Copilot outage on November 8, 2026: what happened and how long it lasted
On November 8, 2026, GitHub Copilot had degraded performance between 10:36 and 12:32 UTC, about 1.9 h in total. The vendor posted 1 incident.
Timeline（UTC）
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users
Hourly measurements (UTC)
Official updates（UTC）
- investigatingWe are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.
- investigatingWe are continuing to investigate degraded performance primarily for unauthenticated users.
- investigatingAPI Requests is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
- investigatingWe've identified a problematic component and are working to redeploy it.
- investigatingThe degradation affecting API Requests has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
- 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.
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 8, 2026?
On November 8, 2026, GitHub Copilot had degraded performance between 10:36 and 12:32 UTC, about 1.9 h in total. The vendor posted 1 incident.
Why was Copilot down?
The vendor's own description: Increase in timeouts for some unauthenticated users. 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.