP Server implements the Model Context Protocol to provide developer tools.
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GitHub hosts pull request data in a Vitess keyspace.
GitHub provides a GraphQL API for developers and integrations.
GitHub provides a REST API for programmatic access to platform services.
GitHub relies on an internal DNS control plane and fleet-wide DNS servers for service discovery.
GitHub operates an SSH authentication service for repository access.
GitHub supports user RSA keys for public-key SSH authentication.
GitHub Actions uses SSL
GitHub Actions uses SSL certificates for internal service communication and runner version enforcement.
GitHub is migrating its platform load and Git operations to Azure infrastructure.
GitHub uses Git technology to power version control and Git operations across the platform.
GitHub Actions uses Redis
GitHub Actions uses a critical-path Redis cluster for job-assignment state.
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GitHub Availability Report: July 2026
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