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Pretty self explanatory. Could you folks shed some light on why these issues keep happening? I’ve noticed most posts and replies are just people coming to their own conclusions based on whatever published data. I think it would be helpful to get some actual, non-corporate/marketing information on the goings-on by those that actually see what’s happening on the inside. Thanks Can Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49332495 Points: 10 # Comments: 3

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Ask HN: GitHub employees what's going on? Why?
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Pretty self explanatory. Could you folks shed some light on why these issues keep happening?

I’ve noticed most posts and replies are just people coming to their own conclusions based on whatever published data.

I think it would be helpful to get some actual, non-corporate/marketing information on the goings-on by those that actually see what’s happening on the inside.

Thanks

Can



Github is struggling because AI-boosted coding increased the number of commits 14x in the past year, and the pace is still accelerating. The site is struggling to keep up. Github's COO confirms it here: https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2040164759836778878

Platform activity is surging. There were 1 billion commits in 2025. As of three months ago, it was 275 million per week, on pace for 14 billion this year if growth remains linear (spoiler: it won't.)

20% of all GitHub accounts were created in the past 6 months https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2082604368399159542


> Github is struggling because AI-boosted coding increased the number of commits 14x in the past year, and the pace is still accelerating.

Sure, but how is OpenAI, and Claude handling the increased usage? They are handling it a lot better than Github. Just because you have fast growth does not mean you can not handle it.

Instead you have to realize that you are entering into a high growth phase and design around that.

It has been clear that we are in a high growth phase for around a year now and Github still hasn't adapted to that properly.

At some point you have to admit that Github ready for the moment.


Nobody at Microsoft could've predicted AI was going to be so popular!

It is just an excuse. If they can't support paid member or don't have infra they should start charging these slop projects who are committing relentlessly.

Are these disproportionately in the free tier? Or is the increased storage load similar across the paid tiers?

Might be worth considering a /GB/MO fee. Let's face it, VCS is a (glorified) storage service.


Many microsoft services are down/failing today, including sites hosted on Azure. I'm guessing it's a larger MS outage.

So perhaps we should be asking Azure engineers, not Guthub engineers?

non-helpful answer: the "Microsoft Acquires GitHub" line in this graph answers all questions https://damrnelson.github.io/github-historical-uptime/

Microsoft acquiring GitHub is not a valid root cause analysis explaining Github’s degraded SLA.

On the other hand I think usage increased and GitHub operates now at a different scale.

GitHub Will Prioritize Migrating to Azure Over Feature Development - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45517173 - October 2025 (63 comments)

Microsoft. Azure. AI.

Pick one!


AI + Microsoft = kabum



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