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github: Custom images for GitHub-hosted runners are now generally available

GitHub

2026-03-26

Custom images for GitHub-hosted runners are now generally available. The feature, first released in public preview in October 2025, lets users build on GitHub-curated base images for hosted runners.

github: GitHub Copilot for Jira — Public preview enhancements

GitHub

2026-03-25

GitHub announced enhancements to the public preview of GitHub Copilot coding agent for Jira based on early customer feedback. The provided excerpt does not include the specific feature changes.

github: Updates to our Privacy Statement and Terms of Service: How we use your data

GitHub

2026-03-25

GitHub updated its Privacy Statement and Terms of Service to clarify how it handles user data. The changes take effect on April 24.

github: Copilot usage metrics now identify active Copilot coding agent users

GitHub

2026-03-25

GitHub Copilot usage metrics now show which users have Copilot coding agent (CCA) activity. Enterprise and organization admins can use this to identify active CCA users by day and other usage views.

github: Disable comments on individual commits

GitHub

2026-03-25

Repository admins can now disable comments on individual commits. GitHub added a new “Commits” section in repository settings to manage this behavior.

github: Upcoming deprecation of security-related organization API fields

GitHub

2026-03-24

On April 21, 2026, we're deprecating and removing the following fields from the get an organization and update an organization REST API endpoints: advanced_security_enabled_for_new_repositories dependabot_alerts_enabled_for_new_repositories dependabot_security_updates_enabled_for_new_repositories dependency_graph_enabled_for_new_repositories secret_scanning_enabled_for_new_repositories secret_scanning_push_protection_enabled_for_new_repositories secret_scanning_validity_checks_enabled...

github: Ask @copilot to make changes to any pull request

GitHub

2026-03-24

GitHub now lets you mention @copilot in any pull request to request changes directly in the PR. One announced use case is fixing failing GitHub Actions workflows and tests.

github: Manage Copilot coding agent repository access via the API

GitHub

2026-03-24

GitHub introduced public preview REST APIs for managing Copilot coding agent repository access programmatically at the organization level. This lets organization owners control access at scale through the API instead of only manual settings.

github: Faster incremental analysis with CodeQL in pull requests

GitHub

2026-03-24

CodeQL pull request scans for C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and Ruby are now incremental, which improves scan speed. GitHub had already sped up pull request scans earlier this year.