GitHub outage disrupts Cursor's new Git platform and AI agents

GitHub degradation affects Cursor Origin, its new Git platform

A GitHub degradation caused service issues for Cursor's Automations, Cloud Agents, Review Agents, and Codebase features, as well as its new Origin Git platform. Cursor's status page reported the incident on August 17, 2026, with recovery signs appearing within hours. The outage was linked to GitHub's own status page, and Cursor resolved the incident after monitoring service health.