CircleCI vs GitHub
Front door check counts, what each vendor’s status page recorded and SLA terms for these vendors.
30-day window ending
Front door checks
Every 15 minutes we send a request to a documented endpoint for each vendor from a single CheckUpstream location and count the answers. A reachable front door does not confirm that a customer action worked.
| Last 30 days | CircleCI | GitHub |
|---|---|---|
| Front door reachableOut of checks with a clear answer |
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Checks 15 minutes apart cannot see disruptions shorter than that. Each vendor is checked at its own endpoints, so the counts cover different things.
CircleCI · check scope
circleci.comapi · No vendor region
Front door reachable in 2,878 of 2,878 checks with a clear answer, last 30 days, checked every 15 minutes from a single CheckUpstream location.
1 more check gave no clear answer and is not counted.
- First check in this window
- Latest clear answer
GitHub · check scope
api.github.comapi · No vendor region
Front door reachable in 2,661 of 2,661 checks with a clear answer, last 30 days, checked every 15 minutes from a single CheckUpstream location.
218 more checks gave no clear answer and are not counted.
- First check in this window
- Latest clear answer
What each vendor’s status page says
Recorded starts in the same 30-day window, excluding maintenance. Vendors report incidents differently; fewer posts don’t prove better reliability.
| Last 30 days | CircleCI | GitHub |
|---|---|---|
| Incidents recorded | 6 | 12 |
| Recorded incident durationMedian | 1h 49m 6 valid durations | 1h 12m 12 valid durations |
Duration uses at least 5 incidents with vendor-supplied starts and recorded closure times. First-observed starts are excluded. A record may close when a post disappears or our tracking period expires; this does not confirm recovery. A missing closure time does not mean an outage is ongoing.
CircleCI says
Delays starting Gen 2 Docker Jobs
- Started
- Closed in record
Delays in processing new signups and plan changes
- Started
- Closed in record
Delays starting Linux Machine jobs
- Started
- Closed in record
GitHub says
Actions Job Delays
- Started
- Closed in record
Elevated request latency
- Started
- Closed in record
Copilot Code Review is unable to complete reviews
- Started
- Closed in record
Check the terms for your plan
An SLA applies to specific products and plans. Credit eligibility also depends on exclusions, evidence and filing deadlines.