Kubernetes Official Blog
2026-03-20
Kubernetes SIG Apps is developing Agent Sandbox, a new API for singleton, stateful AI agent workloads that need persistent identity, isolation, and suspend/resume behavior. The project adds a Sandbox CRD plus extensions like warm pools to reduce cold starts and support untrusted code execution.
Azure Updates
Azure Sphere will be retired on July 31, 2031. After that date, Microsoft will stop providing customer application, OS, bug, and security updates, as well as DAA certificate issuance.
Microsoft Security Blog
Microsoft introduced CTI-REALM, an open-source benchmark for evaluating AI agents on end-to-end detection engineering. It measures whether agents can turn cyber threat intelligence into validated detection rules.
Microsoft announced new security capabilities for the agentic AI era at RSAC 2026, focused on securing agents, securing AI foundations, and using agents alongside experts for defense. The post frames these as purpose-built additions to cover the AI estate end to end.
GitHub
GitHub says commits made by Copilot coding agent are authored by Copilot with the assigning human listed as co-author, and that these commits can now be traced back to the agent session logs. This is meant to make it easier to inspect how a given commit was produced.
GitHub says the Copilot extension for Raycast can now be used to monitor Copilot coding agent logs live. The post links Raycast’s launcher and extension support with GitHub Copilot agent log viewing.
GitHub Mobile for Android has updated its navigation to be more consistent and intuitive across the app. The change focuses on smoother movement between key areas like Home and other main sections.
2026-03-19
GitHub added session log visibility for Copilot coding agent tasks. You can now review what the agent did while it worked in the background before approving its changes.
.NET
Microsoft says custom-built AI agents are being used to improve the .NET MAUI contribution workflow, with reported 50–70% reductions in issue resolution time. The post also claims increased test coverage and code quality.
GitHub Actions added support for time zones in scheduled workflows and the ability to use environments without automatic deployments. This release focuses on removing a couple of workflow configuration limitations.
Actions Runner Controller (ARC) 0.14.0 is generally available. The release adds multilabel support for runner scale sets, switches to the actions/scaleset library client, and introduces resource customization options.
GitHub says Copilot coding agent now starts work 50% faster. The update applies when handing work to the agent through supported entry points such as assigning an issue to Copilot.