title: Microsoft says the outage affecting GitHub's API, Actions, Pull Requests, and other services has been mitigated, three hours after it first confirmed the outage (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer) | SpinGraph: Temporary headwinds
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keywords: Microsoft
keywords: outage
keywords: The Cushion
keywords: narrative intelligence
published: 2026-08-17T14:55:05+00:00
modified: 2026-08-17T18:18:21.385064+00:00

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Microsoft says the outage affecting GitHub's API, Actions, Pull Requests, and other services has been mitigated, three hours after it first confirmed the outage (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer)
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alternative headline: Microsoft says the outage affecting GitHub's API, Actions, Pull Requests, and other services has been mitigated, three hours after it first confirmed the outage (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer) | SpinGraph: Temporary headwinds
description: SpinGraph analysis of Techmeme's Microsoft says the outage affecting GitHub's API, Actions, Pull Requests, and other services has been mitigated, three hours a…
date published: 2026-08-17T14:55:05+00:00
date modified: 2026-08-17T18:18:21.385064+00:00
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language: en-US
article section: technology
keywords: GitHub, Microsoft, outage, API, Actions
author: Techmeme
publisher: Stuff That Spins
citation: https://www.techmeme.com/260817/p22#a260817p22
about: GitHub
about: Microsoft
about: outage
about: API
about: Actions
mentions: Techmeme
mentions: GitHub
abstract: GitHub experienced a broad service disruption impacting API, Actions, and Pull Requests. Microsoft publicly acknowledged the outage and confirmed mitigation after three hours. The incident affected developers relying on GitHub's infrastructure for CI/CD, collaboration, and automation.

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Spin Analysis: temporary headwinds
type: AnalysisNewsArticle
description: Emphasizes speed of mitigation while minimizing root cause, scale of impact, and recurrence risk.
about: temporary headwinds
  type: DefinedTerm
  description: Responsible stewardship: Microsoft as responsive operator managing transient infrastructure stress.
  term code: The Cushion
additional property: Spin Score
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 60
  unit text: percent
additional property: Narrative Risk
  type: PropertyValue
  value: moderate
additional property: AI Repetition Risk
  type: PropertyValue
  value: low
additional property: Likely AI Summary
  type: PropertyValue
  value: GitHub suffered a brief outage affecting API and Actions; Microsoft confirmed resolution within three hours.
additional property: Narrative Frame
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Responsible stewardship: Microsoft as responsive operator managing transient infrastructure stress.
additional property: Missing Context
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Root cause analysis; Customer impact metrics (e.g., error rates, SLA breaches); Whether AI-powered features (e.g., Copilot integrations) contributed to or exacerbated the failure
additional property: How the Spin Works
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Combines official attribution ('Microsoft says') with time-bound resolution language to signal control and responsiveness; makes the event feel smaller and more manageable than it may have been for affected teams, while the absence of root cause or impact metrics creates a tension between the confident tone and the actual technical uncertainty.
author: Stuff That Spins
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    text: Microsoft says the outage affecting GitHub's API, Actions, Pull Requests, and other services has been mitigated, three hours after it first confirmed the outage.
    appearance: Microsoft says the outage affecting GitHub's API, Actions, Pull Requests, and other services has been mitigated, three hours after it first confirmed the outage
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Key Statistics
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description: Extracted statistics from the source narrative
variable measured: outage duration to mitigation
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 3 hours
  description: Time between Microsoft's first confirmation and resolution announcement