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Copilot

Copilot AI Model Providers

Recent Incidents · Last 7 days

Increased task-related errors for Copilot Mission Control

Nov 4, 08:45 UTC · Resolved · 1h 17m · minor

Timeline · 6 updates

Investigating · Nov 4, 08:45 UTC

We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.

Investigating · Nov 4, 08:47 UTC

Copilot Mission Control is experiencing increased error rates (approx 2.5%) in listing and creating tasks due to upstream database throttling. We are investigating two potential mitigations.

Investigating · Nov 4, 09:11 UTC

We've identified the issue with a specific client version and are deploying a mitigation. We are already seeing partial recovery.

Investigating · Nov 4, 09:50 UTC

We're continuing to see recovery as rollout continues

Monitoring · Nov 4, 10:01 UTC

The degradation has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

Resolved · Nov 4, 10:01 UTC

This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.

Incident with API, Git, and Copilot requests

Nov 3, 13:25 UTC · Resolved · 31m · minor

Timeline · 7 updates

Investigating · Nov 3, 13:25 UTC

We are investigating reports of degraded performance for Copilot

Investigating · Nov 3, 13:42 UTC

Issues is experiencing degraded performance. We are continuing to investigate.

Investigating · Nov 3, 13:43 UTC

The degradation affecting Issues has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

Monitoring · Nov 3, 13:51 UTC

The degradation affecting Copilot has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

Investigating · Nov 3, 13:52 UTC

API Requests is operating normally.

Monitoring · Nov 3, 13:54 UTC

The degradation has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

Resolved · Nov 3, 13:56 UTC

This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.

Elevated errors on GPT-5.4 Nano

Nov 2, 17:46 UTC · Resolved · 39m · minor

Timeline · 5 updates

Investigating · Nov 2, 17:46 UTC

We are investigating reports of degraded performance for Copilot AI Model Providers

Investigating · Nov 2, 17:46 UTC

We are investigating reports of elevated errors on GPT-5.4 Nano

Investigating · Nov 2, 17:58 UTC

We are experiencing degraded availability for the GPT-5.4 Nano model in Copilot products and IDE surfaces. This is due to an issue with an upstream model provider.

Monitoring · Nov 2, 18:10 UTC

The degradation affecting Copilot AI Model Providers has been mitigated. We are monitoring to ensure stability.

Resolved · Nov 2, 18:24 UTC

This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.

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About GitHub Copilot

AIWatch Data: GitHub Copilot's reported uptime is 100.00%. Based on AIWatch data from the last 30 days, it experienced 6 incidents with an average recovery time of 1h 9m.

GitHub Copilot is GitHub's AI coding assistant. It provides real-time code suggestions, chat assistance, and automated pull request reviews.

AIWatch Insight: GitHub Copilot incidents can overlap with broader GitHub infrastructure issues. AIWatch tracks Copilot-specific incidents separately.

When GitHub Copilot is down, developers lose AI code completions and chat assistance. Copilot cloud agent sessions and automated reviews will also be unavailable.

This page provides real-time status and recent incident details; uptime history is shown only when the official source publishes sufficient comparable records — updated every 5 minutes by AIWatch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is GitHub Copilot down right now?

Check the live status indicator at the top of this page. AIWatch monitors GitHub Copilot every 5 minutes using GitHub Status data.

Why is Copilot not suggesting code?

Copilot may be experiencing service issues. Check this page for current status. Also verify your subscription is active and your IDE extension is up to date.

What can I use instead of GitHub Copilot?

When Copilot is down, Cursor and Windsurf (Devin Desktop) are alternative AI coding assistants. Claude Code by Anthropic is another option for terminal-based AI coding.

Does GitHub Copilot downtime affect GitHub?

Copilot outages may coincide with broader GitHub infrastructure issues. Check the incidents section for details on whether the outage is Copilot-specific or platform-wide.