330 DevOps Platform Incidents in H1 2025, GitProtect Report Finds

DevOps platforms faced 330 disruptions in H1 2025, as GitHub incidents surged 58% and Jira downtime topped 2,390 hours.

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Luis Millares
Sep 10, 2025
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Top DevOps platforms faced significant reliability woes in the first half of 2025, with a total of 330 incidents recorded from January through June, according to GitProtect.io’s DevOps Threats Unwrapped Mid-Year Report.

Trusted DevOps platforms are not immune, study finds

The report analyzed outages and service degradations that impacted leading platforms, including GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jira, and GitLab, underscoring the instability experienced by developers and organizations throughout the first half of the year.

Among the key findings of the report are:

  • Azure DevOps had 74 incidents and a 159-hour performance degradation, the longest-lasting degradation recorded.
  • GitHub experienced a 58% increase in incidents in the first half of 2025, recording 109 reported cases, up from 69 in the first half of 2024.
  • GitLab patched 65 vulnerabilities, slightly fewer than the 70 it addressed last year.
  • Jira experienced disruptions that totaled more than 2,390 hours, equivalent to almost 100 full days of downtime.

“We are witnessing a clear upward trend in outages and disruptions across DevOps platforms, but also in the frequency and sophistication of ransomware attacks and source code thefts, demonstrating that traditional perimeter security is no longer sufficient,” said Greg Bak, head of product enablement at GitProtect. 

“Anticipating failures before they happen, paired with self-healing infrastructure and recovery strategies that go beyond just technology, will redefine how organizations safeguard uptime, data integrity, and business continuity,” he added.

GitProtect.io offers an automated and manageable backup and disaster recovery solution for Jira, Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and other DevOps stack data, ensuring data accessibility for DevOps and security teams worldwide.

Disruption incidents caused by DevOps platforms continue to plague organizations

In the first half of 2025, 330 incidents were recorded, ranging in severity from pipeline disruptions to data breaches and misconfigurations.

Here’s the breakdown of incidents across the platforms analyzed:

  • GitHub – 33% of all incidents
  • Azure DevOps – 22%
  • Jira platform tools (Jira, JWM, JSM, JPD) – 20%
  • GitLab – 18%
  • Bitbucket – 7%

The report highlighted that, although not all incidents resulted in complete outages, even the most popular DevOps platforms were vulnerable to disruptions and instabilities. It emphasized the need to prioritize stability, particularly for teams building software at scale.

GitHub is preparing for a leadership change as CEO Thomas Dohmke announced in August that he will step down at the end of the year. Read more about the move and the platform’s ongoing transition into Microsoft’s CoreAI division.

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Luis Millares has extensive experience reviewing virtual private networks (VPNs), password managers, and other security software. He has tested and reviewed numerous forms of tech, covering consumer technology like smartphones and laptops, all the way to enterprise software and cybersecurity products. He has authored over 450 online articles on technology and has worked for the leading tech journalism site in the Philippines, YugaTech.com. He currently contributes to the Daily Tech Insider newsletter, providing well-researched insights and coverage of the latest in technology.

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