Copilot outage on November 3, 2026: what happened and how long it lasted
On November 3, 2026, GitHub Copilot had degraded performance between 13:25 and 22:41 UTC, about 9.3 h in total. The vendor posted 2 incidents.
Timeline（UTC）
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Incident with API, Git, and Copilot requests
- MeasuredModelBank probes detect degraded performance
- MeasuredProbes back to normal (lasted 26 min)
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Incident with API, Git, and Copilot requests
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Incident with Git Operations
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Incident with Git Operations
Hourly measurements (UTC)
Also affected that day: DeepSeek API
Official updates（UTC）
- investigatingWe are investigating reports of degraded performance for Copilot
- investigatingIssues is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
- investigatingThe degradation affecting Issues has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
- monitoringThe degradation affecting Copilot has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
- investigatingAPI Requests is operating normally.
- monitoringThe degradation 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.
- investigatingWe are investigating reports of degraded performance for Git Operations
- investigatingWe have identified the issue impacting Git Operations and are beginning to roll out a mitigation. We will follow up with another update when we begin to see recovery.
- investigatingOur mitigation is rolled out and customers should start seeing improvements to Git Operations. We will continue to provide updates on mitigation status.
- investigatingWe are seeing significant improvement, though some Git Operations may be slow for a small set of customers. We are marking this as mitigated and will continue to monitor.
- monitoringThe degradation affecting Git Operations has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
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 3, 2026?
On November 3, 2026, GitHub Copilot had degraded performance between 13:25 and 22:41 UTC, about 9.3 h in total. The vendor posted 2 incidents.
Why was Copilot down?
The vendor's own description: Incident with API, Git, and Copilot requests; Incident with Git Operations. 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?
Subscribe for free on ModelBank: email, browser push, or Slack / Discord / Feishu.
Sources: ModelBank's probes every 2 minutes and Copilot's official status page. Please cite this page when quoting.