Github, an online service for software development projects which is now managed by Microsoft is currently down. Many users are reporting speed & connectivity issues.
The issue is widespread & has affected a large base of users. They have taken the route of Twitter to express the ongoing concerns & issues. Have a look at a few complaints down below.
@DarkTll @github @alexellisuk That’s nice, but the website is completely down again -_-
2020-04-21 15:44:13
@KYT_ThatsME anyone else having github issues?
2020-04-21 15:43:33@penczar @githubstatus Github is not working right now. Please fix!
2020-04-21 15:43:31@mmg_rt Is anyone else is facing issues with GitHub?
2020-04-21 15:42:58@_pwnz0r @abdur_rehman26 @github Not working for me, I keep getting 500
2020-04-21 15:42:54@terryjanas are there @github issues this morning?
2020-04-21 15:42:11
@faizanakram99 @githubstatus @github is throwing 500 error for private repositories
Github Outage Map:
An outage tracking website, Down Detector also confirms that Github is indeed going through some glitch & outage in several locations. Have a look at the outage map down below
So far, there is no official response from Github officials regarding the current outage. However, they are answering to individual complaints as shown in the screenshots above. We certainly hope, their team is looking to resolve the issues at the earliest.
Rest assured, we are keeping a close tab on all the developments regarding this issue. Whenever any update or fix arrives for the same, we will update the column.