Updated 11:29 a.m. Eastern on October 1, 2026
GitHub reports that Actions is experiencing degraded performance, with the incident under investigation as of the latest official update.
What is affected
The incident affects GitHub Actions, where run-start delays have reoccurred, with customers potentially experiencing delays of up to ten minutes.
Official update timeline
We are investigating reports of degraded performance for Actions
We have identified the cause of increased Actions run start delays on Ubuntu runners and are actively deploying a fix. Customers may continue to experience intermittent delays while the mitigation rolls out and service metrics return to normal.
Run-start delays on Ubuntu runners have been resolved. We are investigating run-start delays on Windows runners and will share more information as it becomes available.
The degradation affecting Actions has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.
Actions is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.
We are seeing a reoccurrence in run-start delays, and are continuing to investigate to issue. Customers will potentially experience delays of up to ten minutes.
