1. GitHub’s reliability is in crisis
Users report frequent, multi‑service outages that block PRs, Actions, and even basic web pages.
“I’ve been seeing a lot of 500 errors myself, latency seems to have spiked too.” – rozenmd
“The incident has now expanded to include webhooks, git operations, actions, general page load + API requests, issues, and pull requests.” – rileymichael
2. The Azure migration is the root cause
The shift to Microsoft’s cloud is blamed for the instability, with many incidents traced to Azure failures.
“They’re moving from legacy infra to Azure, so there’s a ton of churn happening behind the scenes.” – jsheard
“The main root cause of the incident on their actions was actually due to Azure.” – ygouzerh
3. People are already moving to or considering alternatives
Self‑hosting, GitLab, Codeberg, Forgejo, and other platforms are being adopted or evaluated to avoid GitHub’s outages.
“I’m thinking about moving all my personal stuff to Codeberg.” – jeltz
“We’re starting to have that convo in our org. This is just getting worse and worse for Github.” – dsagent
“I’ve migrated to Forgejo… it’s very welcoming.” – adamcharnock
4. AI‑driven features are blamed for the chaos
The push for Copilot, agentic workflows, and other AI tools is seen as adding complexity and load that GitHub can’t handle.
“They built GitHub for one kind of scale, and the problem is that they’ve all of a sudden found themselves with a new kind of scale.” – huntaub
“They put too much AI in it bot enough engineering rigor.” – semiinfinitely
5. Corporate ownership and trust issues
Microsoft’s acquisition, antitrust concerns, and the perception that GitHub is a “monopoly” fuel frustration and calls for more transparency.
“GitHub needs to get its shit together… they need to ditch the AI and focus on high quality engineering.” – dbingham
“It’s a Microsoft product so dominant in its category that it’s going to hold everyone back for years to come.” – arnvald
“If they don’t get their ops house in order, this will go down as an all‑time own goal in our industry.” – showerst
These five themes capture the core of the discussion: a reliability crisis tied to Azure migration, the rise of AI features, the shift toward alternatives, and the broader corporate‑trust context.