Announcing the Public Beta of GitHub Copilot Extensions 🎉

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GitHub Copilot Extensions are now available in public beta 🚀 to all GitHub Copilot users and open for any developer or organization to create extensions. Alongside, we’re introducing a comprehensive Copilot Extensions Toolkit,
designed to equip developers by centralizing the information they need
to build quality extensions.

💡 What are Copilot Extensions and how to use them

Copilot Extensions integrate with your favorite dev tools directly into Copilot Chat across Visual Studio, VS Code, and GitHub.com (with support for JetBrains IDE coming soon!). Interact with databases, testing frameworks, deployment tools, and more — all without leaving your flow. For example:
– Docker’s extension can help you generate the right Docker assets for your project
– New Relic’s extension can help instrument your system and onboard with New Relic from within your editor

Docker extension being invoked in chat

Additionally, enterprises and organizations have the ability to build private extensions. Copilot can interact with context from your internal developer tooling, execute workflows, and adhere to your organization’s best practices.

🏁 Getting Started

To use extensions
– If you have access to Copilot through a Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise subscription, an organization or enterprise owner needs to enable the Copilot Extensions policy for your organization or enterprise.
– Visit the GitHub Marketplace to install extensions.
– Get started with our documentation and start using extensions in Copilot Chat in GitHub.com or in the VS Code and Visual Studio editors.

To build extensions
– Access our documentation and Copilot Extensions Toolkit for tutorials and tools
– Develop your extension, and decide whether you want to keep it private to your organization or submit it to the GitHub Marketplace.
– VS Code extension developers can also add Copilot functionality to their existing VS Code extensions. Learn more here.

Share your experiences to help us improve the platform!
– Join the discussion within the GitHub Community.
– To share feedback on specific extensions, let us know in our Copilot Extensions feedback hub.
– If you’re building extensions, fill out the Extension Developer Survey for detailed feedback and feature requests.

Notice of upcoming deprecations and changes in GitHub Actions services

Over the next six months, we will be making the following changes and deprecations to the GitHub Actions service:

Reduction to Webhook rate limit in GitHub Actions
Starting October 1st, 2024 we will be adding a new rate limit of 1,250 requests per 10 seconds per repository for incoming Webhook events for GitHub Actions. After monitoring usage over the past several weeks, we believe that no customers will be impacted by this change, but if you believe you will need to exceed this in the future, please reach out to GitHub support.

Cache v1-v2 deprecation
Starting February 1st, 2025, Actions’ cache storage will move to a new architecture, resulting in the deprecation of v1-v2 of actions/cache. Attempting to use a version of the action after the announced deprecation date will result in a workflow failure. Please note: if you are pinned to a specific version or SHA of the action, your workflows will also fail after February 1st. We strongly encourage you to update your workflows to begin using v3 or v4 of actions/cache as soon as possible.

This deprecation will not impact any existing versions of GitHub Enterprise Server that are currently in use. Cached entries within their retention period will remain accessible from the UI or REST API regardless of the version used to upload. This announcement will also be added to the actions/cache repository.

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CSV exports for the CodeQL pull request alerts report

New Export CSV button highlighted on the CodeQL pull request alerts report

You can now export data from the CodeQL pull request alerts report in CSV format, enabling you to analyze prevention and autofix metrics offline or archive the data for future use. This functionality is available at both the organization and enterprise levels. Exports will respect all filters applied, allowing you to focus on the specific data most relevant to your needs. You can download all data where you have an appropriate level of access.

Learn more about tracking metrics on CodeQL pull request alerts and join the discussion within the GitHub Community.

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