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GitHub Advanced Security alerts can now be prioritized using runtime context from Dynatrace, including deployed artifacts and runtime risk in Kubernetes environments. This adds environment-aware signal to help rank alerts.
GitHub Copilot CLI now supports connecting your own model provider (BYOK) or using fully local models instead of GitHub-hosted model routing. The change gives CLI users more control over where models run and which providers they use.
Dependabot alerts can now be assigned to AI coding agents for remediation, including Copilot, Claude, and Codex. This is intended for vulnerabilities that require code changes beyond a simple dependency version update.
Dependabot version updates now support the Nix ecosystem via Nix flakes. You can add nix as a package ecosystem in dependabot.yml and Dependabot will monitor flake.lock inputs and open pull requests when updates are available.
GitHub code scanning alerts on pull requests can now be fixed in bulk from the Files changed tab. The update lets users apply multiple security alert suggestions at once instead of handling them individually.
npm trusted publishing now supports CircleCI as an OIDC provider for publishing packages to npm. Maintainers can authenticate from CircleCI workflows without stored credentials, alongside existing support for GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD.
GitHub Copilot usage metrics now show which users have Copilot code review activity and whether that activity was active or passive. Enterprise and organization admins can use these metrics to see how users engage with Copilot code review.
GitHub added organization-level runner controls for Copilot cloud agent development environments. Copilot cloud agent tasks now start on GitHub Actions, and orgs can control which runners are used instead of relying only on the default GitHub-hosted runner.
GitHub deprecated GPT-5.1 Codex, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, and GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini across all GitHub Copilot experiences on April 1, 2026. The change applies to Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions.
GitHub added organization-level firewall settings for Copilot cloud agent. The built-in agent firewall can now be configured centrally to control internet access and help reduce prompt injection and data exfiltration risk.
Copilot cloud agent now signs every commit it creates. These commits show up as Verified on GitHub, indicating they were made by the agent and not altered after signing.
GitHub Copilot SDK is now in public preview. It provides building blocks to embed Copilot’s agentic capabilities into applications, workflows, and platform services.
GitHub Copilot organization reports now include per-user GitHub Copilot CLI activity. This completes CLI metrics coverage across enterprise-, user-, and organization-level reporting.
GitHub Actions added entrypoint and command overrides for service containers. The update also includes new security features: OIDC custom properties and VNET failover.
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio got extensibility updates in the March 2026 release, including custom agents, agent skills, and new tools that improve agent capabilities.
GitHub has renamed the top-level Security tab to Security & quality across repositories, organizations, and enterprises on github.com. The navigation now groups code quality findings together with security-related information.
GitHub says improved search for Issues is now generally available. It was previously in public preview and later added to the Issues dashboard.
GitHub Copilot organization custom instructions are now generally available. Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise org admins can set default instructions for their organization.
GitHub Codespaces is now generally available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency. Enterprises can use cloud development environments with configurable security while keeping data residency requirements in place.
GPT-5.4 mini is now generally available to Copilot Student users through Copilot auto model selection. It is included in Auto for GitHub Copilot Chat in supported clients such as Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio.
GitHub Mobile now includes a refreshed Copilot tab, native session logs, and additional in-app controls for agent sessions. The update is aimed at making it easier to manage agentic workflows from the mobile app.
GitHub Mobile adds an Assign an Agent option in the issue overflow menu, making it faster to delegate work from an issue. The update is focused on quicker access to agent assignment and more flexible delegation from mobile.
GitHub will deprecate Claude Sonnet 4 in all GitHub Copilot experiences on 2026-05-01. Users are directed to switch to the suggested alternative model.
GitHub says Copilot cloud agent, formerly Copilot coding agent, is no longer limited to pull-request workflows. This expands how it can be used for research, planning, and coding tasks.
Dependabot now supports Swift package dependencies in Xcode projects that use .xcodeproj bundles to manage packages, even when there is no Package.swift file. It can detect and update those dependencies directly from the Xcode project manifest.
GitHub secret scanning added nine new secret detectors from seven providers as part of a coverage update. The update includes detectors for providers such as Langchain, Salesforce, and Figma, along with additional secret types from Figma, Google, and OpenVSX.
CodeQL 2.25.0 has been released and updates Swift analysis support to version 6.2.4. This release affects GitHub code scanning users who analyze Swift code with CodeQL.
CodeQL pull request insights in GitHub Security Overview now include Copilot Autofix and alert statistics from all protected branches, instead of only the default branch.
Starting May 1, 2026, GitHub Enterprise Cloud on ghe.com will expand the EU data residency region to include Azure infrastructure in EFTA countries, specifically Norway and Switzerland. This affects the EU data residency region for customers using GitHub Enterprise Cloud on ghe.com.
GitHub now lets you create Issues from Slack using the GitHub app and natural-language prompts. Mention @GitHub in a Slack channel, describe the work, and it will create the issue in GitHub.
GitHub has deprecated Gemini 3 Pro across all GitHub Copilot experiences as of March 26, 2026. This includes Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions.
GitHub extended the Credential revocation API to support GitHub OAuth and GitHub App credentials. The API can now be used to programmatically revoke exposed credentials found in repositories or elsewhere.
GitHub Copilot coding agent can now resolve merge conflicts on pull requests. Users can trigger it by mentioning @copilot in a PR comment and asking it to handle the conflicts.
GitHub has released a public preview of a refreshed pull requests dashboard at github.com/pulls. It adds a new pull request inbox and saved views for organizing and prioritizing pull requests.
GitHub Actions run summaries now show Agentic Workflow markdown configs for agentic workflows. This makes it easier to review runs without leaving the summary page.
GitHub added support for surfacing coding agent sessions in Issues and Projects, so agent activity can be tracked directly in planning workflows. The update includes agent sessions shown under assignees in GitHub Issues and agent activity integration in GitHub Projects.
Custom images for GitHub-hosted runners are now generally available. The feature, first released in public preview in October 2025, lets users build on GitHub-curated base images for hosted runners.
GitHub announced enhancements to the public preview of GitHub Copilot coding agent for Jira based on early customer feedback. The provided excerpt does not include the specific feature changes.
GitHub updated its Privacy Statement and Terms of Service to clarify how it handles user data. The changes take effect on April 24.
GitHub Copilot usage metrics now show which users have Copilot coding agent (CCA) activity. Enterprise and organization admins can use this to identify active CCA users by day and other usage views.
Repository admins can now disable comments on individual commits. GitHub added a new “Commits” section in repository settings to manage this behavior.
GitHub now lets you mention @copilot in any pull request to request changes directly in the PR. One announced use case is fixing failing GitHub Actions workflows and tests.
GitHub introduced public preview REST APIs for managing Copilot coding agent repository access programmatically at the organization level. This lets organization owners control access at scale through the API instead of only manual settings.
CodeQL pull request scans for C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and Ruby are now incremental, which improves scan speed. GitHub had already sped up pull request scans earlier this year.
Gemini 3.1 Pro is now in public preview for Copilot Enterprise, Business, Pro, and Pro+ users. It can be accessed in GitHub Copilot Chat and in JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse.
GitHub now lets repository admins manage secret scanning push protection exemptions from a repository’s settings. Before this change, exemptions were only configurable through organization- and enterprise-level security configurations.
Copilot usage metrics now map activity that was previously shown as “Auto” to the actual model used when auto model selection is enabled. This gives clearer model-level reporting in Copilot usage data.
GitHub says commits made by Copilot coding agent are authored by Copilot with the assigning human listed as co-author, and that these commits can now be traced back to the agent session logs. This is meant to make it easier to inspect how a given commit was produced.
GitHub says the Copilot extension for Raycast can now be used to monitor Copilot coding agent logs live. The post links Raycast’s launcher and extension support with GitHub Copilot agent log viewing.
