A GitHub status report from Oct 19, 2026 documents degraded availability affecting GitHub Actions, GitHub Pages and Webhooks. The notice shows an investigating state first posted at 15:49 UTC, followed by an update at 15:50 confirming degraded performance for Webhooks, and a 15:56 UTC update stating continued investigation into delays. Reported user-facing symptoms include delays in workflow processing for Actions, slower or failed site builds for Pages, and delayed webhook delivery. The incident explicitly lists Webhooks, Actions, and Pages as affected components.
The report also details how users can receive ongoing notifications: subscribe to email, SMS (with OTP), Slack, or webhook notifications via the status page, which is powered by Atlassian Statuspage and protected by reCAPTCHA. Subscription flows require contact info and an OTP for SMS, and the page offers Atom/RSS feeds as alternatives. Updates and resolution notices are published on the status page as the engineering team investigates and mitigates the degraded performance.
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