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2025 (12)

November (10)

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.

github: Copilot code review and coding agent now support agent-specific instructions

GitHub

2025-11-12

GitHub added support for agent-specific custom instructions for Copilot code review and the Copilot coding agent by introducing an excludeAgent property in .instructions.md files, letting you control when particular instructions apply or are ignored.

github: The legacy Copilot usage report CSV is no longer available

GitHub

2025-11-05

GitHub has retired the legacy Copilot usage report CSV that organization administrators could access under Copilot access settings; the report was deprecated three months earlier and is now no longer available.

github: Copilot coding agent supports organization custom instructions

GitHub

2025-11-05

GitHub announced that the Copilot coding agent — its asynchronous, autonomous background agent — now supports organization-level custom instructions to guide how Copilot understands and works with projects.

github: Copilot coding agent now supports pull request templates

GitHub

2025-11-05

GitHub’s Copilot coding agent, an autonomous background agent that creates and updates pull requests with a summary of its changes, now supports repository pull request templates so its generated PR bodies follow your repo’s template while still inserting the agent’s summary.

vscode: A Unified Experience for all Coding Agents

Visual Studio Code

2025-11-05

The article announces that coding agents have become central to VS Code in 2025, describing new agent mode, Copilot integration, and the GitHub Copilot CLI while noting the growing ecosystem of agents from providers like OpenAI and Anthropic.

github: GitHub Copilot policy update for unconfigured policies

GitHub

2025-11-04

GitHub fixed an issue that sometimes caused organization-level Copilot policies to display incorrect options when the enterprise-level policy was set to “Unconfigured.” The change ensures organizations now see the correct Copilot policy options in that scenario.

github: Delegate AI controls management to members of your enterprise

GitHub

2025-11-03

GitHub now lets enterprise owners delegate management of AI and Copilot policies and setup administration to specific enterprise members and teams, without requiring broad enterprise ownership.

github: GitHub Copilot policy now supports agent mode in the IDE

GitHub

2025-11-03

GitHub admins can now control access to Copilot’s agent mode in IDEs through the Copilot policies page on github.com. The change is intended to give organizations better governance over who can use agent mode in development environments.

github: Control AI spending with budget tracking for GitHub AI tools

GitHub

2025-11-03

GitHub announced budget-tracking controls for AI tools and the launch of two new premium request SKUs for the GitHub Copilot coding agent and GitHub Spark to help teams manage AI spending as usage grows.

October (2)

github: A mission control to assign, steer, and track Copilot coding agent tasks

GitHub

2025-10-28

GitHub redesigned the Copilot coding agent task management experience on github.com into a single “mission control” interface that lets you assign, steer, and track tasks without jumping between pages.

github: GitHub Code Quality in public preview

GitHub

2025-10-28

GitHub Code Quality is now available in public preview, bringing in‑context findings, one‑click Copilot fixes, and reliability and maintainability scores directly into pull requests to help improve code during review.