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GitHub Actions vs Travis CI: which is more reliable? (2026)
Travis CI is more reliable than GitHub Actions, scoring 89.7 vs 55.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days GitHub Actions reported 20 incidents and Travis CI reported 0, with effective uptime of 98.92% and 99.99% respectively.
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | GitHub Actions | Travis CI |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 55.7 | 89.7 |
| Rank (code hosting & CI platforms) | #10 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.92% | 99.99% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 20 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 8 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 21m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 1 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 50/100 |
Where GitHub Actions and Travis CI differ
- Travis CI reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while GitHub Actions reported 20.
- GitHub Actions had 8 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Travis CI.
- GitHub Actions's longest outage on record lasted 4h 30m (Oct 21, 2026); Travis CI's lasted 5h 14m (May 25, 2026).
- Our own probes detected 0 outages at GitHub Actions and 1 at Travis CI, of which 0 and 0 respectively were acknowledged on their status pages.
90-day uptime
GitHub Actions
Travis CI
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent GitHub Actions incidents
- Partial outageOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 1h 33m
Incident with Actions, Pages, and Webhooks
Affected: Webhooks, Actions, Pages
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 9m
Incident with Actions, Issues, API Requests and Pull Requests
Affected: API Requests, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 36m
Delayed Actions status check results
Affected: Actions
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 11h 2m
Affected: API Requests, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions, Packages
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 1m
Affected: Actions
- Major outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 4h 30m
Delays for Pull Requests and Webhook deliveriesofficial update ↗
Affected: Webhooks, Pull Requests, Actions
Recent Travis CI incidents
No incidents reported by Travis CI in the last 90 days.
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