Key Themes from the discussion
| # | Theme | Supporting quotation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure migration / infrastructure shift is blamed for the recent outages | “Note that most of the downtime in that graph comes from Github Actions, which simply didn’t exist before the Microsoft acquisition.” – flexagoon |
| 2 | AI‑generated code is flooding the platform with a massive increase in commits | “GitHub is struggling because AI‑boosted coding increased the number of commits 14× in the past year, and the pace is still accelerating.” – tristanj |
| 3 | Added feature set (Actions, Dependabot, Copilot, etc.) introduced after the acquisition is destabilising the core service | “After Microsoft acquired them, they started rolling out new features at an incredible pace… most of the downtime is in features that didn’t exist before the acquisition.” – fallingbananna |
| 4 | Corporate negligence & calls for pricing limits or accountability | “If they’re really that cash‑strapped at GitHub, then are they planning to just continue allowing this to happen and drown, or fix the issues? This has been ongoing for over a year.” – bluerooibos |