Last mentioned: Mar 3, 2026
Media Confirmation
TechCrunch and other outlets confirm the existence of the government order and the scale of the disruption.
Media Confirmation
TechCrunch confirms the existence of the Section 69A order through government sources.
Widespread Reports
TechCrunch and developers report patchy access and infrastructure failures across India.
Market Impact
Startups begin assessing migration options as production databases become unreachable on certain networks.
Initial Reports of Disruption
Developers in India begin reporting connectivity issues and 'site unreachable' errors across multiple networks.
Initial Reports
Developers in Bangalore and Mumbai begin reporting connectivity issues with Supabase APIs.
Blocking Order Issued
New Delhi issues a formal directive to ISPs to block access to Supabase under Section 69A.
Order Issued
New Delhi issues a formal blocking order against Supabase under the IT Act.
Blocking Order Issued
New Delhi issues a formal order under Section 69A to block Supabase access.
Initial Reports
Users begin reporting 'File not found' errors and repository creation timeouts on social media and Hacker News.
Official Incident Logged
GitHub Status page updates to reflect an active investigation into service disruptions.
Widespread Impact
Reports confirm the issue is global, affecting multiple regions and both public and private repositories.
Mitigation Efforts
GitHub engineers identify the root cause in the application layer and begin rolling out a fix.
GitHub experienced a significant service disruption on March 3, 2026, impacting core functionalities including file rendering and repository management. The outage follows a series of recent stability issues across the SaaS ecosystem, raising concerns about centralized infrastructure reliability.
The Indian government has issued a blocking order against Supabase, a leading open-source database platform, under Section 69A of the IT Act. This disruption threatens the operations of thousands of developers and startups in one of the company's largest global markets.
The Indian government has issued a blocking order against Supabase, a leading open-source database platform, under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act. The move has caused widespread disruption for developers in one of the platform's largest global markets, highlighting growing regulatory risks for infrastructure providers.
The Indian government has issued a blocking order against Supabase, a leading open-source database platform, under the controversial Section 69A of the Information Technology Act. This move has triggered widespread service disruptions for developers in one of the company's largest global markets, highlighting escalating regulatory risks for international SaaS providers.