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    Ask HN: GitHub Copilot down?

    58 points thecopy | 22 comments | 27 Aug 25 20:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.838s | source | bottom

    I keep getting

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    1. metadaemon ◴[27 Aug 25 20:40 UTC] No.45044927[source]▶
    GitHub seems to be down as a whole.
    2. coalbin ◴[27 Aug 25 20:40 UTC] No.45044935[source]▶
    Github seems to be having a general outage, we're not able to view pull requests
    3. abswest ◴[27 Aug 25 20:42 UTC] No.45044963[source]▶
    Same, shows error code in IDE and at github.com copilot settings.
    4. TriangleEdge ◴[27 Aug 25 20:45 UTC] No.45045003[source]▶
    https://downdetector.com/status/github/
    5. codeconfessions ◴[27 Aug 25 20:46 UTC] No.45045019[source]▶
    same. VSCode told me my subscription ended and I can't find copilot on our org settings page.
    6. leokeba ◴[27 Aug 25 20:48 UTC] No.45045040[source]▶
    https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/x7gtw6r3x2s1
    7. fertrevino ◴[27 Aug 25 20:49 UTC] No.45045047[source]▶
    'There seems to be a problem with your account. Please contact Github support' is what I get in my vscode extension.
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    8. doctaj ◴[27 Aug 25 20:51 UTC] No.45045084[source]▶
    Yes.
    9. 0x01FE ◴[27 Aug 25 20:57 UTC] No.45045164[source]▶
    Same issue, if I look at the copilot logs I see "[info] [auth] Invalid copilot token: missing token: 403". Seems like the issue is on their side though, judging by general website issues.
    10. vbhakta ◴[27 Aug 25 21:05 UTC] No.45045280[source]▶
    https://www.githubstatus.com/

    seems issues on API as well

    11. ericmutta ◴[27 Aug 25 21:16 UTC] No.45045397[source]▶
    I was logged out automatically from GitHub Copilot. Logging in again had no effect. For a few minutes the status page https://www.githubstatus.com/ showed just "Issues" and "API Requests" were down but now even Copilot itself is showing up as degraded.
    replies(1): >>45045575 #
    12. vikrant18 ◴[27 Aug 25 21:34 UTC] No.45045575[source]▶
    same
    13. c735533238569c ◴[27 Aug 25 21:35 UTC] No.45045586[source]▶
    Does anyone here know how to write a for loop in python???? Pls, i need to get my app ready
    replies(1): >>45045784 #
    14. Dotta_transport ◴[27 Aug 25 21:47 UTC] No.45045726[source]▶
    Anyone still facing the same issue?
    replies(1): >>45051036 #
    15. lrecio ◴[27 Aug 25 21:52 UTC] No.45045784[source]▶
    for i in range(5): print(f"Iteration {i}... (yes, again)")
    16. lrecio ◴[27 Aug 25 21:52 UTC] No.45045785[source]▶
    Up
    17. cultofmetatron ◴[27 Aug 25 22:26 UTC] No.45046107[source]▶
    everytime I look at these AI coding systems I think of this classic junji ito story.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6pYncUjuGY&ab_channel=D%D0%...

    written long before any of this stuff existed but somehow very relevant.

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    18. ngruhn ◴[27 Aug 25 22:52 UTC] No.45046300[source]▶
    Man, I was about to go to sleep...
    19. mikewarot ◴[27 Aug 25 23:25 UTC] No.45046528[source]▶
    I've seen those messages over the past week, they're usually temporary.
    20. sandos ◴[28 Aug 25 11:51 UTC] No.45051036[source]▶
    Havigng severe issues even now, 15 hours later. It has been working for a couple of hours, but with cut-off replies and general slowness.

    Edit: Only in VS Code it seems, VS works...

    21. selinkocalar ◴[29 Aug 25 01:48 UTC] No.45059120[source]▶
    This is why I'm cautious about tools that become too integrated into daily workflow. When Copilot goes down, entire teams slow to a crawl. Don't get me wrong - AI coding assistants are incredibly useful. But building dependencies on external services for core development work creates single points of failure. Always have a backup plan for when your tools inevitably break.