Changelog - 2

2025 (12)

December (10)

github: Repository dashboard: Find, search, and save queries in preview

GitHub

2025-12-11

GitHub announced a preview of a new Repository dashboard that helps users find repositories more easily by letting them search and save queries. The dashboard is intended to simplify navigating many projects and cross-team collaboration. (See: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-12-11-repository-dashboard-find-search-and-save-queries-in-preview)

github: The GitHub MCP Server adds support for tool-specific configuration, and more

GitHub

2025-12-10

GitHub announced that the MCP Server now supports tool-specific configuration so you can customize behavior per tool and reduce context window usage. The feature is exposed via a new X-MCP-Tools header and was listed on the GitHub Blog changelog.

github: npm classic tokens revoked, session-based auth and CLI token management now available

GitHub

2025-12-09

On 2025-12-09 GitHub completed the deprecation of npm classic tokens by revoking them and moving to session-based authentication. At the same time GitHub released CLI token management features so developers can manage authentication tokens from the command line. This change is part of a security hardening effort and requires affected users and automation to re-authenticate and adopt the new session-based flows or updated tokens.

github: Model picker for Copilot coding agent for Copilot Pro and Pro+ subscribers

GitHub

2025-12-08

GitHub added a model picker to the Copilot coding agent so Copilot Pro and Pro+ subscribers can choose which model the asynchronous background agent uses when starting tasks from the agents UI.

github: Repository custom properties: GraphQL API and URL type

GitHub

2025-12-08

GitHub added two enhancements to repository custom properties: a GraphQL API for managing them and a new URL property type, to help organize and manage repositories at scale.

github: Track Copilot code generation metrics in a dashboard

GitHub

2025-12-05

GitHub added Copilot lines-of-code (LoC) metrics to the code generation insights dashboard. Administrators can view these metrics for their enterprise via the Enterprises page.

github: Actions workflow dispatch workflows now support 25 inputs

GitHub

2025-12-04

GitHub Actions workflow_dispatch triggers now accept up to 25 inputs (previously 10), making manually triggered workflows easier to parameterize for more complex scenarios.

github: Notifications triggered by spam accounts are now correctly hidden

GitHub

2025-12-04

GitHub improved handling of notifications from spammy repositories and users so that notifications triggered by known spam accounts are now correctly hidden, producing clearer and more accurate notification counts.

github: GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — November update

GitHub

2025-12-03

The November 2025 update for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio announced the general availability of Visual Studio 2026, added new Copilot actions integrated into the IDE, and rolled out additional improvements; full details are in the GitHub Blog changelog.

github: Secret scanning updates — November 2025

GitHub

2025-12-02

GitHub Secret Scanning received updates in November 2025 that added support for 24 new secret types via new provider patterns; details were published in the GitHub Blog changelog.

November (2)

github: Code scanning default setup bypasses GitHub Actions policy blocks

GitHub

2025-11-25

GitHub changed code scanning's default setup so it will run even when an organization enforces restrictive GitHub Actions policies that normally prevent certain workflows from running. Previously those policies could block the code scanning default setup.

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.