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🟡 GitHub is investigating performance issues affecting some services, with repository archive downloads now taking their sweet time when Git LFS objects are involved. Apparently even the world's largest code repository can have a bad morning. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)
// The official story
Disruption with some GitHub services
// Status page says
Feb 12 , 10:39 UTC Update - We are investigating an issue with downloading repository archives that include Git LFS objects. Feb 12 , 10:38 UTC Investigating - We are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services.
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