Copilot outage on November 5, 2026: what happened and how long it lasted
On November 5, 2026, GitHub Copilot had degraded performance between 16:50 and 00:20 UTC, about 7.5 h in total. The vendor posted 2 incidents.
Timeline（UTC）
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Incident with Actions
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Incident with Actions
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Degraded performance for multiple GitHub services
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Degraded performance for multiple GitHub services
Hourly measurements (UTC)
Also affected that day: Kimi
Official updates（UTC）
- investigatingWe are investigating reports of degraded performance for Actions
- investigatingSome GitHub Actions workflow runs may experience delays or errors when starting. We’re investigating and preparing a mitigation.
- monitoringThe degradation affecting Actions 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 Actions and Pages
- investigatingWe're investigating degraded performance and errors affecting several GitHub services, including Git operations, Issues, Actions, and API access. Some users may see failed requests or slow responses. We'll post another update by 00:05 UTC.
- investigatingIssues is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
- monitoringThe degradation affecting Actions, Issues and Pages has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
- monitoringWe've applied a mitigation and are seeing recovery across affected services, including Git operations, Issues, Actions, and API access. We're monitoring to confirm stability and will post another update by 00:35 UTC.
- investigatingGit Operations is operating normally.
- monitoringThis incident has been resolved. All affected services, including Git operations, Issues, Actions, and API access, have recovered and remained stable. Thank you for your patience. We'll share more details in our availability report.
Copilot reliability lately
Measured availability over the last 30 days: 99.90%; 1 day 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 5, 2026?
On November 5, 2026, GitHub Copilot had degraded performance between 16:50 and 00:20 UTC, about 7.5 h in total. The vendor posted 2 incidents.
Why was Copilot down?
The vendor's own description: Incident with Actions; Degraded performance for multiple GitHub services. 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: 99.90%; 1 day 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.