GitHub is investigating degraded availability for the Fable model in Copilot products and integrated development environment surfaces. The company has classified the incident as major and is currently working with the upstream model provider to resolve the issue.
GitHub, owned by Microsoft, provides version control and collaboration tools used by millions of developers worldwide. Copilot is GitHub's AI-powered code assistant that helps developers write code.
According to the official timeline, GitHub began investigating reports of degraded availability for Copilot AI Model Providers. The company subsequently confirmed degraded availability specifically for the Fable model and attributed the issue to a problem with the upstream model provider. GitHub is recommending users select an alternative model or use the 'Auto' option to continue working with Copilot while the issue is being resolved.
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