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Does anyone actually know? So far I've just seen people guessing, and seeing that repeated.

I dont believe sudden influx of few million bots running 24/7 generating PRa and commits and invoking actions does not impact GitHub.

It even sounds silly when you say it this way.

That is fair, in fact I just came across their recent blog post on this. They're pointing to usage growth as the issue https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/addressing-gi...