GitHub degradation affecting some Cursor services — Automations, Cloud Agents, Codebase

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Pangram verdict · v3.3

We believe that this entire text is human-written.

1 %

AI likelihood · overall

Human

100% human-written 0% AI-generated

SEGMENTS · HUMAN 1 of 1

SEGMENTS · AI 0 of 1

WORD COUNT 123

PEAK AI % 1% · §1

Analyzed

Aug 17

backend: pangram/v3.3

Segments scanned

1 windows

avg 123 words each

Distribution

100 / 0%

human / AI fraction

Verdict

Human

Pangram v3.3

Article text · 123 words · 1 segments analyzed

Human AI-generated

§1 Human · 1%

Resolved The affected Cursor services have recovered. We’re resolving this incident and will continue monitoring service health. Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 20:40 UTC Update We’re seeing signs of recovery, consistent with our upstream dependency’s latest status updates. We’re continuing to monitor our service health and GitHub's upstream status (https://www.githubstatus.com/) Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 19:43 UTC Update We are currently investigating this issue. We will provide updates as more information becomes available. Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 15:25 UTC Investigating We are investigating a service degradation affecting Automations, Cloud Agents, Review Agents and Codebase related to a GitHub degradation reported in GitHub's status page: https://www.githubstatus.com/ Posted Aug 17, 2026 - 14:34 UTC This incident affected: Automations, Review Agents, Cloud Agents, and Origin.