GitHub Mobile for Android has updated its navigation to be more consistent and intuitive across the app. The change focuses on smoother movement between key areas like Home and other main sections.
GitHub added session log visibility for Copilot coding agent tasks. You can now review what the agent did while it worked in the background before approving its changes.
GitHub Actions added support for time zones in scheduled workflows and the ability to use environments without automatic deployments. This release focuses on removing a couple of workflow configuration limitations.
Actions Runner Controller (ARC) 0.14.0 is generally available. The release adds multilabel support for runner scale sets, switches to the actions/scaleset library client, and introduces resource customization options.
GitHub says Copilot coding agent now starts work 50% faster. The update applies when handing work to the agent through supported entry points such as assigning an issue to Copilot.
GitHub Codespaces with data residency now supports Japan as a region. This adds Japan to the existing EU and Australia data residency regions.
GitHub is rolling out docked panels on pull request “Files changed” pages so reviewers can keep pull request context open side-by-side while reviewing code. The panels include overview, comments, and merge status.
Hierarchy view in GitHub Projects is now generally available. It is enabled by default for all new project views, and existing views can be updated to use it.
GitHub says Copilot coding agent now automatically runs project tests and linting, plus GitHub validation tools such as CodeQL, advisory database checks, and secret scanning. The new update lets you configure which validation tools the agent uses.
GitHub introduced GPT-5.3-Codex as a long-term support (LTS) model for GitHub Copilot, aimed at giving enterprises a stable option for internal security and safety reviews. The LTS commitment is available for Copilot Business and Copilot plans.
Copilot coding agent now supports a semantic code search tool, so it can find relevant code by meaning instead of exact text matches. GitHub says this should make the agent faster when working in codebases.
Dependabot can now alert on npm dependencies that match known malware advisories. When malware alerting is enabled, it checks repository npm dependencies against malicious package versions.
GitHub MCP Server can now scan code changes for exposed secrets before commit or pull request creation. The feature is intended to catch credential leaks early in AI coding agent workflows.
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.20 is generally available. The release focuses on deployment efficiency, monitoring, code security, and policy management, with an improved merge experience among the highlighted changes.
GPT-5.4 mini is now generally available in GitHub Copilot and is rolling out to users. GitHub says early tests show it as OpenAI’s highest-performing mini agentic coding model.
GitHub Copilot usage metrics now includes organization-level GitHub Copilot CLI activity. Organization admins can view CLI-specific activity and usage totals in 1-day usage metrics, completing telemetry coverage across enterprise, user, and organization levels.
GitHub added push protection exemptions for secret scanning at the organization level. Specific roles, teams, and GitHub Apps can now be exempted, with exemption status checked on each push.
GitHub Advanced Security now has a guided setup experience for organizations. It lets admins set up and configure Advanced Security more easily, including editing configurations and repository settings.
GitHub changed repository permissions for Code Quality: security managers can no longer enable or disable GitHub Code Quality unless they are also repository administrators. The ability to toggle Code Quality is now limited to repository admins.
GitHub Copilot in VS Code can now connect to the Figma MCP server to use Figma design context while coding and to export rendered UI back to Figma as editable frames.
Changelog entry for GitHub Copilot in VS Code v1.110 (February 2026) indicates improvements that make Copilot agents more practical for longer-running, more complex tasks, with more control over agent execution and new extensibility options.
GitHub Copilot is rolling out general availability of the GPT-5.4 model.
GitHub Enterprise AI Controls and the agent control plane add new session filters to help enterprises find and manage agent activity.
GitHub Copilot’s coding agent can be invoked in pull request comments via @copilot, and the feature adds the ability to choose which model @copilot uses for that request.
GitHub Projects hierarchy view gained new improvements, including the ability to filter sub-issues using syntax. GitHub issue forms also added support for file uploads.
GitHub Copilot coding agent can now be assigned Jira issues to asynchronously generate draft pull requests in a linked GitHub repository. This integration is available in public preview.
GitHub Copilot code review has moved to an agentic, tool-calling architecture and is now generally available.
GitHub is rolling out a merge-status indicator at the top of pull request pages, now in public preview. This lets reviewers and authors check merge readiness from anywhere in the PR view.
GitHub agent sessions now support starting from an image by adding it directly in the agent UI on github.com.
GitHub Copilot usage metrics now include user-level activity for GitHub Copilot CLI, expanding beyond prior enterprise-level CLI telemetry.
GitHub added the ability for repository administrators to lock draft repository security advisories and private vulnerability reports to stop collaborators from editing them.
GitHub Copilot Free’s auto model selection now includes Grok Code Fast 1, which is generally available.
Copilot Memory is now enabled by default for GitHub Copilot Pro and Pro+ users in public preview, instead of being opt-in.
GitHub Dependabot now supports assigning vulnerability alerts to specific users (generally available). This adds per-alert ownership to help teams track and remediate dependency vulnerabilities.
GitHub Advanced Security enterprise policies now allow configuring GitHub Code Quality availability independently from Code Security.
GitHub now sends email alerts as an account’s included monthly usage approaches its thresholds.
GitHub Copilot will deprecate the Gemini 3 Pro and GPT-5.1 models across all Copilot experiences on a specified deprecation date, with replacement models recommended.
GitHub has put into effect (as of Feb 27, 2026) previously announced required network configuration changes for teams running Copilot coding agent.
GitHub Copilot usage metrics now include telemetry for plan mode. Enterprises can track plan mode adoption and engagement alongside existing Copilot metrics.
Copilot usage metrics reports now return a consistent user_login value for Enterprise Managed Users. This addresses cases where reports previously included a suffixed user_login, complicating analysis.
GitHub Copilot enterprise usage metrics now include GitHub Copilot CLI telemetry, expanding what’s counted in enterprise-level reporting.
GitHub Copilot usage metrics are now generally available, providing a centralized view of team adoption and usage.
GitHub Actions artifacts can now be uploaded and downloaded without automatic ZIP compression in workflows.
GitHub Copilot usage metrics API download URLs are now served from a new endpoint; report data, API contract, and response schema are unchanged.
GitHub announced general availability of Enterprise AI Controls and the agent control plane for GitHub Enterprise administrators.
GitHub Copilot Business and Copilot Pro customers can now use Anthropic Claude and OpenAI Codex as coding agents. Copilot Enterprise and Pro+ customers got access earlier in February 2026.
GitHub Actions’ macOS 26 runner image is now generally available for GitHub-hosted runners, moving out of public preview.
GitHub Copilot adds a new Content Exclusion REST API (JSON) in public preview for organization and enterprise admins to manage Copilot content exclusion rules programmatically.
GitHub Mobile now supports Live Coding Agent Notifications to monitor Copilot coding agent activity and supported third-party agent sessions in real time from the mobile app.
GitHub is rolling out semantic (natural-language) search in public preview on the Issues dashboard over the coming week.
GitHub expanded the organization-level Copilot Usage Metrics API to add pull request activity metrics, bringing the org-level endpoints closer to other metrics parity.
GitHub Copilot can now generate pull request titles directly on github.com when creating or editing a PR.
GPT-5.3-Codex is generally available for GitHub Copilot paid tiers and can be used via Copilot Chat across github.com, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio.
Copilot Chat on github.com now supports model-native web search for certain models, allowing those models to use their built-in web browsing capability during chats.
GitHub Copilot CLI is now generally available for all paid GitHub Copilot subscribers.
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.20 release candidate is available. The changelog post indicates improvements in deployment efficiency, monitoring, code security, and policy management, but provides no concrete details in the provided excerpt.
CodeQL 2.24.2 adds support for Go 1.26 and Kotlin 2.3.10, and includes query accuracy improvements.
Dependabot can now group update PRs by dependency name across multiple directories in a repository.
GitHub Code Quality added an organization-level dashboard in public preview to view code health across repositories with Code Quality enabled.
