GitHub is a hosting and collaboration platform for Git repositories, widely used for software development.
What it’s used for
- Hosting Git repositories.
- Code review via pull requests (PRs).
- Tracking work with issues and projects.
- CI/CD automation via GitHub Actions.
Common issues
- Site won’t load / slow: outages, corporate networks, DNS.
- Push/pull fails: authentication problems, expired tokens, SSH misconfig.
- Actions failing: missing secrets/vars, runner issues, environment changes.
Status
- For official incidents, check githubstatus.com.