Changelog - 6

2025 (12)

October (1)

github: Spark: 🚀 Expanded access, enhanced reliability, and faster iteration history

GitHub

2025-10-01

GitHub announced Spark is available in Public Preview for Copilot Enterprise customers, including Enterprise Managed Users (EMU) CE. Organization admins can enable Spark to provide access; the release emphasizes expanded access, improved reliability, and faster iteration history.

September (11)

github: Start your new repository with Copilot coding agent

GitHub

2025-09-30

GitHub added a new Prompt field on the New repository page that lets you use the Copilot coding agent to kickstart work when creating a repository, announced on the GitHub Blog changelog.

github: Premium requests analytics page is now generally available

GitHub

2025-09-30

GitHub launched a new Premium Requests analytics dashboard (generally available Sept 29, 2025) that offers comprehensive insights into premium request activity with data back to August 1, 2025.

github: Copilot coding agent remembers context within the same pull request

GitHub

2025-09-30

GitHub's Copilot coding agent — an asynchronous background developer agent that opens draft pull requests, makes changes, and requests review — now remembers context within the same pull request, allowing it to maintain continuity across related tasks.

github: Strengthening npm security: Important changes to authentication and token management

GitHub

2025-09-29

GitHub announced the first phase of security improvements for npm that change how authentication and token management work. The update is part of a staged rollout intended to harden the npm ecosystem and was posted on the GitHub Blog.

github: Product-specific billing APIs are closing down

GitHub

2025-09-26

GitHub is closing down the remaining product-specific billing APIs for Actions, Packages, and shared storage, following earlier notices about Actions workflow usage endpoints.

github: Kick off and track Copilot coding agent sessions from the GitHub CLI

GitHub

2025-09-26

GitHub added the ability to start and monitor Copilot coding agent sessions from the GitHub CLI. The Copilot coding agent works asynchronously: you delegate a task, it makes changes in the background, opens a draft pull request, and requests a review when finished.

github: Recent changes to the home dashboard disabled

GitHub

2025-09-24

GitHub tested content and layout improvements to the home dashboard with a small subset of users; the test has ended and the recent changes have been disabled.

github: Work with Copilot coding agent in Microsoft Teams

GitHub

2025-09-19

GitHub's new app for Microsoft Teams lets you invoke the Copilot coding agent from a Teams conversation to generate pull requests. The Copilot coding agent works asynchronously and autonomously to create PRs directly within Teams.

github: Share read-only Sparks with controlled data access

GitHub

2025-09-17

GitHub now lets you publish Sparks as read-only so you can control how others interact with your apps and data. When publishing a Spark you can choose between granting write access or restricting it to read-only, enabling safer sharing and finer-grained data access control.

github: last_active field removed from the organization members export report

GitHub

2025-09-15

GitHub removed the last_active field from the organization members export report because it did not provide sufficiently accurate data.

github: GitHub Mobile now supports iOS 26 with refined visuals and smoother navigation

GitHub

2025-09-15

GitHub Mobile now supports iOS 26, bringing a refined visual language, smoother motion, and tighter system integration to make navigating and creating pull requests feel more natural.