GitHub’s repository dashboard has moved from public preview to general availability. It lets users find, filter, and save custom views of repositories they can access.
GitHub now generally makes available enterprise-defined custom organization roles to help enterprises standardize role-based access across multiple organizations.
GitHub Enterprise Cloud now supports extending GitHub’s native IP allow list to user namespaces for Enterprise Managed Users (EMUs), available in public preview.
GitHub Enterprise organization owners can now discover and manage both enterprise teams and organization teams via existing organization team API endpoints.
GitHub has added an organization-level GitHub Copilot usage metrics dashboard in public preview, expanding access beyond enterprise-only dashboards.
GitHub’s Actions workflow dispatch API can now optionally return response metadata, including workflow run IDs, to help correlate a dispatch request with the resulting run.
GitHub Copilot support in the Zed editor is now generally available via an official partnership. Copilot subscriptions (Pro, Pro+, Business, Enterprise) can authenticate and be used directly in Zed.
GitHub changed how often it generates test merge commits for open pull requests to reduce mergeability-check delays and improve reliability.
GitHub announced a model picker for Copilot coding agent for Copilot Business and Enterprise users.
GitHub deprecated a set of Anthropic and OpenAI models across all GitHub Copilot experiences effective February 17, 2026.
GitHub Projects now lets you populate a new project by importing items returned from a search query, not only by importing from a repository. The hierarchy view also received usability improvements.
GitHub’s new pull request “Files changed” page now lets reviewers access all pull request comments without switching to the “Conversation” tab.
GitHub Copilot is rolling out public preview access to Google’s Gemini 3.1 Pro model.
GitHub Copilot usage metrics APIs now include pull request outcomes metrics, enabling org-level reporting on PR throughput and time to merge.
Copilot coding agent can now be used with Windows projects, running tasks asynchronously in a GitHub Actions-powered development environment.
Copilot coding agent now supports Copilot code referencing for generated code that matches code in public GitHub repositories.
GitHub Secret Scanning now supports configuring extended metadata checks via security configurations, making it easier to enable these checks across many repositories.
Claude Opus 4.6 is now generally available in GitHub Copilot for Enterprise, Business, Pro, and Pro+ plans. It can be used in Copilot Chat on github.com and in supported IDEs.
GitHub Desktop 3.5.5 adds support for Git hooks to address prior compatibility issues, especially with version managers and environment-dependent scripts.
npm CLI v11.10.0+ adds bulk management for OIDC trusted publishing configurations and makes a script security feature generally available.
GitHub is introducing a new REST API (public preview) that lets enterprise administrators request and download billing usage reports as CSV files.
GitHub Enterprise Cloud adds enterprise-wide credential management actions for enterprise owners to use during high-impact security incident response.
GitHub Copilot is rolling out support for Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6, now generally available. GitHub notes early testing shows strong performance on agentic coding, especially search.
GitHub shipped updates to Copilot in Eclipse aimed at improving context handling, workflow smoothness, and customization.
Visual Studio can now delegate coding tasks to GitHub Copilot coding agent, which runs asynchronously in the cloud and produces a draft pull request.
GitHub Copilot coding agent can now be assigned issues directly from Raycast, enabling you to delegate tasks to the agent and later review its work.
GitHub’s “required reviewer” rule for repository rulesets is now generally available. It lets admins require approvals from specific reviewers for changes targeting defined branches and paths across an org/enterprise.
GitHub shipped updates to organization/enterprise policy controls: custom properties now allow requiring an explicit value, and rule insights provide improved visibility into rule activity.
GitHub Copilot for JetBrains IDEs received an update adding preview support for Agent Skills plus UX improvements in inline chat and settings.
GitHub updated its status page to make incident details easier to find and more useful during active incidents. The status site now includes a 90-day historical view of availability.
GitHub now lets enterprise and organization admins choose whether to display users’ profile names (first and last) alongside their handles across the enterprise UI.
GitHub added two new repository settings to control how a repo accepts contributions via pull requests, including an option to disable pull requests entirely.
GitHub announced upcoming network configuration changes for Copilot coding agent, which runs background tasks in its own GitHub Actions-powered environment.
GitHub introduced Agentic Workflows in technical preview, enabling AI agents to run repository automation tasks inside GitHub Actions. Workflows can be authored in Markdown rather than YAML, delegating task planning/execution to the agent.
GitHub Mobile now lets Copilot Pro and Pro+ subscribers select an AI model when starting a Copilot coding agent session.
GitHub added two new audit log event types to track additional Dependabot settings changes at the organization and enterprise levels.
GitHub Copilot is rolling out general availability of OpenAI’s GPT-5.3-Codex model.
GitHub Enterprise admins can now authorize GitHub Apps (using fine-grained enterprise teams permissions) to access Enterprise Teams API endpoints in public preview. Previously, these endpoints required a classic personal access token.
GitHub Copilot is rolling out a research/public preview of Claude Opus 4.6 “Fast mode.” The mode increases output token generation speed by up to 2.5×.
CodeQL 2.24.1 was released with improved support for Maven private registries and enhancements to query accuracy.
GitHub updated the new pull request “Files changed” experience with CODEOWNERS validation and performance improvements.
GitHub Issues now supports pinning a comment on an issue to keep key information visible and reduce noise while scanning discussions.
GitHub Copilot is rolling out support for Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 model and marking it as generally available.
GitHub extended the deadline for configuration-time minimum version enforcement for self-hosted Actions runners by one week.
GitHub Actions’ early February 2026 update adds custom runner autoscaling, broadens security controls to all users, and provides early access to new Windows and macOS runner images.
GitHub Copilot Chat on github.com now shows tool call details in chat responses and includes additional performance and UX improvements.
GitHub Copilot for VS Code v1.109 (January 2026) adds agent-driven workflows, improves agent session management, and introduces agent support for Anthropic Claude models.
January 2026 updates to GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio add colorized code completions, the ability to partially accept a completion, and general productivity improvements.
GitHub Dependabot can now authenticate to private registries using OpenID Connect (OIDC), removing the need to store long-lived registry credentials as repository secrets for Dependabot update jobs.
GitHub has open-sourced the Dependabot Proxy and released it under the permissive MIT license, allowing developers to review the implementation (including how authentication is handled for different package ecosystems), reuse it, and contribute.
On February 9, 2026, GitHub will upgrade Docker and Docker Compose on all Windows and Ubuntu hosted runner images except ubuntu-slim, allowing workflows to use the latest Docker releases. Users should test workflows and pin or adjust tooling if they depend on previous Docker behavior.
GitHub Codespaces is now in public preview for GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency, enabling secure, configurable, instantly available cloud development environments while helping organizations meet strict compliance requirements.
CodeQL 2.24.0 is a new release of the static analysis engine used by GitHub code scanning. This update adds support for Swift 6.2, compatibility with .NET 10, and improves file handling for minified JavaScript to help detection and analysis of issues in those languages.
GitHub announced that Copilot metrics — including usage data, code generation dashboards, and a metrics API — are available in public preview for GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers with data residency, enabling organizations to store and query Copilot metrics according to regional compliance requirements.
GitHub released several updates to GitHub Actions that make it easier to write, validate, and troubleshoot workflow logic — especially workflows that use if: conditionals — by offering smarter editing, clearer debugging, and a new case function.
GitHub now offers Linux and Windows arm64 standard GitHub-hosted runners for private repositories, available on the free tier so you can run arm64 CI workflows across all repositories.
GitHub is closing down three legacy Copilot metrics APIs as it transitions to newer, more comprehensive usage metrics endpoints. Support for the legacy APIs will be limited, and users should plan to migrate to the updated endpoints.
GitHub has launched an improved search for GitHub Issues, now in public preview. The new search leverages a semantic index to help you find the exact issue you’re looking for more easily.
GitHub Copilot CLI now supports the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), an industry-standard protocol that allows AI agents and clients to communicate, and this feature is available in public preview to enable easier integration with third-party tools, IDEs, and automation systems.
