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github: GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency now supports Visual Studio subscriptions

GitHub

2025-11-10

GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency now supports Visual Studio subscriptions, letting organizations use GitHub Enterprise features via Visual Studio subscriptions while keeping data stored in chosen regions for compliance. The support applies to both subscription-based and usage-based (metered) GitHub Enterprise plans.

github: Raptor mini is rolling out in public preview for GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2025-11-10

GitHub has begun a public preview rollout of Raptor mini, an experimental model available in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio Code. The model is being made available to users on Pro, Pro+, and Free plans and can be selected within the Copilot settings. The announcement appeared on the GitHub Blog.

github: Removing notifications for @mentions in commit messages

GitHub

2025-11-07

GitHub is removing notifications that come from @mentions inside commit messages to reduce spam and help users focus on important notifications. Previously, mentioning a user or team in a commit message would generate a notification; that behavior is being removed.

github: Actions pull_request_target and environment branch protections changes

GitHub

2025-11-07

GitHub will change how Actions' pull_request_target and environment branch protection rules are evaluated for pull-request-related events, effective 2025-12-08, to reduce security-critical exposures.

github: GraphQL Explorer removal from API documentation on November 7, 2025

GitHub

2025-11-07

On November 7, 2025 GitHub retired the GraphQL Explorer from its API documentation. The change, following a prior announcement, affects a small number of users who used the Explorer to experiment with the GitHub GraphQL API.

github: Pull request “Files changed” public preview and merge experience – November 6 updates

GitHub

2025-11-07

GitHub updated the public preview of the new pull request 'Files changed' page (Nov 6). Highlights include the ability to apply suggested changes in batch, new options to collapse parts of the page for easier navigation, and improvements to the merge experience.

github: Improved onboarding flow for GitHub Projects

GitHub

2025-11-06

GitHub updated the Projects onboarding flow to help users start faster by adding options to connect and import items from a repository and to set a default repository for new issues.

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: enterprise: qualifier is now generally available in GitHub code search

GitHub

2025-11-05

GitHub code search now includes a new enterprise: qualifier (generally available) that lets you search across all organizations in your enterprise, simplifying searches that previously required manually combining multiple organizations.

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.