GitHub moved a copy of 99.99999% of its repositories to Azure, using per‑reference quorums and object storage to let reads scale independently and plan to bring over the rest.

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GitHub moved a copy of 99.99999% of its repositories to Azure, using per‑reference quorums and object storage to let reads scale independently and plan to bring over the rest.

GitHub automated review of outside collaborator access and archiving of stale repositories using native features to maintain secure access and repo hygiene.

GitHub rebuilt its star history API to return trend counts instead of individual stargazer identities, cutting request volume from 2,500 to 24 and eliminating heavy database queries.

GitHub is rebuilding its Git infrastructure to support agent‑scale software development while keeping the service operational.

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