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Isn't this normal with hosted solutions?

IIRC, GitHub, Bitbucket and GitLab.com are all unusable for a few hours at least once a month as far back as I can remember.

Isn't this just commonly accepted as a tradeoff for not having to manage the servers yourself?

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I would say it's normal for businesses which are engaged in competitive feature development.

Stability & reliability are relatively easy to achieve if you aren't changing the software frequently.

I'm pretty sure they're constantly working on their software (at least GitLab is), so "aren't changing anything" does probably not apply.

That was my point. If you want stability, look for someone who is no longer funding a substantial development team to work on the software.

This is a profound insight.

Nope, this isn't normal at all for products on AWS, GCP, or pretty much any other cloud provider. Azure is simply a subpar product and its time to stop attempting to sweep its awful downtime under the rug.

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