Ask HN: GitHub API Down Again?
For me, Github's GraphQL API does return 502's since an hour at least.
Because of this, our release-please github actions aren't working anymore. Please tell me i'm not the only one..
Request in question:
```
curl -X POST https://api.github.com/graphql \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $(gh auth token)" \
-d '{
"query": "query pullRequestsSince($owner: String!, $repo: String!, $num: Int!, $maxFilesChanged: Int, $targetBranch: String!, $cursor: String) {\n repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) {\n ref(qualifiedName: $targetBranch) {\n target {\n ... on Commit {\n history(first: $num, after: $cursor) {\n nodes {\n associatedPullRequests(first: 10) {\n nodes {\n number\n title\n baseRefName\n headRefName\n labels(first: 10) {\n nodes {\n name\n }\n }\n body\n mergeCommit {\n oid\n }\n files(first: $maxFilesChanged) {\n nodes {\n path\n }\n pageInfo {\n endCursor\n hasNextPage\n }\n }\n }\n }\n sha: oid\n message\n }\n pageInfo {\n hasNextPage\n endCursor\n }\n }\n }\n }\n }\n }\n }",
"variables": {
"owner": "ownername",
"repo": "reponame",
"num": 25,
"targetBranch": "main",
"maxFilesChanged": 100
}
}' -v
``` GitHub does seem to be having issues with downtime a lot. Security incidents in GitHub jumped from 69 cases in the first half of 2024 to 109 in the first half of 2025 (58% rise!!!). I suggest this report for more info on this topic: