GitHub Copilot · 79d ago
Disruption with some GitHub services
ResolvedYes — GitHub Copilot had a problem on July 16, 2026, and GitHub Copilot has since marked it resolved. GitHub Copilot's latest word: “On July 16, 2026, between 08:50 UTC and 09:50 UTC, the GitHub MCP Server’s web_search tool experienced elevated failures. The average error rate was 42% and peaked at 82% of requests to the tool. Other GitHub MCP Server tools were unaffected. This was caused by degradation at a downstream web search provider.<br /><br />The incident was mitigated when the downstream provider recovered, after which we confirmed that the tool’s success rate had returned to normal.<br /><br />We are improving the tool’s resilience and failure handling to reduce the customer impact and duration of similar incidents.”
Timeline
Started: 7/16/2026, 9:13:51 AM
Last update: 7/21/2026, 9:50:38 AM
Resolved: 7/16/2026, 12:20:56 PM
Updates
resolved
On July 16, 2026, between 08:50 UTC and 09:50 UTC, the GitHub MCP Server’s web_search tool experienced elevated failures. The average error rate was 42% and peaked at 82% of requests to the tool. Other GitHub MCP Server tools were unaffected. This was caused by degradation at a downstream web search provider.<br /><br />The incident was mitigated when the downstream provider recovered, after which we confirmed that the tool’s success rate had returned to normal.<br /><br />We are improving the tool’s resilience and failure handling to reduce the customer impact and duration of similar incidents.
7/16/2026, 12:20:56 PM
monitoring
The degradation has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
7/16/2026, 10:17:11 AM
monitoring
The degradation has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
7/16/2026, 9:30:47 AM
investigating
We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.
7/16/2026, 9:13:51 AM
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