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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.