You can now let visitors to your repository know which issues are the most important by pinning up to 3 of them at the top of the issues list.
Restricting open new issue for repositories with issue templates
For repositories with issue templates, the “Open new issue” from comments option will be restricted to users with write access.
When interacting with Related Issues, tab-ing from the issues interface will now skip the listed duplicate Related Issues. Additionally, you can hide the results by using the esc key.