Resolved: GitHub – Delays in Pull Request Updates and Webhook Deliveries
GitHub: Delays in Pull Request updates and Webhook deliveries. The incident is resolved.
The incident was confirmed by the operator’s official status page.
“The incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding while we worked to resolve this issue. We will publish a detailed root cause analysis as soon as it is available.”
Status: RESOLVED Last checked: 21. 10. 2026 21:25
What we know
Delays in Pull Request updates and Webhook deliveries
Affected components: Webhooks, Pull Requests, Actions
Incident timeline
21. 10. 2026 16:55 – CONFIRMED
“We are investigating reports of degraded performance for Actions, Pull Requests, and Webhooks services.”
21. 10. 2026 17:15 – CONFIRMED
“Actions is experiencing degraded performance. We continue to investigate the issue.”
21. 10. 2026 17:40 – CONFIRMED
“We are investigating delays affecting Pull Request updates and Webhook deliveries. Increased load on our event-streaming platform is contributing to the issue. We are moving traffic away from the affected areas and adding processing capacity; the impact will continue while these measures take effect.”
21. 10. 2026 18:00 – CONFIRMED
“We continue to see delays affecting Pull Request updates, Webhook deliveries, and audit log events. The event-streaming platform is showing signs of recovery, and we are monitoring the situation while the impact continues.”
21. 10. 2026 18:20 – CONFIRMED
“Audit log events and Actions workflow status updates remain delayed. Pull Request updates and Webhook deliveries are recovering as we restore event processing and work through the backlog. We are monitoring recovery and will provide further updates as we learn more.”
21. 10. 2026 18:31 – CONFIRMED
“Audit log events are delayed by up to 100 minutes, and Actions workflow status updates continue to experience significant delays. Pull Request updates and Webhook deliveries are recovering as we restore event processing and work through the backlog. We are monitoring recovery and will provide further updates as we learn more.”
21. 10. 2026 18:36 – CONFIRMED
“Audit log events remain delayed by up to 110 minutes. Pull Request updates have recovered. Actions is recovering, and users should no longer experience an impact to Actions. Webhook deliveries continue to recover as we work through the backlog. We are monitoring recovery and will provide further updates as we learn more.”
21. 10. 2026 19:00 – CONFIRMED
“Actions and Webhook deliveries have recovered. Audit log events remain delayed by approximately 100 minutes. We are working through the backlog, and full recovery will take some time. We will provide further updates as recovery continues.”
21. 10. 2026 19:10 – CONFIRMED
“Pull Request updates, Actions, and Webhook deliveries have recovered. Audit log events are recovering and delays are decreasing, but we expect it will take approximately two to three hours to process the remaining backlog. We are monitoring recovery and will provide further updates.”
21. 10. 2026 20:21 – CONFIRMED
“Audit log events are recovering, and delays are now shorter than 90 minutes as the remaining backlog is processed. We have reduced the load on the event-streaming platform and are monitoring recovery. Further updates will follow.”
21. 10. 2026 20:55 – CONFIRMED
“Audit log events continue to recover, and delays are now shorter than 70 minutes. We have implemented measures to accelerate recovery and expect audit logs to fully recover in approximately 40 minutes. Pull Request updates, Actions, and Webhook deliveries remain restored. We are monitoring progress and will provide further updates.”
21. 10. 2026 21:25 – RESOLVED
“The incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding while we worked to resolve this issue. We will publish a detailed root cause analysis as soon as it is available.”
Sources
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