This incident has been resolved. Between about 9:30 AM and 3:50 PM CST, GitHub's API intermittently returned server errors when Merge Freeze posted status checks. The worst periods were 9:30–11:00 AM and 12:30–2:30 PM CST. Error rates have been back to normal since 3:50 PM. Most checks succeeded on retry, but if a merge queue entry is still stuck, remove it and re-queue it.
Posted Nov 05, 2026 - 17:09 CST
Monitoring
Between about 9:30 AM and 3:30 PM CST, GitHub's API intermittently returned server errors when Merge Freeze posted status checks. The worst periods were 9:30–11:00 AM and 12:30–2:30 PM CST. Most checks succeeded on retry, but some merge queue entries may not have received a status. If an entry is still stuck, remove it and re-queue it.
Posted Nov 05, 2026 - 15:38 CST
Investigating
GitHub's API is returning intermittent server errors, so some Merge Freeze status checks for merge queue entries are delayed or failing to post. We're retrying them automatically. This has been occurring intermittently most of the day (since 9:30 AM CST).
GitHub hasn't reported an incident yet; we're monitoring and will update here.
If a merge queue entry is stuck, removing it and re-queuing it should fix it.