Github was down (github.com)

they just posted an update

The status page itself seems to be timing out, too, at least for me.

"18:14 UTCWe are investigating issues with requests timing out when visiting GitHub.com" - https://status.github.com/

A traceroute seems to get to lb1b-ext.rs.github.com successfully so it seems to be an issue on their end.

edit: 18:18 UTCWe are investigating issues with the load balancers in front of GitHub. We will provide an update once we have more information.

And it's back.

Quick! Everyone jump to conclusions!

Status messages here https://status.github.com/messages

It's back.