Copilot outage on November 2, 2026: what happened and how long it lasted
On November 2, 2026, GitHub Copilot had degraded performance between 17:46 and 18:24 UTC, about 38 min in total. The vendor posted 1 incident.
Timeline（UTC）
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Elevated errors on GPT-5.4 Nano
- MeasuredModelBank probes detect degraded performance
- MeasuredProbes back to normal (lasted 26 min)
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Elevated errors on GPT-5.4 Nano
Hourly measurements (UTC)
Also affected that day: DeepSeek API · Seed · Kimi
Official updates（UTC）
- investigatingWe are investigating reports of degraded performance for Copilot AI Model Providers
- investigatingWe are investigating reports of elevated errors on GPT-5.4 Nano
- investigatingWe are experiencing degraded availability for the GPT-5.4 Nano model in Copilot products and IDE surfaces. This is due to an issue with an upstream model provider.
- monitoringThe degradation affecting Copilot AI Model Providers has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
- resolvedThis incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.
Copilot reliability lately
Measured availability over the last 30 days: 100.00%; 0 days with an outage or degradation in the last 90 days.
Alternatives while Copilot is down
Open one to see whether it is up right now.
FAQ
Was Copilot down on November 2, 2026?
On November 2, 2026, GitHub Copilot had degraded performance between 17:46 and 18:24 UTC, about 38 min in total. The vendor posted 1 incident.
Why was Copilot down?
The vendor's own description: Elevated errors on GPT-5.4 Nano. See the official status page for the root cause.
Is Copilot working now?
It is working normally now. Live status: https://modelbank.ai/status/github-copilot (tested every 2 minutes).
What can I use instead when Copilot is down?
Switch temporarily to Cursor IDE, Windsurf IDE, Lovable.dev, v0, Poe, OpenRouter API — check on ModelBank that they are up first.
Does Copilot go down often?
Measured availability over the last 30 days: 100.00%; 0 days with an outage or degradation in the last 90 days.
How do I hear about the next outage first?
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Sources: ModelBank's probes every 2 minutes and Copilot's official status page. Please cite this page when quoting.