GitHub released the MCP Server, adding improved management for GitHub Projects with more efficient use of the context window, automatic filtering of tools based on a token’s OAuth scopes/permissions, and additional new features and Projects-focused tools.
GitHub deprecated and removed several Dependabot-specific pull request comment commands (announced Oct 2025) and replaced them with GitHub’s native pull request features; users should migrate any automation or scripts that relied on those commands.
GitHub added a new Agents tab inside repositories to manage Copilot coding agent tasks. The update brings a mission-control style interface and refreshed look and feel so you can run and oversee agents directly from the repository.
GitHub announced that GPT-5.2-Codex is generally available for Copilot Enterprise, Copilot Business, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+, and is now accessible in GitHub Copilot Chat on the web and mobile as well as integrated into Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse.
GitHub has made the improved pull request “Files changed” experience the default for all users. The experience, previously available in public preview, is intended to be familiar while enhancing how files are viewed and reviewed in pull requests.
GitHub reports a significant performance improvement for GitHub Issues: 35% of issue views now load in under 200ms, up from 2% at the start of the year. The change is announced on the GitHub Blog as the first in a series of improvements to issue loading performance.
GitHub Actions now offers 1 vCPU Linux runners as generally available (GA). These lower-cost runners are optimized for automation tasks and issue operations and are available to all customers.
GitHub announced updates to Copilot CLI that introduce more powerful reasoning models and intelligent workflow features, enabling developers to plan work before generating code and to steer interactive terminal conversations as they go.
GitHub CLI now provides a built-in gh copilot command that lets users install and run the GitHub Copilot CLI directly from the GitHub CLI. The previous GitHub Copilot extension for gh has been deprecated in favor of this integrated approach.
GitHub announced the release of CodeQL 2.23.9, an update to the static analysis engine used by GitHub code scanning. The release notes indicate there are no user-facing changes; the announcement appeared on the GitHub Blog (2026-01-20).
GitHub now lets you link build artifacts—such as containers and binaries—to GitHub and attach storage and deployment context even when those artifacts live outside GitHub. This capability provides code-to-cloud traceability and supports meeting SLSA Build Level 3 security requirements by capturing provenance and deployment context for external artifacts.
GitHub announced a public preview that lets Enterprise customers create enterprise-scoped budgets which exclude cost-center usage so parts of an enterprise can be allowed additional usage while other parts remain limited.
GitHub announced a formal partnership with OpenCode that enables authentication of GitHub Copilot subscriptions (Pro, Pro+, Business, Enterprise) on the OpenCode platform, allowing subscribers to use Copilot with OpenCode.
GitHub announced a new rate limit for Actions cache uploads: repositories are limited to 200 new cache entry uploads per minute. Downloads of cache entries are not affected.
GitHub secret scanning will add support for extended metadata checks in repository security configurations, with the change taking effect on February 18, 2026. Extended metadata is implemented as a nested feature under existing validity checks and will be automatically enabled for certain repositories.
GitHub announced that Agentic Copilot memory is in public preview for all paid GitHub Copilot plans. The feature lets Copilot learn and retain useful details about your repositories to provide more context-aware assistance as you work.
GitHub Projects has introduced a Hierarchy view in public preview, allowing users to see full issue hierarchies directly inside project table views to improve visibility into complex issue relationships.
GitHub announced enhancements to Copilot’s Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) capability: it now supports additional APIs, includes new configuration options, and adds more provider integrations so enterprises can connect models (including those that use the Responses API).
GitHub released the Copilot SDK in technical preview, offering language-specific SDKs that let developers programmatically access the GitHub Copilot CLI.
GitHub announced updates to Copilot CLI that deliver enhanced agent capabilities, improved context management for terminal workflows, and additional installation options to make the tool easier to adopt and more native to developer terminals.
GitHub announced that GPT-5.2-Codex is now generally available in GitHub Copilot and can be selected from the Copilot model picker for eligible plans.
GitHub has made organization custom properties generally available, enabling enterprise administrators to attach metadata to organizations and use those properties to automatically target enterprise rulesets for governance and automation.
GitHub announced on Jan 13, 2026 that it will deprecate select GitHub Copilot models from Claude, Google, and OpenAI as part of routine retirements to prioritize newer, more capable models and maintain a fast, high‑quality Copilot experience.
GitHub released a new artifact_metadata permission (now generally available) to provide finer-grained API control over artifact-related metadata, replacing the broader contents:read and contents:write permissions for that metadata.
GitHub updated the consent page to selectively show the “act on your behalf” warning for GitHub Apps. When an app is used only as a sign-in method, the warning is reduced or omitted; the change is available in public preview.
GitHub announced general availability of a feature that gives organizations more granular control over who can request GitHub Apps and OAuth apps, enabling stricter governance while preserving flexibility in security posture.
On January 12, 2026 GitHub deprecated the ability to convert a personal user account directly into an organization. Users should use the Move workflow to selectively migrate content instead. The change was announced on the GitHub Blog.
GitHub released Gemini 3 Flash in public preview for GitHub Copilot Chat inside Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse, available to Copilot Enterprise, Copilot Business, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+ users.
GitHub has reduced pricing for GitHub-hosted runners — price cuts of up to 39% are now in effect; the change was announced on December 16, 2025.
The GitHub Actions workflows page now handles very large workflows (more than 300 jobs) by using lazy loading for smoother performance, and it also adds the ability to filter jobs to help navigate large workflows.
GitHub has launched a public preview that gives organizations more granular control over who can request GitHub Apps and OAuth apps, enabling stricter governance while preserving flexibility in security posture.
GitHub announced Delegated alert dismissal, a feature that requires a review process before Dependabot alerts can be closed. It is available to GitHub Code Security customers and was reported on the GitHub Blog (changelog entry dated 2025-12-19).
GitHub announced that Copilot Memory is now available in early access for Copilot Pro and Pro+ users. The feature is supported in the Copilot Coding Agent and Copilot Code Review. The provided article text is truncated; full details are on the GitHub Blog.
GitHub released CodeQL versions 2.23.7 and 2.23.8, adding new security queries for Go and Rust. CodeQL is the static analysis engine used by GitHub Code Scanning and Code Quality to detect and help remediate code-quality and security issues.
When you assign an issue to GitHub Copilot, you are now automatically added as an assignee so you can track that work more easily with assignee filters.
GitHub is offering more GitHub Enterprise customers a self-serve trial of GitHub Advanced Security so they can evaluate GitHub Code Security and GitHub Secret Protection.
GitHub Copilot now supports Agent Skills — self-contained folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that teach Copilot to perform specialized, repeatable tasks and workflows.
Claude Opus 4.5 is now generally available in GitHub Copilot and can be accessed in GitHub Copilot Chat on github.com for Copilot Enterprise, Copilot Business, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+ customers. The announcement was published on The GitHub Blog.
GitHub Enterprise Cloud data residency in Japan is now generally available, letting Enterprise Cloud customers choose to store their code and repository data in Japan to support compliance, privacy, and performance needs.
GitHub moved Teams management out of the left-hand navigation into a dedicated page under Settings to simplify navigation and surface other important features more easily.
GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency now supports Copilot code review preview features, enabling organizations to try agentic code review capabilities directly in pull requests while keeping data within their residency region.
GitHub has added enterprise-level pull request activity metrics to Copilot Usage Metrics (now in public preview), letting organizations see PR creation and review activity across the enterprise and how GitHub Copilot participates in that workflow.
GitHub announced that GPT-5.2 is now generally available in GitHub Copilot (Dec 17, 2025). The model is available to Copilot Enterprise, Copilot Business, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+ customers and can be used in GitHub Copilot Chat on github.com and GitHub Mobile.
