Software1 hOctober 9, 2026, 13:03

GitHub rewrites Git storage to handle AI agent surge

GitHub is rebuilding its Git storage architecture to cope with unprecedented demand from AI agents. Internal tests of the new design showed a 35x write improvement; platform traffic doubled from 218.2 billion to 473.3 billion events per month.

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GitHub rewrites Git storage to handle AI agent surge

GitHub traffic doubled from 218.2B to 473.3B events per month
September 2026 commits hit 7.38 billion, a 5x year-over-year jump
New design writes each commit once to Azure Blob Storage
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