GitHub has faced repeated reliability challenges in August 2026, including a major 7-hour-47-minute outage on August 17 that disrupted github.com, authentication, Actions workflows, APIs, pull requests, issues, and Copilot features due to traffic spikes overwhelming Central US infrastructure and triggering cascading failures like retry storms. This followed an Actions-related incident on August 6 and additional degradations around August 26–27 affecting billing, runners, and Copilot model providers. GitHub’s CTO publicly described the pattern as unacceptable, citing insufficient scaling amid AI-driven load from tools like Copilot and committing to added capacity, efficiency gains, and architectural fixes such as monorepo handling changes. As of August 28, services show normal status with no new incidents, but traders are weighing the frequency of recent events against GitHub’s ongoing remediation timeline and the potential for further disruptions tied to peak usage or upstream dependencies.
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This market will resolve to “Yes” if GitHub.com experiences an incident with an impact classified as “critical” between market creation and the listed date, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No.”
An incident will qualify if the official GitHub Status Page (githubstatus.com) or the official GitHub Status API (githubstatus.com/api) classifies the incident's impact as "critical," unless its affected components, once the incident is marked "Resolved," consist solely of Copilot and/or Copilot AI Model Providers. Incidents listing no affected components will qualify. GitHub classifies incident impact as None, Minor, Major, or Critical; only Critical will qualify. Component status labels (e.g. "Degraded Performance," "Partial Outage," or "Major Outage") will have no bearing on this market absent a qualifying critical incident.
Revisions published after an incident is marked “Resolved” will not be considered.
If an incident that began before 11:59 PM ET on the listed date remains unresolved at that time, this market will remain open and resolve at the earlier of: (i) when the incident is officially resolved, or (ii) the end of the seventh calendar day (ET) after the listed date, at which point the market will resolve based on the official information available at that time.
Incidents whose affected components, once the incident is marked "Resolved," consist solely of Copilot and/or Copilot AI Model Providers will not qualify. Scheduled maintenance will not qualify.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official GitHub system-status information published at https://www.githubstatus.com/, including the official GitHub Status API (https://www.githubstatus.com/api); however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.GitHub has faced repeated reliability challenges in August 2026, including a major 7-hour-47-minute outage on August 17 that disrupted github.com, authentication, Actions workflows, APIs, pull requests, issues, and Copilot features due to traffic spikes overwhelming Central US infrastructure and triggering cascading failures like retry storms. This followed an Actions-related incident on August 6 and additional degradations around August 26–27 affecting billing, runners, and Copilot model providers. GitHub’s CTO publicly described the pattern as unacceptable, citing insufficient scaling amid AI-driven load from tools like Copilot and committing to added capacity, efficiency gains, and architectural fixes such as monorepo handling changes. As of August 28, services show normal status with no new incidents, but traders are weighing the frequency of recent events against GitHub’s ongoing remediation timeline and the potential for further disruptions tied to peak usage or upstream dependencies.
This market will resolve to “Yes” if GitHub.com experiences an incident with an impact classified as “critical” between market creation and the listed date, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No.”
An incident will qualify if the official GitHub Status Page (githubstatus.com) or the official GitHub Status API (githubstatus.com/api) classifies the incident's impact as "critical," unless its affected components, once the incident is marked "Resolved," consist solely of Copilot and/or Copilot AI Model Providers. Incidents listing no affected components will qualify. GitHub classifies incident impact as None, Minor, Major, or Critical; only Critical will qualify. Component status labels (e.g. "Degraded Performance," "Partial Outage," or "Major Outage") will have no bearing on this market absent a qualifying critical incident.
Revisions published after an incident is marked “Resolved” will not be considered.
If an incident that began before 11:59 PM ET on the listed date remains unresolved at that time, this market will remain open and resolve at the earlier of: (i) when the incident is officially resolved, or (ii) the end of the seventh calendar day (ET) after the listed date, at which point the market will resolve based on the official information available at that time.
Incidents whose affected components, once the incident is marked "Resolved," consist solely of Copilot and/or Copilot AI Model Providers will not qualify. Scheduled maintenance will not qualify.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official GitHub system-status information published at https://www.githubstatus.com/, including the official GitHub Status API (https://www.githubstatus.com/api); however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
An incident will qualify if the official GitHub Status Page (githubstatus.com) or the official GitHub Status API (githubstatus.com/api) classifies the incident's impact as "critical," unless its affected components, once the incident is marked "Resolved," consist solely of Copilot and/or Copilot AI Model Providers. Incidents listing no affected components will qualify. GitHub classifies incident impact as None, Minor, Major, or Critical; only Critical will qualify. Component status labels (e.g. "Degraded Performance," "Partial Outage," or "Major Outage") will have no bearing on this market absent a qualifying critical incident.
Revisions published after an incident is marked “Resolved” will not be considered.
If an incident that began before 11:59 PM ET on the listed date remains unresolved at that time, this market will remain open and resolve at the earlier of: (i) when the incident is officially resolved, or (ii) the end of the seventh calendar day (ET) after the listed date, at which point the market will resolve based on the official information available at that time.
Incidents whose affected components, once the incident is marked "Resolved," consist solely of Copilot and/or Copilot AI Model Providers will not qualify. Scheduled maintenance will not qualify.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official GitHub system-status information published at https://www.githubstatus.com/, including the official GitHub Status API (https://www.githubstatus.com/api); however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
Market Opened: Aug 27, 2026, 6:50 PM ET
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Sep 30, 2026Market Opened
Aug 27, 2026, 6:50 PM ETResolution Source
https://www.githubstatus.com/Resolver
0x65070BE91...This market will resolve to “Yes” if GitHub.com experiences an incident with an impact classified as “critical” between market creation and the listed date, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No.”
