Ask HN: GitHub employees what's going on? Why?
I'm asking GitHub employees directly to explain why these issues keep happening. I've noticed that most posts and replies are just people speculating based on published data. I think it would be helpful to get some actual, non-corporate/marketing information from those who see what's happening inside. Thanks.
Many microsoft services are down/failing today, including sites hosted on Azure. I'm guessing it's a larger MS outage.
non-helpful answer: the "Microsoft Acquires GitHub" line in this graph answers all questions https://damrnelson.github.io/github-historical-uptime/
On the other hand I think usage increased and GitHub operates now at a different scale.
AI + Microsoft = kabum
- tristanj
Github is struggling because AI-boosted coding increased the number of commits 14x in the past year, and the pace is still accelerating. The site is struggling to keep up.
Github's COO confirms it here: https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2040164759836778878
Platform activity is surging. There were 1 billion commits in 2025. As of three months ago, it was 275 million per week, on pace for 14 billion this year if growth remains linear (spoiler: it won't.)
20% of all GitHub accounts were created in the past 6 months https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2082604368399159542
- iJohnDoe
It's bad karma to sling mud about outages or problems. Cloudflare used to sling mud back in the day and then they went through some really bad outages afterwards.
- Tbarlow
14x commit growth in one year is brutal for any infrastructure. Scaling isn't just adding hardware.
- alightsoul
Lovable only uses GitHub for storing projects. And requires people to provide their own GitHub account. Lots of vibe coders with no technical background are now having lovable push commits to GitHub
- herpdyderp
non-helpful answer: the "Microsoft Acquires GitHub" line in this graph answers all questions https://damrnelson.github.io/github-historical-uptime/
- solfox
Many microsoft services are down/failing today, including sites hosted on Azure. I'm guessing it's a larger MS outage.
- the_sleaze_
Github moved to azure -> infrastructure problems
- qrush
I got an "it is unacceptable" from their CPO on 8/7, and that they are "working around the clock on it".
https://x.com/mariorod1/status/2085800861469495465
I really think something deeper is going wrong there, and they're not being honest with their paying customers (and enterprises) about it.