[purerandomness]

Isn't this normal with hosted solutions?

IIRC, GitHub, Bitbucket and GitLab.com are all unusable for a few hours at least once a month as far back as I can remember.

Isn't this just commonly accepted as a tradeoff for not having to manage the servers yourself?

[danielheath]

I would say it's normal for businesses which are engaged in competitive feature development.

Stability & reliability are relatively easy to achieve if you aren't changing the software frequently.

[Sebb767]

I'm pretty sure they're constantly working on their software (at least GitLab is), so "aren't changing anything" does probably not apply.

[danielheath]

That was my point. If you want stability, look for someone who is no longer funding a substantial development team to work on the software.

[talolard]

This is a profound insight.

[swebs]

Nope, this isn't normal at all for products on AWS, GCP, or pretty much any other cloud provider. Azure is simply a subpar product and its time to stop attempting to sweep its awful downtime under the rug.