GitHub has made the GPT-5.1-Codex-Max model generally available in GitHub Copilot for Copilot Enterprise, Copilot Business, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+. The model can be used in GitHub Copilot Chat on github.com and GitHub Mobile.
GitHub announced that GPT-5.1 and GPT-5.1-Codex are now generally available for Copilot Enterprise, Copilot Business, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+, and can be accessed in GitHub Copilot Chat on github.com.
GitHub announced dynamic Copilot prompts on GitHub Docs, allowing users to launch GitHub Copilot prompts directly from select documentation pages to move seamlessly from reading docs to using Copilot.
GitHub announced that Gemini 3 Flash, a speed-focused variant of Gemini 3 suited for tasks where low latency matters, is rolling out in public preview for GitHub Copilot.
GitHub announced that organizations on Copilot Enterprise or Copilot Business can run Copilot code review on all pull requests, including those authored by members who do not have an individual Copilot license; usage is billed seamlessly to the organization.
GitHub announced the general availability of enterprise governance and policy improvements for secret scanning, including enterprise-level delegated bypass controls for push protection and support for the new Enterprise Security Manager to provide stronger, more centralized controls and delegation for secret scanning across enterprises.
GitHub announced that C++ code editing tools for GitHub Copilot are now in public preview, delivered with the latest Visual Studio 2026 Insiders release. The tools extend Copilot’s ability to understand and modify C++ code inside the IDE.
GitHub Dependabot’s version updates now support Julia projects, allowing automatic updates of Julia dependencies.
GitHub announced that Dependabot version updates now support Bazel projects, allowing automatic version updates for dependencies declared with Bzlmod or in WORKSPACE files.
GitHub announced that Dependabot version updates now support OpenTofu, allowing projects that use OpenTofu to receive automated dependency updates to keep their infrastructure code current.
Dependabot now supports security alerts and automatic dependency updates for the uv ecosystem. When vulnerabilities are found in uv dependencies, Dependabot can open security alerts and create pull requests to update to secure versions.
Starting January 1, 2026, GitHub will lower prices for GitHub-hosted runners by up to 39% (varying by machine type) to deliver simpler pricing and a better GitHub Actions experience; free usage minute quotas will remain unchanged.
GitHub announced Copilot usage APIs that let organizations retrieve aggregated and user-specific usage metrics, including statistics for different Copilot features, to monitor adoption and consumption.
GitHub updated the security overview dashboard to provide more accurate metrics for CodeQL alerts fixed using Copilot autofixes by refining how autofix usage is calculated, improving visibility into adoption and effectiveness without changing the fixes themselves.
GitHub has made code scanning alert assignees generally available. Teams can now assign individual code scanning alerts to specific people to create clear ownership and improve tracking and remediation of security vulnerabilities.
Gemini 3 Pro is available in public preview for Copilot Enterprise, Copilot Business, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+ users and can be accessed via GitHub Copilot Chat and directly in Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse.
GitHub announced that GitHub-hosted larger runners using Azure VNET-injection now provide detailed network diagnostics when connectivity problems occur, replacing generic pool errors with per-endpoint visibility and drill-down information. The changelog also calls attention to required upgrades for self-hosted runners.
GitHub announced a public preview update to the pull request “Files changed” view that closes a major gap by adding review commit-by-commit, improves commit filtering, and includes other enhancements to make reviewing changes in PRs easier.
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 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)
OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 is now in public preview for GitHub Copilot, a model optimized for long context handling and front-end UI generation, and is available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users (announced on the GitHub Blog, 2025-12-11).
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 announced a set of improvements for Spark, introduced a dedicated Spark SKU, and confirmed that Spark is covered by the GitHub Data Processing Agreement (DPA).
GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) 3.19 is now generally available. The release focuses on improving deployment efficiency, expanding monitoring capabilities, strengthening code security, and refining policy management with a more intuitive flow.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 triggers now accept up to 25 inputs (previously 10), making manually triggered workflows easier to parameterize for more complex scenarios.
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 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.
CodeQL 2.23.6 has been released, adding support for Swift 6.2.1 and introducing new C# security queries. CodeQL is the static analysis engine behind GitHub code scanning, used to find and remediate security issues. The announcement appeared on The GitHub Blog.
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 announced that Claude Opus 4.5 is available in public preview for Copilot Enterprise, Copilot Business, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+. The model can be accessed via GitHub Copilot Chat and is integrated into major IDEs including Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse.
GitHub added the ability to assign issues to Copilot via both the GraphQL and REST APIs, with options to set the target repository and base branch and to provide custom instructions and custom agents for how Copilot should handle the issue.
GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) 3.19 release candidate is now available, focusing on improved deployment efficiency, enhanced monitoring, stronger code security, and better policy management with a more intuitive flow.
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.
GitHub announced three major updates to Copilot Spaces: support for public spaces, individual sharing controls, and the ability to add files to a space directly from the github.com code viewer.
GitHub rolled out a new organization-level setting (now generally available) that lets organization owners prevent repository administrators from installing GitHub Apps on repositories, giving owners tighter control over app installation and repository surface area.
GitHub Mobile for Android adds a new Android sharesheet custom action that lets you share content from other apps to start Copilot agent sessions directly in the mobile app.
GitHub announced that secret scanning alert assignees and security campaigns are now generally available. Alert assignees will receive email notifications to help teams track and remediate secret scanning alerts more effectively.
As of 2025-11-25, GitHub will report publicly leaked secrets found in unlisted gists to the appropriate secret scanning partners, extending secret-scanning reporting beyond only listed/public gists.
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.
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.
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.
Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 is now rolling out in public preview for GitHub Copilot; early tests show it outperforms internal coding benchmarks while cutting token usage roughly in half.
GitHub announced a public preview (Nov 20) that lets you view the pull request description directly on the new “Files changed” page so reviewers don’t need to scroll, switch tabs, or lose context.
GitHub expanded GitHub Actions cache storage so repository cache size can now exceed 10 GB, allowing projects to retain more build dependencies between workflow runs.
GitHub Copilot Code Review now integrates linter feedback directly into code reviews and lets repositories specify which linters to use via repository rulesets. The feature is available in public preview so teams can start surfacing and customizing actionable linter suggestions within reviews.
GitHub announced that Enterprise Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) for GitHub Copilot is now in public preview. The feature responds to enterprise demand for greater flexibility, enabling teams that already use specific LLM providers or custom models to integrate those workflows with Copilot.
GitHub released CodeQL 2.23.5, the static analysis engine used by GitHub code scanning. This update adds support for Swift 6.2, introduces three new Java security queries, and improves analysis accuracy.
GitHub announced updates to Copilot CLI that add support for the latest AI models, improve code search capabilities, provide better image handling, and include reliability and performance enhancements.
GitHub Copilot plugins for JetBrains, Eclipse, and Xcode now include enhanced authentication capabilities that expand support for third‑party OAuth providers using a secure, flexible approach based on Dynamic Client Registration (DCR).
GitHub Copilot now offers an Auto model selection option in Copilot Chat for JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse. Selecting Auto lets Copilot choose the most appropriate model for you; the feature is available in public preview.
GitHub Copilot now offers custom agents in public preview for JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse, and Xcode. These agents let teams package reusable expertise, enforce guardrails, and grant tool access so AI behavior can be tailored to specific projects and workflows.
GitHub announced a public preview integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud that provides unified risk visibility across code, build artifacts, and production context so teams can track, prioritize, and remediate the security risks that matter.
GitHub announced that isolated subagents are now in public preview for JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse, and Xcode. These subagents, powered by isolated context, let developers delegate focused tasks to autonomous agents. The announcement appeared on the GitHub Blog.
GitHub announced that Copilot Next Edit Suggestions (NES) is now in public preview for Xcode and Eclipse. The feature offers next-logical-edit suggestions to help developers move faster, and the announcement appears on the GitHub Blog changelog.
GitHub Copilot’s Plan mode is now available in public preview for JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse, and Xcode, announced on the GitHub Blog.
