GitHub
2026-03-03
GitHub Dependabot now supports assigning vulnerability alerts to specific users (generally available). This adds per-alert ownership to help teams track and remediate dependency vulnerabilities.
2025-12-18
When you assign an issue to GitHub Copilot, you are now automatically added as an assignee so you can track that work more easily with assignee filters.
2025-11-25
GitHub announced that secret scanning alert assignees and security campaigns are now generally available. Alert assignees will receive email notifications to help teams track and remediate secret scanning alerts more effectively.
2025-09-11
GitHub announced that issues and pull requests can now have multiple assignees, and the feature is available across all public and private repositories.