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github: GitHub Copilot now supports Agent Skills

GitHub

2025-12-18

GitHub Copilot now supports Agent Skills — self-contained folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that teach Copilot to perform specialized, repeatable tasks and workflows.

github: Assign issues to Copilot using the API

GitHub

2025-12-03

GitHub added the ability to assign issues to Copilot via both the GraphQL and REST APIs, with options to set the target repository and base branch and to provide custom instructions and custom agents for how Copilot should handle the issue.

November (10)

github: Custom labels configuration option for Dependabot self-hosted and larger GitHub-hosted Actions runners now generally available at the organization level

GitHub

2025-11-25

Dependabot update jobs can now target specific self-hosted and larger GitHub-hosted Actions runners by using custom labels. The feature, previously limited to a single dependabot label, is now generally available at the organization level and provides finer control over where Dependabot runs.

github: Custom labels configuration option for Dependabot self-hosted and larger GitHub-hosted Actions runners now generally available at the organization level

GitHub

2025-11-25

Dependabot update jobs can now target specific self-hosted and larger GitHub-hosted Actions runners by using custom labels. The feature, previously limited to a single dependabot label, is now generally available at the organization level and provides finer control over where Dependabot runs.

dotnet: Supercharge Your Test Coverage with GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET

.NET

2025-11-19

GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET is now available in Visual Studio, allowing developers to automatically generate, build, and run high-quality unit tests across files, projects, or entire solutions to boost test coverage and speed up the testing workflow.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Copilot agents - a closer look at the deployment agent

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure has published a public preview update for Azure Copilot agents that spotlights the deployment agent. The deployment agent — one of six new agent types — is designed to help teams discover, plan, and deploy cloud workloads faster and with greater confidence by providing guided workflows, automation, and integration with Azure deployment patterns.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: 2025 REST API for Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure announced the general availability of the 2025 REST API for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, adding support for PostgreSQL 17 and 18 so you can adopt those versions without changing automation patterns; the release also includes the ability to set a default database.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: New integration and extensibility capabilities to Azure SRE Agent

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft announced a public preview of new integration and extensibility capabilities for Azure SRE Agent — an AI-driven, prompt-based automation layer that unifies operational workflows and aims to reduce complexity and overhead for cloud operations.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Scheduled Actions

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Scheduled Actions is now generally available in Azure. It enables periodic, large-scale lifecycle management of virtual machines with built-in handling for subscription throttling and automatic retries to reduce operational overhead.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Agent Loop in Azure Logic Apps [Consumption]

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft announced the public preview of Agent Loop in Azure Logic Apps (Consumption), bringing agentic intelligence and adaptive workflows to the serverless Logic Apps runtime and enabling movement beyond traditional static automation toward goal-driven, adaptive automations.

github: Configure Copilot coding agent as a bypass actor for rulesets

GitHub

2025-11-13

GitHub added an option to configure the Copilot coding agent as a bypass actor for repository rulesets, so Copilot-driven activity can be exempted from rules that would otherwise block automation or generated commits.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager IP Address Management Pool Association Recommendation

Azure Updates

2025-11-13

Azure Virtual Network Manager IP Address Management (IPAM) – Pool Association Recommendation is now generally available, delivering intelligent, large-scale automation to help organizations manage and associate IPAM pools across their expanding Azure network footprint and reduce manual effort and errors.