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GitHub disables background job, resolving webhooks and Git operations degradation
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GitHub mitigated a brief degradation of webhooks, Git operations, issues, pull requests, and packages by temporarily disabling a background job.
Webhooks and Git operations are critical for CI/CD and automation, so even a brief degradation can break pipelines and miss deliveries. The mitigation involved disabling a background job, which suggests a systemic issue that could recur until a permanent fix is identified. Engineers should watch for the pending root cause analysis to understand the risk.
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The degradation affected Git pushes, issues, pull requests, package registry, and webhooks between 14:32 and 14:46 UTC.
GitHub identified the source and temporarily disabled a background job to fully mitigate the impact.
The incident is resolved, and a detailed root cause analysis will be shared later.
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