Copilot outage on November 4, 2026: what happened and how long it lasted
On November 4, 2026, GitHub Copilot had an outage between 08:45 and 18:16 UTC, about 9.5 h in total. The vendor posted 4 incidents.
Timeline（UTC）
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Increased task-related errors for Copilot Mission Control
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Increased task-related errors for Copilot Mission Control
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Incident with Actions and Pages
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Incident with Actions and Pages
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Incident with Actions
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Incident with Actions
Hourly measurements (UTC)
Also affected that day: Kimi
Official updates（UTC）
- investigatingWe are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.
- investigatingCopilot Mission Control is experiencing increased error rates (approx 2.5%) in listing and creating tasks due to upstream database throttling. We are investigating two potential mitigations.
- investigatingWe've identified the issue with a specific client version and are deploying a mitigation. We are already seeing partial recovery.
- investigatingWe are investigating reports of degraded performance for Git Operations, Issues and Pull Requests
- investigatingWe're continuing to see recovery as rollout continues
- investigatingActions is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
- investigatingPull Requests is experiencing degraded availability. We are continuing to investigate.
- 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're investigating elevated errors and intermittent failures affecting GitHub including Pull Requests, Git Operations, and Issues. We'll continue to keep users updated as we work toward mitigation.
- investigatingAPI Requests is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
- investigatingWe're currently working on mitigating elevated errors and intermittent failures affecting GitHub, including Pull Requests, Git Operations, and Issues. Some requests may fail or be delayed while we work to restore service. We'll provide another update as more information becomes 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 4, 2026?
On November 4, 2026, GitHub Copilot had an outage between 08:45 and 18:16 UTC, about 9.5 h in total. The vendor posted 4 incidents.
Why was Copilot down?
The vendor's own description: Increased task-related errors for Copilot Mission Control; Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues; Incident with Actions and Pages; Incident with Actions. 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.