GitHub Copilot: Disruption with Copilot Code Review

GitHub Copilot · github.comImpact: majorResolved2026-09-04 22:26 UTC

Public — what happened

Summary

On September 4, 2026, between 20:04 and 22:26 UTC, GitHub Copilot code review experienced an increased failure rate. Affected pull request reviews failed to complete or post review comments.<br /><br />The incident was caused by a change to the service’s authentication permissions that prevented it from submitting affected reviews to the GitHub API. We reverted the change and restored normal operation by 22:26 UTC.<br /><br />We apologize for the disruption.

Timeline

Started — 2026-09-04 20:39 UTC
Last update — 2026-09-04 22:26 UTC
Resolved — 2026-09-04 22:26 UTC

Source of record: provider status page. Mirrored as reported; times in UTC.

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