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DevOps Platforms Show Cracks: GitHub Incidents Surge 58%, Azure, GitLab and Jira Also Under Pressure

The resilience of DevOps platforms is currently being scrutinized due to an increase in disruptions reported across major tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, and Azure DevOps. According to GitProtect.io's DevOps Threats Unwrapped: Mid-Year…

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The resilience of DevOps platforms is currently being scrutinized due to an increase in disruptions reported across major tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, and Azure DevOps. According to GitProtect.io's DevOps Threats Unwrapped: Mid-Year Report 2025, there were 330 incidents recorded in the first half of 2025, impacting developer productivity and cloud-native operations globally.

GitHub experienced a 58% increase in incidents year-over-year. Azure DevOps reported a significant event with 159 hours of performance degradation. Jira faced over 2,390 hours of cumulative downtime.

Azure DevOps reported 74 incidents from January to June 2025. The Pipelines component accounted for 31 disruptions, representing 21% of the total issues.

Boards: 28 disruptions (19%) Test Plans: 28 disruptions (19%) Repos: 27 disruptions (18%) Core Services: 16 disruptions (11%) Artifacts: 6 disruptions (4%)

The most significant incident involved a 159-hour global degradation in January, predominantly affecting Europe.

GitHub recorded 109 incidents in H1 2025, a 58% increase compared to the same period in 2024.

Azure DevOps reported a significant event with 159 hours of performance degradation.
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17 major incidents resulted in over 100 hours of disruption 78 minor incidents affected productivity May experienced the highest number of incidents with 23 April had the longest cumulative downtime at 330 hours

GitLab reported 59 incidents totaling approximately 1,346 hours of service degradation in H1 2025.

Partial service disruptions: 20 incidents (34%) Degraded performance: 17 incidents (29%) Operational issues: 10 incidents (17%) Full service outages: 7 incidents (12%), resulting in over 19 hours of downtime Planned maintenance: 5 incidents (8%)

A significant data breach involved the theft of source code and personal information from GitLab repositories belonging to Europcar Mobility Group.

Jira experienced 66 incidents in H1 2025, leading to over 2,390 hours of disruption.

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Jira: 52 disruptions (39%) Jira Service Management: 46 disruptions (35%) Jira Work Management: 24 disruptions (18%) Jira Product Discovery: 11 disruptions (8%)

Cyberattacks, including ransomware, further impacted Jira's operational resilience.

The increase in outages and cyberattacks across DevOps platforms highlights the need for improved security measures. Solutions must include self-healing infrastructure and enhanced recovery strategies to protect uptime and data integrity.

For detailed data and methodology, visit the full report here .

Based on reporting by devops.com.

AI transparency. This article was produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence and published under human editorial oversight. AI systems can make mistakes. Read how we use AI (EU AI Act, Art. 50).
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