Re:GitHub Actions Is Down
by woodruffw on Thursday August 06, 2026 @06:17PM
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Why not both? Higher base load combined with insufficient internal controls for ratelimiting/load-shedding (as in, they don’t know who to shed) would be explanatory.
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If they can't implement something as simple as "decode upstream headers and determine if 429/503" I don't know what to say. Since this has knocked out all customers it indicates they likely don't have anything of this form implemented.