GitHub degradation affects Cursor Origin, its new Git platform

(status.cursor.com)

31 points | by KGC3D 5 hours ago ago

9 comments

  • esafak a minute ago

    When it's working is it any good? I can't find much info.

  • johntash an hour ago

    I assume it's talking about syncing/migrating from github -> origin? And not that github is hte actual upstream of origin? That would be great though

  • techgnosis an hour ago

    So they announce this to try and take people away from GitHub, but it also depended on GitHub? Am I reading this irony correctly?

    • dmix 11 minutes ago

      If you read the status page:

      > This incident affected: Automations, Review Agents, Cloud Agents, and Origin.

      Cursor has built a code review bot (https://cursor.com/bugbot) which integrates with Github similar to Greptile/Coderabbit. Origin has a feature which imports existing github repos to onboard new users. Automation and cloud agents is self explanatory.

    • vachina 18 minutes ago

      In this field rebranding/rebadging things is very common. Cursor is no stranger, they tried to pass off Kimi 2.5 as their own awhile ago.

  • deepsun 30 minutes ago

    GitHub example shows clearly that service reliability is really overrated. No one is seriously going to leave GitHub because of reliability. Maybe there's some lone power users, but most companies (mine included) don't even discuss it.

    Same as Slack: if it down -- it's down, we just wait.

    • dmix 14 minutes ago

      This is a weird comment to make as it presumes there's a real alternative. There is barely any real competition yet. I'm sure Cursor won't be the first to start putting pressure on them.

      I wouldn't be surprised if Linear starts pushing further into Github's markets as well. They already have a better diff engine than Github.

    • sitzkrieg 21 minutes ago

      i know of at least a few big orgs that had enough and went on prem. and switched off slack even

  • djfdat 2 hours ago

    Title phrasing sounds like Cursor Origin is GitHub's new Git platform.

    It's not, the the good old Cursor's (the IDE) new Git platform.