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GitHub Copilot status: API, auth, latency & outage reports

Operational
Last probe 12 min ago·2 surfaces
Likely your sideMEDIUM confidence
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98.3%
24h Uptime
323ms
p50 Latency
715ms
p95 Latency
0
Incidents (30d)

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Surface Health

Copilot ChatOperational
HTTP 200p50 323ms11m ago
Copilot ExtensionOperational
HTTP 200p50 323ms11m ago

Uptime — last 24h

98.3%

Latency — last 24h (p50 per 30 min slot)

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Is GitHub Copilot down for everyone?

Likely local or client-side issue
Our probes see normal responses. The issue is likely on your end or in your network path.
Moderate confidence
Probe summary (2 surfaces)
All surfaces operational as of last probe.
Signals detected
  • All monitored surfaces operational
  • No recent user reports
  • Check your network, credentials, or rate limits

Incident history (30d)

No incidents recorded in the past 30 days.

Reported symptoms

No user reports for GitHub Copilot in the last 24 hours.

Known error signatures

Common failure patterns and how to diagnose them

Provider details

GitHub Copilot is GitHub's AI coding assistant (IDE autocomplete, chat, coding agent, code review, CLI). Uses included and premium models depending on feature and plan; model availability varies by feature.

What we monitor
Copilot IDE completionsInline code completions
Copilot ChatChat interface
Copilot coding agentAutonomous PR generation
Copilot code reviewPR inline suggestions
Copilot CLICLI copilot command
GitHub Auth / SSOCopilot depends on GitHub session
VS Code MarketplaceExtension updates
Status page segments
CopilotAPI RequestsActionsGit Operations
Model families
Model availability varies by feature and planIncluded models (covered by base plan) vs premium models (count against premium request quota)User can switch model in Chat for some features
Common limits & quotas
  • Copilot Free: up to 2,000 inline suggestion requests and up to 50 premium requests per month
  • Copilot Pro ($10/mo): unlimited completions, 300 premium requests/month
  • Copilot Pro+ ($39/mo): higher premium request quota
  • Copilot Business ($19/user/mo): org controls, audit logs
  • Copilot Enterprise ($39/user/mo): org policies, custom models
  • Premium request counters reset on the 1st of each month at 00:00:00 UTC
Ecosystem dependencies
Depends on: GitHub auth, VS Code (or JetBrains) extension host, upstream model backendsOften confused with: Microsoft Copilot (separate product)Cascading failures: if GitHub auth fails, Copilot + Actions + Codespaces all fail togetherGitHub org policy can disable CLI/features independently of the base subscription
Operator notes
  • A significant share of user-reported Copilot incidents turn out to be auth, licensing, or org-policy issues rather than a platform-wide outage
  • The githubstatus.com Copilot component is separate from API and Actions — verify you're reading the right component
  • api.githubcopilot.com must be whitelisted in enterprise proxies; TLS cert interception by corporate proxies is a common silent failure mode
  • Enterprise admins can disable Copilot at org level — a whole team suddenly losing Copilot is often a policy change, not an outage
  • Copilot CLI is officially documented and available on all paid plans subject to org policy
Diagnostic signals
$ copilot --version — verify CLI installed and authenticated$ Check GitHub auth status in IDE: reload window, check sign-in in command palette$ curl -I https://api.githubcopilot.com — verify api.githubcopilot.com reachable$ Check githubstatus.com Copilot component specifically (not just overall GitHub status)

Fallback alternatives

What to use if this service is down

Copilot IDE completions unavailable
GitHub Chat on the web (github.com/copilot) can reduce downtime while IDE extension is failing
Easy switch
Copilot IDE completions unavailable (need new IDE)
Cursor or Windsurf/Codeium can reduce downtime for active coding sessions
Moderate effort
Copilot Chat down but completions work
Continue with completions, use claude.ai or chatgpt.com for chat separately
Easy switch
Premium requests exhausted
Switch to included models in Chat picker
Easy switch
Air-gapped or highly regulated environments
Continue.dev + Ollama (local open-weight models)
Zero dependency after setup
Major migration

How we monitor

downforai.com probes each AI service every 2–5 minutes from multiple independent locations. We measure HTTP response codes, latency (p50 & p95), and endpoint availability across the surfaces listed above. Status is classified as Operational, Degraded, or Outage based on a weighted combination of probe results. Uptime is calculated over 30-minute buckets and the last 24 hours. User reports are factored into our diagnosis as a secondary signal. We are independent of all providers listed and receive no compensation to report any particular status.

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