GitHub Is Down
If you're struggling to access GitHub this morning, you aren't alone.
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Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, and subscriptions.
August 17, 2026
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If you're struggling to access GitHub this morning, you aren't alone. GitHub appears to be down for users across the internet. Downdetector shows thousands of user reports as of Monday morning. The site will likely get back up and running shortly, assuming there are no larger issues behind the scenes.Table of Contents
If you're trying (and failing) to access GitHub Monday morning, you aren't alone. According to Downdetector, the hosting provider has over 3,000 user reports indicating issues or downtime with the service. Whether you're a developer trying to update your repository, or you're a user trying to access one, GitHub may give you trouble.
If the comments on Downdetector are any indication, this is not the first time GitHub has had service issues. One comment reads: "Cmon [GitHub] get your sh*t together...this is getting old." (The user added their own asterisks.) Scrolling through the comment history, users reported errors one or twice a week throughout August. I'm not a regular GitHub user, so I can't attest personally to repeated downtimes, but it does seem as though this isn't wholly unusual.
What do you think so far?
As such, even though it isn't clear why GitHub is down right now, chances are good that the company will get the site up and running shortly. Assuming nothing catastrophic is happening behind the scenes, developers and users alike should be able to access the site sometime today. But I will continue to update this piece if GitHub's downtime extends longer than normal.
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