GitHub Copilot coding agent is now available in public preview for Eclipse, bringing Copilot directly into native Eclipse workflows and adding features such as the ability to delegate tasks from within the IDE.
GitHub announced that enterprise and organization administrators can configure internal MCP registries and enforce allowlist policies in the latest VS Code Stable release (public preview), extending governance controls to the majority of Copilot users.
Google’s Gemini 3 Pro model is now available in public preview within GitHub Copilot for Pro, Pro+ Business, and Enterprise subscribers; the rollout is gradual and announced on the GitHub Blog.
GitHub Enterprise Importer (GEI) can now migrate repositories to GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC) using GitHub-owned blob storage. This feature is generally available and removes the need to provide shared access keys during migration.
GitHub updated the enterprise licensing CSV export to include outside collaborators so enterprises can better track license consumption across organizations. The improvement is now generally available.
Effective December 1, 2025, GitHub will standardize the billing date to the first of each month for usage-based products paid by credit card for self-serve metered Enterprise customers. The billing period stays as the calendar month. This change is now generally available.
GitHub added a new organization-level setting (now in public preview) that lets organization owners restrict which users can install GitHub Apps for repositories. This blocks repository administrators from installing GitHub Apps on their own, giving owners tighter control over app installation and repository security.
GitHub added a fine-grain enterprise role—“View enterprise Copilot metrics”—that grants access to the Copilot Usage Metrics APIs and the Copilot Usage Dashboard so assigned users can view enterprise-level Copilot usage data.
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 has begun a public preview rollout of OpenAI’s latest 5.1-series models—GPT-5.1, GPT-5.1-Codex, and GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini—bringing the new general and code-specialized models (including a smaller, low‑cost/low‑latency Codex-Mini) to Copilot users. The announcement was posted on the GitHub Blog.
GitHub Actions OIDC tokens now include a check_run_id claim, allowing workflows to present a run-specific identifier to external services. This change enables more fine-grained attribute-based access control and improved auditability for integrations.
GitHub announced that you can now track and manage the Copilot coding agent directly within Visual Studio Code using a streamlined, centralized “mission control” view that includes access to session logs and management tools without leaving the editor.
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 secret scanning now recognizes additional private key formats and has upgraded its existing private key detectors to better catch exposed cryptographic credentials. The release also updates Sentry-related pattern names used in scanning.
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio now offers an ‘Auto’ option in the model picker (public preview) that selects the best Copilot model for you automatically.
GitHub deprecated Claude Sonnet 3.5 across all Copilot experiences on November 10, 2025, and made Claude Haiku 4.5 available in Copilot Free.
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 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 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 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.
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 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 increased limits for reusable workflows in GitHub Actions (November 2025): workflows can now nest up to 10 reusable workflows and a single workflow run can call up to 50 workflows in total.
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 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 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 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’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.
GitHub announced an npm security update that disables creation of classic tokens and introduces the first changes toward a granular token management system to strengthen npm security.
GitHub announced October 2025 updates to its secret scanning service, including new detection for Base64-encoded secrets and other expanded support for additional secret types.
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 now lets repository administrators require approvals from specific teams to merge changes into protected branches using rulesets. You can target these team-based approval requirements to particular files and folders, giving finer-grained control over who must sign off on changes.
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 expanded its billing APIs to let organizations programmatically manage budgets, track usage, and retrieve cost center data so finance and engineering teams can automate cost controls and reporting.
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 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.
GitHub Models has deprecated several older models and asks users to transition to the suggested newer versions (for example, Mistral-Nemo users should move to Mistral-small-2503) to continue using improved models with enhanced features.
GitHub’s MCP Server release adds server instructions, improved tooling, and a smaller footprint to enable new and better ways for models to use the server.
GitHub released CodeQL Action v4 on October 7, 2025; v4 runs on the Node.js 24 runtime. CodeQL Action v3 will be deprecated at the same time as GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) 3.19.
GitHub announced upgrades to Copilot in Visual Studio Code (released to VS Code Insiders) at GitHub Universe 2025, including integration with OpenAI Codex for Copilot Pro+ users.
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 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.
GitHub announced new public preview features for Copilot code review that combine LLM detections and tool-calling with deterministic analyzers (for example ESLint and CodeQL) to produce smarter, more comprehensive reviews and enable a smooth handoff to the Copilot coding agent.
The GitHub app for Slack now integrates with the GitHub Copilot coding agent, enabling users to generate pull requests directly from Slack conversations. The feature is rolling out and announced on the GitHub Blog.
GitHub announced that Copilot for Linear is available in public preview. Users can assign Linear issues to the Copilot coding agent — an asynchronous, autonomous background agent — which will analyze the issue contents.
GitHub announced an enterprise-level experience for administrative functions for AI systems called the agent control plane, now available in public preview to all GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers using Copilot.
GitHub announced that a Copilot usage metrics dashboard and a corresponding API are available in public preview for GitHub Enterprise, allowing organizations to view and programmatically access Copilot usage metrics.
GitHub’s Copilot coding agent can now edit existing pull requests created by humans when you mention @copilot in a comment, in addition to its ability to open new pull requests from scratch.
GitHub announced that Copilot coding agents can now run their development environment on self-hosted GitHub Actions runners managed by Actions Runner Controller (ARC), enabling teams to host agent workloads in their own infrastructure.
CodeQL 2.23.3 is a maintenance release for GitHub’s static analysis engine that adds a new Rust query, improves Rust support, and makes C/C++ scanning easier, helping GitHub code scanning find and remediate security issues more effectively.
On October 23, 2025, GitHub deprecated selected Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions), according to a GitHub Blog changelog post.
GitHub announced a public preview that expands enterprise teams’ capabilities to manage roles and governance in enterprise accounts, building on last month’s preview that enabled managing Copilot Business licenses.
GitHub announced that organization custom properties are available in public preview. These let you attach metadata to organizations—similar to repository custom properties—to simplify targeting of rulesets and policies across organizations.
Claude Haiku 4.5 is now generally available to Copilot Enterprise, Copilot Business, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+ users and can be used in GitHub Copilot Chat on github.com and in all supported IDEs.
GitHub announced a migration option that lets users convert legacy Copilot knowledge bases into Copilot Spaces ahead of the knowledge bases’ sunset on November 1, 2025.
GitHub announced daily improvements to Copilot CLI, highlighting multiline input support, a set of new MCP enhancements, and the Haiku 4.5 update. The changelog credits developer feedback—bug reports, feature requests, and discussions—for driving these ongoing improvements.
GitHub updated the GPT-4.1 Copilot code completion model (October update) to better infer developer intent from surrounding code, resulting in more accurate code completion suggestions in GitHub Copilot.
GitHub’s Copilot coding agent — an asynchronous autonomous background agent that can open draft pull requests and make changes for you — can now search the web to gather information and references to inform its code changes and suggestions.
GitHub announced that the Copilot coding agent — the asynchronous background agent that works on delegated tasks and requests reviews — now generates clearer, more descriptive branch names and pull request titles to improve reviewability and repo hygiene.
Grok Code Fast 1 is now generally available in GitHub Copilot and can be accessed in GitHub Copilot Chat. The release is available to Copilot Enterprise, Copilot Business, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+ customers.
Actions Runner Controller (ARC) 0.13.0 is released with updates that improve storage, networking, platform compatibility, and metrics. The release adds support for container lifecycle hooks to remove previous storage limitations.
GitHub Copilot now provides contextual commit message suggestions for file changes on github.com. The feature, previously in public preview, is now generally available to help make writing commit documentation easier and faster.
Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 4.5 — a newer, higher-performance and faster model — is rolling out in GitHub Copilot and is now available in public preview.
GitHub announced that CodeQL now generally supports scanning Rust projects and scanning C/C++ projects without requiring builds. Both features have exited public preview and are available in GitHub code scanning.
GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) 3.18 is now generally available. The release focuses on improving deployment efficiency, monitoring, code security, and policy management, and introduces the ability for enterprise administrators to define custom properties.
The GitHub MCP Server adds native support for GitHub Projects via a new management tool and deploys multiple strategies to reduce the server’s footprint, alongside other improvements noted in the changelog.
GitHub has removed offset-based pagination parameters (page, first, last) from all Dependabot alerts REST API endpoints; only cursor-based parameters (before, after, per_page) are supported going forward.
Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 is now generally available inside GitHub Copilot. The model can be accessed in GitHub Copilot Chat and is available to Copilot Enterprise, Copilot Business, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+ customers.
GitHub announced incremental updates to GitHub Copilot CLI focused on speed, more concise suggestions, and improved output formatting. The changes reflect daily improvements driven by community feedback and are listed in the GitHub Blog changelog.
CodeQL 2.23.2 is a maintenance release for the static analysis engine used by GitHub code scanning. The release adds additional Rust security detections and improves analysis accuracy across multiple languages.
GitHub updated the blocked users view in organization and personal settings to provide improved transparency and easier record keeping, giving organization admins clearer visibility into moderation history and context.
GitHub will deprecate Claude Sonnet 3.5 across all Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions) on November 6, 2025. The change signals a move to newer, more capable models. The announcement appeared on The GitHub Blog.
GitHub has added social login with Apple (Sign in with Apple), making it easier for iOS developers to sign up and sign in. This builds on GitHub’s earlier social login support for Google.
GitHub updated the Secret Protection default pattern set in September 2025, adding new secret detection patterns and upgrading existing ones to improve coverage across different secret types. The changes expand built-in secret scanning so repositories using the default patterns benefit from broader, more accurate detection without manual configuration.
On November 11, 2025, GitHub will deprecate several Dependabot-specific pull request comment commands and rely on GitHub’s native pull request features instead; users should update any workflows or automations that depend on those comment commands.
GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers with multiple Enterprise Managed Users (EMU) accounts can now use a single proxy header to block traffic to github.com that originates outside any of their enterprises. This update lifts the prior limitation that tied enterprise access restrictions to a single enterprise, simplifying network configuration for organizations with multiple EMU accounts.
Grok Code Fast 1 is now available in public preview through GitHub Copilot Chat and is integrated into major IDEs including Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse. The preview is accessible to GitHub Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise plan subscribers.
GitHub announced updates to Copilot CLI that add enhanced model selection, support for images, and a streamlined user interface following the product’s public preview and active user feedback.
GitHub added a one‑click merge conflict resolution feature to the github.com web interface, letting maintainers resolve pull request conflicts directly on the site when those conflicts are resolvable in the web editor.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is available in public preview through GitHub Copilot Chat for users on Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise plans, and can be used in Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse.
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.
GitHub announced that auto model selection in Visual Studio Code is now available in public preview for Copilot Business and Enterprise plans; the feature automatically selects the appropriate model for you.
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 Copilot’s asynchronous coding agent now supports Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5. The integration is available in public preview and connects Copilot coding agent with Anthropic’s most advanced model for coding and real‑world agent tasks.
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.
The September 2025 GitHub Copilot update for Visual Studio adds new Profiler and .NET Modernization agents, enhances MCP interactions, and introduces smarter code review capabilities to speed debugging, modernization, and developer workflows.
GitHub Secret Scanning has added validity-check validators for secrets related to MongoDB, Meta, and Microsoft Azure. These new checks augment existing validators to improve detection of provider-specific credentials and prevent accidental commits of valid secrets.
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 announced GitHub Spark, a new offering intended to help organizations move ideas into working software more quickly. Spark is now available in public preview for Copilot Enterprise subscribers and aims to reduce time spent on specs and mocks that never reach production.
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 is delaying enforcement of a new cache eviction policy for GitHub Actions from mid-October to November. The current per-repository cache limit remains 10 GB while the enforcement date is postponed.
Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5, described as their most advanced model for coding and real‑world agents, is rolling out in public preview inside GitHub Copilot and is available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise customers.
CodeQL 2.23.1 is a new release of GitHub’s static analysis engine that adds language support for Java 25, TypeScript 5.9, and Swift 6.1.3 to improve code scanning and security analysis.
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 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 announced that Copilot can now create issues that include relevant code snippets and files. The capability is available in public preview and aims to make issue reports more actionable by automatically adding code context.
GitHub announced that the new pull request “Files changed” page (public preview) now supports adding comments anywhere in a changed file, including on lines that haven’t changed.
GitHub announced the scheduled deprecation of the GitHub Copilot CLI extension (gh-copilot) for the GitHub CLI; the extension will stop working on October 25, 2025.
GitHub announced that GitHub Copilot CLI is available in public preview, bringing the Copilot coding agent into the terminal so developers can work locally with AI-assisted coding in their command line workflow.
GitHub announced that the Copilot coding agent — an asynchronous, autonomous developer agent — is now generally available to all paid Copilot subscribers. Users can delegate tasks to the agent and it will act on their behalf, for example by opening draft pull requests.
GitHub announced that Copilot Spaces is now generally available (announced 2025-09-24). Copilot Spaces brings richer project context — such as files, pull requests and other project artifacts — into Copilot so the assistant can understand a repository more like a teammate and provide more relevant, context-aware help.
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 announced a public preview that adds options when assigning issues to the Copilot coding agent: you can now select the target repository and the base branch for the changes Copilot will propose.
GitHub announced it will deprecate select Copilot models provided by Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini as part of routine model retirement to prioritize newer, more capable models and maintain a fast, high‑quality Copilot experience. The post directs users to the changelog for the specific models and migration timeline and urges customers to update integrations to supported models.
GitHub announced that Claude Opus 4.1 is now generally available within GitHub Copilot. The model is accessible to Copilot Pro+ and Copilot Enterprise subscribers via GitHub Copilot Chat on github.com and in clients such as VS Code (and other supported editors).
GitHub announced two enhancements to speed up remediation of security issues: expanding security campaigns to cover secret scanning alerts and adding assignable alerts for both code scanning and secret scanning so teams can assign ownership and track remediation.
OpenAI’s GPT-5-Codex, a model optimized for agentic coding, is rolling out in public preview for GitHub Copilot. The model will be available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users.
GitHub announced that CodeQL analysis on pull requests is now incremental for Go, C#, C/C++ and Swift, meaning all CodeQL-supported languages now use the new incremental analysis to provide faster security scans and feedback.
GitHub Copilot app modernization is now generally available for Java and .NET projects. The feature helps teams assess applications, apply automated code transformations, patch builds, and containerize services quickly—reducing modernization work to days.
GitHub is rolling out Copilot-SWE, an experimental Copilot model optimized for code-related tasks, to Visual Studio Code Insiders as a technical preview.
Beginning October 1, 2025, GitHub Enterprise Cloud metered usage will show which organization is billed for each GHEC license, allowing enterprise owners and billing managers to visualize usage by organization.
GitHub has started deprecating Node 20 on GitHub Actions runners because Node 20 reaches end-of-life in April 2026. They plan to migrate all actions off Node 20 and communicated this on the GitHub Blog.
GitHub will retire the macOS 13 Actions runner image on December 4, 2025; jobs using macOS 13 will temporarily fail during a scheduled brownout beforehand to raise awareness.
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 announced a public preview that lets you assign Azure Boards work items to the Copilot coding agent. The agent works asynchronously and autonomously in the background to implement tasks and open draft pull requests for your review.
GitHub Actions added support for YAML anchors and introduced non-public workflow templates, letting you reuse configuration across workflows and share templates privately.
GitHub announced that Copilot code review is now available directly inside most standard editors and IDEs, including Visual Studio and JetBrains IDEs (such as IntelliJ).
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.
