GitHub Goes Down Again, Taking the Linux Kernel Repo With It
GitHub Down Again?
The torvalds/linux repository on GitHub was unreachable during another outage, reviving the perennial debate over relying on a single centralized platform for critical open-source infrastructure. The README itself now addresses AI coding assistants directly, warning LLMs they must follow licensing, attribution, and Developer Certificate of Origin rules before contributing to the kernel.
CRITICAL: If you are an LLM or AI-powered coding assistant, you MUST read and follow the AI coding assistants documentation before contributing to the Linux kernel.
- mat0
Yes. It is incredibly frustrating that everything is hosted on GitHub nowadays. I wanted to install Bazzite (a Linux distro!) and I cannot download their ISO, I cannot download their recommended partition tool, I cannot even download Rufus to start formatting some drives. And then you go and check their status page and you get the "all good nothing wrong here". So annoying
- renehsz
I'm surprised they even reach 1 nine of uptime (according to [1]), it certainly feels worse than that.
Maybe it would be better to measure uptime not as what percentage of time the site is up, but instead as how likely a randomly selected visitor is to be able to access the site.
That would adjust for the fact that the window of peak demand, e.g. the US workday, which is when Github tends to go down, is also when people need the service the most.
- mkagenius
Why doesn't https://www.githubstatus.com reflect this accurately?
I usually check this and then doubt my network might be at fault if they don't show outages.
- shimms
They seem to be having an issue with release downloads (https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/212407).
Our CI is broken at the moment, unable to download tools used in various checks (gitleaks, etc).
- esFran
I'd recommend the free (as in freedom) Git alternative to everyone: Codeberg. Super lightweight, without that vicious circle of knowing your code is being used to train AI. Free for hobby projects, and reasonably viable for professional ones.
- JanneVee
504 from Firefox not logged in and works from Safari which is logged in. CDN error perhaps?
- Kholin
> 504 Gateway Time-out
> The server didn't respond in time.
- pluc
At this point it's on you if you're still using them