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github: Post as Admin now available in GitHub Discussions

GitHub

2025-12-11

Repository administrators can now post and comment in GitHub Discussions using an “Admin” badge to mark official responses. The option to post as Admin appears in the discussion compose UI so admins can distinguish official repository replies from their personal contributions.

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: Auto model selection is generally available in GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code

GitHub

2025-12-10

GitHub Copilot's auto model selection is now generally available in Visual Studio Code for all Copilot plans. The 'auto' setting lets Copilot automatically pick the most appropriate model for you based on current model and context.

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: Dependabot-based dependency graphs for Go

GitHub

2025-12-09

GitHub announced Dependabot-based dependency graphs for Go projects to provide more complete and accurate transitive dependency trees, as part of continued supply chain security improvements for package ecosystem support.

github: Enterprise teams product limits increased by over 10x

GitHub

2025-12-08

GitHub announced that the Enterprise Teams public preview now supports creating and managing up to 2,500 enterprise teams per enterprise, a more than 10× increase in product limits.

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: OpenAI’s GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is now in public preview for GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2025-12-04

GitHub announced that OpenAI’s GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is rolling out in public preview for GitHub Copilot and will be available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise customers.