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Malaysian Immigration Halts Passports With Validity Over 10 Years

Malaysia’s Immigration Department is halting the issuance of international passports with a validity period exceeding 10 years, effective immediately. The move comes several travellers reportedly faced issues during check-in with airlines overseas. It should be noted that, as of this publication, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has confirmed that no international restrictions…

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GitHub availability report: July 2026

In July, we experienced eight incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. The post GitHub availability report: July 2026 appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

  • GitHub experienced a prolonged outage in July 2026, leaving multiple services offline.
  • The company acknowledged its commitment to uptime was not met during the incident.
  • GitHub is accelerating migration of GitHub Actions to Azure to increase resilience and capacity.

·github.blog