GitHub Pivots to 'Availability First' as AI Agent Surge Hits 275M Commits Per Week

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GitHub is shifting to an 'Availability First' posture as AI agent-driven commits surge to 275 million weekly — projected 14 billion for 2026. The platform has experienced escalating outages as autonomous agents hammer APIs and create merge conflicts at machine speed. GitHub's infrastructure hardening and rate-limiting response highlights a fundamental tension: the platform built for human-speed collaboration is being stress-tested by machine-speed development.