Starting November 18, 2025, GitHub will remove all $0 Copilot premium request budgets for enterprise and team accounts that were created before August 22, 2025.
GitHub now offers delegated bypass controls for push protection at the enterprise level. Administrators can choose who is allowed to bypass secret-scanning push protections and designate reviewers for bypass requests, centrally managing approvers to improve governance and reduce risk.
GitHub Dependabot now supports parsing and updating Conda environment.yml files, providing both security and version updates for Conda-based Python projects; the feature is generally available.
Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.1 has entered public preview for GitHub Copilot users and is being rolled out in Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse, as announced on the GitHub Blog.
GitHub announced the MCP Registry, a centralized place to discover MCP servers and AI tools so developers can more quickly find and connect AI agents to their development workflows. The registry aims to replace hunting through multiple registries, repositories, and community threads with a single searchable catalog.
GitHub announced general availability of enterprise access restrictions using corporate proxies for GitHub Enterprise Cloud accounts that use Enterprise Managed Users (EMU). Enterprise owners can now enforce access controls tied to corporate proxy infrastructure to improve security and compliance for managed enterprise identities.
GitHub Enterprise admins can now view a history of license usage with daily snapshots of additions and removals for GitHub Enterprise Cloud; the feature is available in public preview.
GitHub removed the last_active field from the organization members export report because it did not provide sufficiently accurate data.
GitHub now allows enterprise admins to set a dedicated contact email for security incident notifications from the enterprise account Settings > Profile. This optional field is generally available and enables more targeted delivery of security-related emails.
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code has a new Auto model selection option in public preview that automatically picks the model for you via the model picker.
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.
The August 2025 update (v1.104) for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code delivers improvements aimed at greater flexibility, security, and productivity in AI-powered development workflows, and includes auto model selection in Copilot Chat.
GitHub announced that enterprise and organization administrators can now configure internal MCP registries and test allowlist enforcement in VS Code Insiders to prepare for a forthcoming rollout across all Copilot environments. The changelog entry points admins to learn about MCP registries and allowlists and to try these controls in the Insiders build.
GitHub announced that Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) support is now in public preview for GitHub Copilot Chat within JetBrains IDEs and Xcode. Users with a supported API key can use their own key to access Copilot Chat in these IDEs.
GitHub updated the public preview of the pull request “Files changed” page on September 11, 2025, improving performance and raising the file limit. The release also adds a single-file view and other refinements for a smoother review experience.
GitHub Discussions added a new “verified answers” state, now generally available. This state sits above “Marked as answer” and lets repository administrators mark exceptional community responses to signal trust and highlight high-quality contributions.
GitHub announced that issues and pull requests can now have multiple assignees, and the feature is available across all public and private repositories.
GitHub Actions now offers a macOS 26 runner image in public preview so developers can natively use the latest Xcode technology to build and test iOS apps in their workflow runs.
GitHub announced deprecation of certain Microsoft models in GitHub Models and recommends users migrate to the suggested replacements (for example, Phi-3-medium-4k-instruct users should transition to Phi-4) to continue using improved models with enhanced features.
GitHub announced a REST API for GitHub Projects so developers can read and manage project data programmatically, plus enhancements to sub-issues to make breaking down work easier and other related improvements.
GitHub announced that secret scanning validity checks are now available on GitHub Proxima and Enterprise Server Proxima. The feature is offered to customers using GitHub Secret Protection and GitHub Advanced Security, and several new validators have been added.
GitHub announced a new standalone repository rule that lets you enable automatic Copilot code reviews independently; the feature is now generally available to Copilot users.
CodeQL 2.23.0 is a new release of GitHub’s static analysis engine used by code scanning. The release adds explicit support for detecting Rust log injection and includes other security detection improvements to help find and remediate vulnerabilities.
GitHub introduced a new “exempt” bypass type for repository rulesets that lets you exempt specific actors (users, teams, or GitHub Apps) from all enforced rules, and also rolled out updates to repository insights to improve repository visibility and monitoring.
GitHub Dependabot alerts can now use production context from external artifact registries (for example, JFrog Artifactory) and CI/CD workflows to filter and prioritize alerts. The capability is available as a public preview, letting teams focus remediation on vulnerabilities that affect production artifacts and deployments.
GitHub announced that OpenAI’s GPT-5 and GPT-5 mini are now generally available in GitHub Copilot. The announcement explicitly states GPT-5 mini is available to all Copilot plans, including Copilot Free; the excerpt does not include full details about GPT-5 plan availability.
Dependabot is now generally available for Go private registries: it can update private Go modules hosted on enterprise registries and behind GOPROXY-compatible private proxies, alongside public modules in the same workflow, enabling automated version and dependency updates for private Go code.
GitHub shipped improvements to GitHub Copilot in Eclipse that add more context options, smoother workflows, and better customization to make the extension smarter and easier to use.
GitHub has released two new GitHub Actions that utilize the GitHub Models inference API to assist open source maintainers. These include an AI assessment comment labeler to help streamline issue triage using trigger labels.
GitHub introduced a new organization sharing option for sparks and enhanced the local development experience with smoother workflows and various fixes.
GitHub updated the profile menu in global navigation to make it more action-specific, simpler, and faster to reach common destinations.
GitHub updated the /dashboard-feed page to align it with improvements made to the homepage “For you” feed, delivering a refreshed, more consistent, and faster experience across the site.
GitHub announced improvements to the web UI to make file navigation and editing faster and simpler. A highlighted change is seamless editing from search results so that search hits link directly to files with the ability to open and edit them in the web editor.
GitHub Enterprise Cloud launched Enterprise Teams in public preview to simplify enterprise user management and Copilot license administration; enterprise owners can now add users directly to the enterprise and manage Copilot access at the enterprise level.
GitHub announced that the remote GitHub MCP Server is now generally available, with OAuth-based authentication, expanded tooling, and strengthened security guardrails to support production use.
GitHub announced that Copilot code review now supports path-scoped custom instruction files, letting repositories provide targeted review guidance for specific directories or files using existing instruction files.
GitHub released CodeQL 2.22.4 (2025-09-02), adding support for Go 1.25 and delivering accuracy improvements to its static analysis engine used by GitHub Code Scanning to find and remediate security issues.
GitHub updated license-based budgets so they now use license counts instead of dollar amounts, simplifying management for enterprise and organization licenses.
GitHub will automatically email developers with write access to repositories that are part of security campaigns, so they receive notifications without having to subscribe to repository activity.
GitHub is introducing new resource consumption limits to its GraphQL API to maintain infrastructure stability and dependability.
GitHub Copilot’s Next Edit Suggestions (NES) feature is now in public preview for JetBrains IDEs, enabling proactive code editing and improvement suggestions.
GitHub has added support for WebP images on github.com and GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency. Previously, WebP uploads caused broken previews or required downloads.
GitHub Copilot coding agent now supports AGENTS.md custom instructions, allowing users to guide the agent on project understanding and how to build, test, and validate changes.
Raycast, a macOS launcher, now supports interaction with AI agents, including starting and tracking GitHub Copilot coding agent tasks.
GitHub has introduced a public preview of enhancements to the home dashboard, focusing on content and layout improvements to help users track their key work status and navigation.
OpenAI’s GPT-5 mini is now publicly available in preview for GitHub Copilot users within Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse.
The August 2025 update for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022 (v17.14) introduces a smarter Copilot powered by GPT-5, general availability of the Microsoft Copilot Platform (MCP), and enhanced user control features.
GitHub Copilot now supports creating sub-issues and managing issue relationships via chat on github.com/copilot, available in public preview.
Copilot code review is now generally available in Xcode. A new enterprise and organization setting for Copilot code review has been introduced for admins.
GitHub Copilot’s code completion feature has been upgraded to use the GPT-4.1 Copilot model, which enhances coding capabilities and includes updated training data beyond the previous knowledge cutoff.