An incident will qualify if the official GitHub Status Page (githubstatus.com) or the official GitHub Status API (githubstatus.com/api) classifies the incident's impact as "critical," unless its affected components, once the incident is marked "Resolved," consist solely of Copilot and/or Copilot AI Model Providers. Incidents listing no affected components will qualify. GitHub classifies incident impact as None, Minor, Major, or Critical; only Critical will qualify. Component status labels (e.g. "Degraded Performance," "Partial Outage," or "Major Outage") will have no bearing on this market absent a qualifying critical incident.
Revisions published after an incident is marked “Resolved” will not be considered.
If an incident that began before 11:59 PM ET on the listed date remains unresolved at that time, this market will remain open and resolve at the earlier of: (i) when the incident is officially resolved, or (ii) the end of the seventh calendar day (ET) after the listed date, at which point the market will resolve based on the official information available at that time.
Incidents whose affected components, once the incident is marked "Resolved," consist solely of Copilot and/or Copilot AI Model Providers will not qualify. Scheduled maintenance will not qualify.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official GitHub system-status information published at https://www.githubstatus.com/, including the official GitHub Status API (https://www.githubstatus.com/api); however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.GitHub has faced repeated reliability challenges in August 2026, including a major 7-hour-47-minute outage on August 17 that disrupted github.com, authentication, Actions workflows, APIs, pull requests, issues, and Copilot features due to traffic spikes overwhelming Central US infrastructure and triggering cascading failures like retry storms. This followed an Actions-related incident on August 6 and additional degradations around August 26–27 affecting billing, runners, and Copilot model providers. GitHub’s CTO publicly described the pattern as unacceptable, citing insufficient scaling amid AI-driven load from tools like Copilot and committing to added capacity, efficiency gains, and architectural fixes such as monorepo handling changes. As of August 28, services show normal status with no new incidents, but traders are weighing the frequency of recent events against GitHub’s ongoing remediation timeline and the potential for further disruptions tied to peak usage or upstream dependencies.
This market will resolve to “Yes” if GitHub.com experiences an incident with an impact classified as “critical” between market creation and the listed date, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No.”
An incident will qualify if the official GitHub Status Page (githubstatus.com) or the official GitHub Status API (githubstatus.com/api) classifies the incident's impact as "critical," unless its affected components, once the incident is marked "Resolved," consist solely of Copilot and/or Copilot AI Model Providers. Incidents listing no affected components will qualify. GitHub classifies incident impact as None, Minor, Major, or Critical; only Critical will qualify. Component status labels (e.g. "Degraded Performance," "Partial Outage," or "Major Outage") will have no bearing on this market absent a qualifying critical incident.
Revisions published after an incident is marked “Resolved” will not be considered.
If an incident that began before 11:59 PM ET on the listed date remains unresolved at that time, this market will remain open and resolve at the earlier of: (i) when the incident is officially resolved, or (ii) the end of the seventh calendar day (ET) after the listed date, at which point the market will resolve based on the official information available at that time.
Incidents whose affected components, once the incident is marked "Resolved," consist solely of Copilot and/or Copilot AI Model Providers will not qualify. Scheduled maintenance will not qualify.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official GitHub system-status information published at https://www.githubstatus.com/, including the official GitHub Status API (https://www.githubstatus.com/api); however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
An incident will qualify if the official GitHub Status Page (githubstatus.com) or the official GitHub Status API (githubstatus.com/api) classifies the incident's impact as "critical," unless its affected components, once the incident is marked "Resolved," consist solely of Copilot and/or Copilot AI Model Providers. Incidents listing no affected components will qualify. GitHub classifies incident impact as None, Minor, Major, or Critical; only Critical will qualify. Component status labels (e.g. "Degraded Performance," "Partial Outage," or "Major Outage") will have no bearing on this market absent a qualifying critical incident.
Revisions published after an incident is marked “Resolved” will not be considered.
If an incident that began before 11:59 PM ET on the listed date remains unresolved at that time, this market will remain open and resolve at the earlier of: (i) when the incident is officially resolved, or (ii) the end of the seventh calendar day (ET) after the listed date, at which point the market will resolve based on the official information available at that time.
Incidents whose affected components, once the incident is marked "Resolved," consist solely of Copilot and/or Copilot AI Model Providers will not qualify. Scheduled maintenance will not qualify.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official GitHub system-status information published at https://www.githubstatus.com/, including the official GitHub Status API (https://www.githubstatus.com/api); however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
Volume
$0End Date
Sep 30, 2026Market Opened
Aug 27, 2026, 6:50 PM ETResolution Source
https://www.githubstatus.com/Resolver
0x65070BE91...GitHub has faced repeated reliability challenges in August 2026, including a major 7-hour-47-minute outage on August 17 that disrupted github.com, authentication, Actions workflows, APIs, pull requests, issues, and Copilot features due to traffic spikes overwhelming Central US infrastructure and triggering cascading failures like retry storms. This followed an Actions-related incident on August 6 and additional degradations around August 26–27 affecting billing, runners, and Copilot model providers. GitHub’s CTO publicly described the pattern as unacceptable, citing insufficient scaling amid AI-driven load from tools like Copilot and committing to added capacity, efficiency gains, and architectural fixes such as monorepo handling changes. As of August 28, services show normal status with no new incidents, but traders are weighing the frequency of recent events against GitHub’s ongoing remediation timeline and the potential for further disruptions tied to peak usage or upstream dependencies.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated
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