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Disruption with Dependabot Alerts

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Disruption with Dependabot Alerts

Resolved

We identified that an advisory-publication driven fan-out was overwhelming Dependabot alert processing on repositories by saturating the queue with its own events, delaying processing of events related to repository pushes.

We have now isolated this fan-out and applied a throttle so it runs at a fixed rate and cannot delay other events. This remediation has successfully prevented a new fan-out process impacting users.

Posted Oct 23, 2026 - 18:51 UTC

Monitoring

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

Posted Oct 23, 2026 - 18:36 UTC

Investigating

Some Dependabot alerts continue to be delayed in closing after repository updates address a vulnerability.

We’re continuing to investigate and work to restore normal processing.

Posted Oct 23, 2026 - 17:27 UTC

Investigating

We’re continuing to investigate delays in some Dependabot alerts closing after affected repositories are updated. Alert processing remains backed up, and additional processing capacity is rolling out to help reduce the backlog. We’re monitoring progress and will share another update as we learn more.

Posted Oct 23, 2026 - 16:43 UTC

Investigating

We’re continuing to investigate delays in some Dependabot alerts closing after affected repositories are updated. Alert processing remains backed up, and additional processing capacity is rolling out to help reduce the backlog. We’re monitoring the rollout and will share another update as we learn more.

Posted Oct 23, 2026 - 16:11 UTC

Investigating

We’re scaling alert processing capacity to reduce the backlog causing delays in some Dependabot alerts closing after affected repositories have been updated. We’re continuing to monitor and will share another update as more information becomes available.

Posted Oct 23, 2026 - 15:39 UTC

Investigating

We’re investigating delays in some Dependabot alerts closing after affected repositories have been updated to address a vulnerability. Alert processing is backed up. We’ll share more information as it becomes available.

Posted Oct 23, 2026 - 15:00 UTC

Investigating

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

Posted Oct 23, 2026 - 14:58 UTC

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Disruption with Dependabot Alerts

https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/71y513kjvbzh

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GitHub. "Disruption with Dependabot Alerts." GitHub status page, 23 Oct 2026. https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/71y513kjvbzh (retrieved 2026-10-27 via postmortem.io)