2024年8月15日凌晨，全球知名的代码托管平台GitHub遭遇了大规模宕机事件，影响了其网站及多项服务。此次宕机波及到了GitHub Pages、GitHub API等多个关键功能，据互联网监控服务BetBlocks报告，此次故障涉及了跨国服务中断。截至发稿前，GitHub服务已经全面恢复正常。
GitHub自2018年被微软收购以来，用户数量从4000万增长至7300多万，成为众多开发者和公司进行软件开发和版本控制的重要平台。然而，频繁的服务中断事件已经引起了开发者的不满，他们担心GitHub的可靠性。
GitHub的频繁宕机事件也引发了对“古德哈特定律”的讨论，该定律指出，当一个政策或标准被用来作为监管目标时，它往往会失去原有的意义，因为监管者会采取措施避免目标被直接衡量。在GitHub的案例中，宕机事件似乎成为了开发者对平台不满的体现，他们通过社交媒体表达了对GitHub服务的失望。
尽管微软在收购GitHub后为其带来了更高的知名度，但开发者的担忧表明，GitHub需要进一步加强其服务稳定性，以维持其在开发者社区中的地位。此次宕机事件再次提醒了GitHub和微软，必须采取措施确保其平台的高可用性，以避免未来再次发生类似的问题。
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Title: “Global Downtime! GitHub Copilot Crash Leaves Developers to Enjoy a Moment of Leisure”
Keywords: GitHub outage, Copilot failure, developers taking a break
Content: Early in the morning of August 15, 2024, the world-renowned code hosting platform GitHub faced a widespread outage that affected its website and various services. The outage impacted key functions such as GitHub Pages and the GitHub API. According to internet monitoring service BetBlocks, the failure involved cross-border service interruptions. As of the time of publication, GitHub services have fully resumed normal operation.
Since being acquired by Microsoft in 2018, GitHub’s user base has grown from 40 million to over 73 million, making it an important platform for software development and version control for many developers and companies. However, frequent service interruptions have sparked discontent among developers, who worry about GitHub’s reliability.
The frequent outages of GitHub have also sparked discussions about the “Goodhart’s Law,” which states that when a policy or standard is used as a regulatory target, it tends to lose its original meaning because regulators will take measures to avoid direct measurement of the target. In the case of GitHub, the outages seem to have become a manifestation of developers’ dissatisfaction with the platform, expressed through social media as disappointment with GitHub’s services.
Although Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub has brought it increased fame, the concerns of developers indicate that GitHub needs to enhance the stability of its services to maintain its position in the developer community. The outage serves as a reminder to GitHub and Microsoft that measures must be taken to ensure the high availability of their platform to prevent similar issues in the future.
【来源】https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/wweSVOjs1jCZLWKPpKMdDA
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