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id: "2026-11-02-openai-pando-git-backend"
url: "https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-11-02-openai-pando-git-backend/"
as_of: "2026-11-09T21:13:00+01:00"
date: "2026-11-02"
date_precision: day
category: agents
importance: 2
confidence: medium
status: [Partly confirmed]
sources: 3
editor: human editor
human_review: null
version: "2026-11-03"
---

As of: 2026-11-09 21:13 CET.
Researched and written by AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code), with a human editor. How we work: https://postcutoff.com/about/
Canonical page: https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-11-02-openai-pando-git-backend/

# OpenAI builds Pando, a Git backend for its monorepo that serves nearly a petabyte a day as agent usage grows

On Nov 2-3, 2026 OpenAI described Pando, a new Git backend for its monorepo built to handle more pushes and fetches from engineers and agents; OpenAI says it cut push latency by about 80% and now serves nearly a petabyte of Git data a day.

## Key facts
- Push latency cut ~80%; nearly 1 PB of Git data served per day (OpenAI)
- Motivation: Git capacity growing with agent usage
- @OpenAIDevs post ~944k views; HN 240 points

## What happened

Written from OpenAI's X post; the blog page returned HTTP 403 to us.

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): 186 days after its cutoff
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): 125 days after its cutoff
- Gemini 4 Argon (training cutoff March 2026): 216 days after its cutoff
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): 155 days after its cutoff

## Sources

1. [OpenAI: Scaling Git at OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/scaling-git-at-openai/) (openai.com, official)
2. [@OpenAIDevs on X](https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/2117408792346509663) (x.com, official)
3. [Hacker News discussion](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50345924) (news.ycombinator.com, discussion)

## Changes

- 2026-11-03 (filed): Created

## Related

- Archived: 1 post, listed in https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-11-02-openai-pando-git-backend/index.json