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[MingcongBai]

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Starting this morning (April 13, 2025, UTC+8), I am unable to access GitHub without a proxy:

My IP information are as follows:

• IPv4: 58.19.128.79
• IPv6: 2408:824e:307:161:d8ef:42ae:14b4:7
• ISP: China Unicom

I did not see any announcement or advisory about accessing GitHub from mainland China so I would like some explanation or update on the situation. Thanks.

[ZianTT]

Same issue.
Waiting for any explaination

[tomchon]

I can't access GitHub using HTTPS, but SSH works.

[SpaceTimee]

GitHub actively blocks part of mainland China IP addresses by intercepting all requests after (not including) the first one.

Requests from logged-in users are not affected.

[Timicasto]

Probably it's related to GitHub, cuz the error page explicitly explained
the access is "restricted"

[Cuthead]

intercepting all requests after the first one

He's talking about Chinese firewall I suppose.

[SpaceTimee]

This block is unrelated to GitHub, isn't it?

No, it's actively blocked by GitHub

[ZianTT]

This block is unrelated to GitHub, isn't it?

no, it isn't caused by GFW or the government, because manifestation is connection timeout or reset.

[hehua04]

This block is unrelated to GitHub, isn't it?

Github replied HTTP CODE 403. So it is related to Github not GFW

[LiarOnce]

Same issue.

[luyanci]

same issue
what happened?

[chemio9]

Same issue.

Ip: 14.26.128.220 China Telecom

No issue when logged in.

[ltzXiaoYanMo]

Same issue.

IP Address: 49.232.4.142 Tencent Cloud, Beijing China.

[Protomyst]

Same issue.

• IPv6: 2409:8a28:5fa6:3441:fc2e:c641:b99a:86bd
• IPv4: 39.172.185.103
• ISP: Zhejiang, China Mobile

No issue when logged in.
It appears to be actively blocked by GitHub itself.

[IGMORINE]

Same issue.
Waiting for a response.

[Koch2333]

Same issue.
At the same time, the login also seems to be blocked.
Waiting for a response.
IP: 223.74.241.127, China Mobile

[KagurazakaIzumi]

Same issue.
IPv4:39.144.43.177
ISP:China Mobile

[dabao1955]

Smae issue.
IPv4: 223.101.57.110
ISP: China Mobile

[xtexx]

Same issue. 223.73.102.141 China Mobile

[Ranzeplay]

Same issue
IPv4: 183.42.138.204
ISP: China Telecom

[Ranzeplay]

Accessible when logged in, restricted when not logged in.
IP: 218.204.193.37

[ZianTT]

according to the test, all china ip has been restricted by GitHub(403 error) or GFW(connection timeout).

[ZianTT]

"Please be advised that GitHub can no longer service GitHub.com accounts for individuals and organizations located in Mainland China, Macao, and Hong Kong. Our system indicates that you are visiting GitHub from one of these locations. We advise you to sign up with [insert Chinese company here], which is an independent company with..."

lmao

[minorcell]

"Please be advised that GitHub can no longer service GitHub.com accounts for individuals and organizations located in Mainland China, Macao, and Hong Kong. Our system indicates that you are visiting GitHub from one of these locations. We advise you to sign up with [insert Chinese company here], which is an independent company with..."

666

[guimc233]

lmao

[TuanZiGit]

"Please be advised that GitHub can no longer service GitHub.com accounts for individuals and organizations located in Mainland China, Macao, and Hong Kong. Our system indicates that you are visiting GitHub from one of these locations. We advise you to sign up with [insert Chinese company here], which is an independent company with..."

seems like a company ends with Lab lmao

[ltzXiaoYanMo]

"Please be advised that GitHub can no longer service GitHub.com accounts for individuals and organizations located in Mainland China, Macao, and Hong Kong. Our system indicates that you are visiting GitHub from one of these locations. We advise you to sign up with [insert Chinese company here], which is an independent company with..."

guess you're looking for Arcfox GitLab

[wu-mx]

VID_20250413_134845.mp4

This seems to be an occasional issue, sometimes it's accessible and sometimes it's not

[Bald-guy69]

Please check if you are able to log in your account

[wu-mx]

Please check if you are able to log in your account

It's always accessible while logged in, I'm guessing this could be a defense against cyberattacks from China.

[RigoLigoRLC]

Same here at Jilin University.
IP: 49.140.172.132,
ISP: CERNET

[wangjinyi425]

Same Issue.
ISP:Shanghai, China

[weilinfox]

Same issue without sign in.
IPv4: 211.90.248.107
ISP: Zhejiang, China Telecom

[aojunhao123]

funny

[Mxmilu666]

Zhejiang China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom have the same issues

[TIANLI0]

Same issue

[W9pi3cZ1]

Same issue without sign in.
IPv4: 223.198.120.208
ISP: Hainan, China Telecom

[chun-awa]

Same issue.

[greenhandzdl]

Same issues.

[bymoye]

Same issues.

[PTALTS-LK]

Same issue without sign in.
IPv4: 14.107.144.226
ISP: Chongqing, China Telecom

[Guest-Liang]

Same from Beijing Telecom (now), our college network outlets may be Telecom, Mobile or education, but I think it's all the same.
Also, the test site tells us that most responses to requests sent from the mainland are code 403 or 301.

[weather-dsx]

it shows 403 Forbidden when trying to access the code repo without being logged in... waiting for an explanation

[Glavo]

Same issue. But this blocking seems to be unstable for me. Sometimes I can access it normally if I refresh it multiple times.