GitHub delays pull requests, webhooks, and Actions
Original title: Delays for Pull Requests and Webhook deliveries
GitHub says event-streaming hotspots are still slowing pull request updates, webhook deliveries, and audit log events.
GitHub is investigating degraded performance for Actions, pull requests, and webhooks. Later updates said increased load on the event streaming platform created hotspots, and GitHub is shifting traffic and adding capacity. As of 15:58 UTC on October 21, delays still affect pull request updates, webhook deliveries, and audit log events, though the platform is showing signs of recovery.
Unconfirmed: Recovery is partial; GitHub has not said when full service will return.
- The incident was opened at 14:52 UTC on October 21, 2026.
- Actions degradation was noted at 15:15 UTC.
- Mitigations were still taking effect at 15:36 UTC.
- Audit log events were added to the affected list by 15:58 UTC.
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From the original article
1 min read at githubstatus.com
We continue to see delays affecting pull request updates, webhook deliveries, and audit log events. The event streaming platform is showing signs of recovery, and we are monitoring as the impact continues. We are investigating delays affecting pull request updates and webhook deliveries.
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