Is GitHub Copilot down? October 28 model disruption resolved after 76 minutes

What happened and when

GitHub's status page lists a resolved incident titled Disruption with some Copilot services and says it affected Copilot. GitHub's first update came at 14:12 UTC on October 28, 2026, reporting impacted performance for some GitHub services. The incident was marked resolved at 15:28 UTC the same day, about 76 minutes after that first update.

Sources: Disruption with some Copilot services

Which Copilot models were affected

At 14:33 UTC GitHub said availability was degraded for GPT-5.3-Codex, GPT-5.6 Luna, GPT-6.1 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-6 Luna and MAI Code 1.1 Flash in Copilot products and IDE surfaces. It said this was due to an issue with an upstream model provider.

Until the issue was fixed, GitHub recommended choosing another model to keep using Copilot. Switching models in the picker was the workaround it gave.

Sources: Disruption with some Copilot services

Timeline (UTC, October 28, 2026)

14:12: GitHub began investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.

14:15: GitHub reported issues with upstream model providers causing a degraded experience across Copilot services.

14:33: GitHub listed the six models with degraded availability and recommended choosing another model.

14:55: GitHub said it had identified the root cause and was working to apply a mitigation.

15:15: The mitigation was applied and GitHub saw signs of recovery.

15:24: GitHub said Copilot was experiencing degraded performance and it was continuing to investigate.

15:26: GitHub said the degradation had been mitigated and it was monitoring for stability.

15:28: The incident was marked resolved.

Sources: Disruption with some Copilot services

Usage and billing

The status page does not mention AI Credits, refunds or any change to usage or billing for this incident. GitHub says it will share a detailed root cause analysis as soon as it is available.

Sources: Disruption with some Copilot services