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minor✓ Resolved
Regression in windows runners for public repositories
Status
resolved
Duration
4h 29m
Updates
7
Coverage
0 articles
INCIDENT TIMELINE
✓ ResolvedMon, Jan 26, 2026, 11:55 PM
This incident has been resolved.
investigatingMon, Jan 26, 2026, 11:49 PM
At 23:45 UTC we applied a mitigation to take remaining impacted capacity offline and are seeing improvement. We will update again once we've confirmed the issue is resolved.
investigatingMon, Jan 26, 2026, 11:04 PM
Our investigation into GitHub Actions 4 Core Windows runner failures in public repositories is ongoing.<br /><br />If you have a failing GitHub Actions run, please retry it and it is likely to succeed.
investigatingMon, Jan 26, 2026, 10:02 PM
We're continuing to investigate failures in GitHub Actions 4 Core Windows runners in public repositories. <br /><br />If you have a failing GitHub Actions run, please retry it and it is likely to succeed.
investigatingMon, Jan 26, 2026, 09:20 PM
Rollback has been completed, but we are still seeing failures on about 11% of GitHub Actions runs on 4 Core Windows runners in public repositories.<br /><br />If your workflow fails to start, try re-running and it is likely to work a second time.
investigatingMon, Jan 26, 2026, 08:10 PM
Mitigation for failing GitHub Actions jobs on 4-Core Windows runners is still being mitigated. You should start to see more runs succeeding.<br />If you do see failing runs, please retry and they might succeed.
investigatingMon, Jan 26, 2026, 07:32 PM
We've applied a mitigation to unblock running Actions. A regression occurred for Windows runners in public repositories which caused Actions workflows to fail. A mitigation is in place and customers should expect to see resolution soon.<br /><br />If you have a failing Actions workflow on a Windows runner, please retry and it is likely to work.
investigatingMon, Jan 26, 2026, 07:25 PM
We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.
📊 TECHNICAL DETAILS
Internal ID
8ace4b8e-ccc6-4a5e-a561-8b9263863d98
External ID
90hj03y5tj3c
🕐 Started
Mon, Jan 26, 2026, 07:25 PM
🔄 Last Updated
Mon, Jan 26, 2026, 11:55 PM
✓ Resolved
Mon, Jan 26, 2026, 11:55 PM
MINOR
Impact Level
4h 29m
Total Duration
7
Status Updates
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