GitHub Classroom has been switched off

GitHub retired Classroom on 28 August 2026: the website, the APIs and the related services are decommissioned. Sign-ups had already closed on 26 May 2026. Existing user accounts, repositories and organisations are untouched, but some Classroom data will be deleted permanently under GitHub’s retention policy. Educators are pointed at partner alternatives and at the GitHub Educator Community discussion for migration guidance.

What it means Any course still handing out assignments through Classroom broke last week, and some of the data behind it is now on a deletion clock.