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github: Fetch Code Quality findings via REST API

GitHub

2026-06-23

GitHub has added repository-level REST APIs for Code Quality findings in public preview. The new read-only endpoints expose code quality data via API, bringing parity closer to the GitHub UI.

github: Automatic Dependabot access to GitHub-hosted registries

GitHub

2026-06-23

Dependabot can now read from private GitHub Packages registries without a personal access token when the package has granted repository access through “Manage Actions access.” This removes the need to configure a PAT for that dependency source.

github: Copilot CLI: New terminal interface is generally available

GitHub

2026-06-23

GitHub Copilot CLI’s redesigned terminal interface is now generally available. It adds a tabbed layout for working with GitHub directly from the terminal.

github: Deprecation of Python 3.9 for Dependabot

GitHub

2026-06-23

Dependabot no longer supports Python 3.9 because it has reached end of life. Continuing to use Python 3.9 may prevent Dependabot from creating pull requests.

devops+ai: 🔥Agent Skills - Towards Autonomous Development, Deployment, and Validation🔥

Let's do DevOps

2026-06-23

The article is a short note titled "Agent Skills - Towards Autonomous Development, Deployment, and Validation" with the phrase "aka, don't ask me until prod." No substantive technical details are provided in the supplied content.

github: GitHub Copilot app support for BYOK

GitHub

2026-06-23

GitHub Copilot app now supports bring your own key (BYOK), allowing agent sessions to use customer-managed model providers. Supported providers include OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Foundry, Anthropic, and more.

security: Guarding AI memory

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-06-22

Microsoft Security Blog discusses risks to AI memory and outlines defenses against attacks that target what an AI system remembers. The post is a high-level security overview rather than a product release note.

security: One intrusion, two cyberattackers: Uncovering parallel threat activity

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-06-22

Microsoft describes a ransomware case where two threat actors operated in parallel during the same intrusion, using overlapping tactics and evasion methods. The report emphasizes that isolated telemetry can miss complex attacks when activity from multiple actors is blended together.

github: New features and Claude as agent provider preview in JetBrains IDEs

GitHub

2026-06-22

GitHub added support for organization and enterprise agents in JetBrains IDEs, along with Copilot CLI message queueing/steering and a new agent debug logs summary view. The update also previews Claude as an agent provider in JetBrains IDEs.

commandline: Where the agent decides, and where the tools actually run

Microsoft Command Line Blog

2026-06-22

The article frames a design question about where to place an agent’s decision-making logic in an application that already has a deterministic state machine, tool integrations, and CI/CD. It focuses on separating the “brain” (judgment) from the “hands” (tool execution) within a graph/state-based architecture.

commandline: The durable asset is the loop you own. OpenEnv is its protocol.

Microsoft Command Line Blog

2026-06-19

The article argues that the durable asset in agentic AI is the learning loop, not the rented model, and presents OpenEnv as the protocol for reinforcement learning environments. It positions OpenEnv around owning and standardizing the environment/evaluation loop for recursive self-improvement.

github: AI credits consumed per user now in the Copilot usage metrics API

GitHub

2026-06-19

The Copilot usage metrics API now includes per-user AI credits consumed per day. The new data is derived from the same AI credits consumption source used by the usage-based billing API.