Disruption with some GitHub services
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Overview
A disruption occurred with some GitHub services on October 30th, caused by a change shipped that day. This change resulted in 3 broken links in the "Solutions" dropdown of the marketing navigation on the GitHub landing page. Primary user workflows such as PRs, Issues, and Repos were not impacted. GitHub internally detected the issue and resolved it by reverting the problematic change. The team is now evaluating its testing and rollout processes to prevent similar incidents.
Impact
The impact was limited to 3 broken links in the "Solutions" dropdown of the marketing navigation on the GitHub landing page. Primary user workflows (PRs, Issues, Repos) were not affected, indicating a low impact on core functionality.
Trigger
The incident was triggered by a change shipped on October 30th that directly introduced the broken links in the marketing navigation.
Detection
GitHub staff noticed the broken links internally.
Resolution
The issue was resolved by reverting the change that caused the broken links. GitHub is also evaluating its testing and rollout processes to prevent future incidents.
Root Cause
The root cause was a faulty change shipped on October 30th that directly introduced the broken links. This suggests a potential gap in testing or rollout processes.