GitHub recently updated its status page with a new 'degraded performance' state, per-service uptime metrics, and clearer communication around model availability. The author, who has tracked API status pages for over a decade, reflects on the evolution of platform status pages as a standard building block for API providers. While welcoming the transparency, the author raises questions about the business and political implications — particularly how introducing new states like 'degraded performance' might affect service level agreements and whether such transparency efforts ultimately serve platforms more than users.
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