What’s New in Mobile, October Update

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August and September contained a number of improvements to GitHub Mobile, including Focused Notifications for those high-priority items in your Inbox, a contribution graph widget on Android, and a continued focus on accessibility.

Introducing Focused Notifications

View important notifications first with the new Focused filter in the Inbox.

A screenshot of the GitHub Mobile app showing certain notifications filtered down by priority

Learn more about Focused Notifications in the Changelog blog post.

iOS

What’s new

  • When accessing content protected by SAML single sign-on (SSO) login, authenticate directly with your organization without logging out.
  • Achievement badges rotate in your palm, just as it would in real life.

Bug fixes

  • Activate filters in Explore via keyboard navigation.
  • Assistive technologies iterate through reviewer information in the pull requests.
  • Confirm saving draft or deleting content before dismissing modal forms.
  • Description of a forked repository isn’t cut off when using large text sizes.
  • Dismiss triage sheet view with mouse on iPadOS.
  • Dismiss user status update, repository watch settings or the edit “My Work” view using the Escape key on a connected hardware keyboard.
  • Filter bar doesn’t clip at large accessibility sizes.
  • Font sizes respect the user’s Dynamic Type preference when composing comments.
  • Hide “Read More” button when Explore item doesn’t include truncated content.
  • Hovering over Copilot button with trackpad or mouse on iPadOS shows a pointer effect.
  • Improved support for large accessibility sizes within user profiles, account lists, pull request review line numbers, repository headers, the Explore view, code review view, comment author usernames, and editing Home “My Work” items.
  • Items in the Explore feed no longer truncate when using large text sizes.
  • Merge confirmation dialog appears as a modal on iPadOS.
  • Merging or marking a pull request as ready for review updates the pull request state in the Inbox and Recent Activity list.
  • Moving an item from one project group to another updates the title of the group.
  • Project pickers for a repository shows projects owned by the repository owner.
  • Repositories in lists no longer truncate their content when using large text sizes.
  • Scale badge icons on repository profile with font size.
  • Tapping a user avatar or username within comments navigates to the user profile.
  • Tapping on links to issue and pull request comments scrolls to the destination comments.
  • The area next to floating elements no longer blocks scrolling.
  • Toast messages no longer overlap with other floating elements on the screen.
  • Toolbars for user input fields scale with font size.
  • User and organization details no longer truncate when using large text sizes.
  • Username in a comment doesn’t disappear when using large text sizes.
  • VoiceOver announces “Jump to file” and “Dismiss line selection” buttons when reviewing file changes.
  • When sharing an issue or pull request, assistive technologies distinguish between the two types of content.
  • When viewing a list of workflow runs that have no runs yet, an empty state displays on the screen.

Android

What’s new

Bug fixes

  • Actions workflow logs show clearer error messages.
  • Editing a file opened via permalink no longer shows an endless spinner.
  • Filtering notifications by repository is more accessible for TalkBack users.
  • Improved accessibility for bulk selection of notifications.
  • Improved keyboard accessibility when reordering shortcuts.
  • Improved keyboard navigation on Home tab.
  • Pull request review suggestions are accessible via keyboard navigation.
  • Releases are more accessible via keyboard navigation.
  • Replying to and resolving comments is more accessible with large fonts.
  • Subscribing or unsubscribing to an issue or pull request considers custom repository watch settings.
  • The code options screen is more accessible with large fonts.
  • When viewing a list of workflow runs that have no runs yet, an empty state displays on the screen.

EPSS Scores in the GitHub Advisory Database

The GitHub Advisory Database now features the Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) from the global Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), helping you better assess vulnerability risks.

EPSS scores predict the likelihood of a vulnerability being exploited, with scores ranging from 0 to 1 (0 to 100%). Higher scores mean higher risk. We also show the EPSS score percentile, indicating how a vulnerability compares to others.

For example, a 90.534% EPSS score at the 95th percentile means:

  • 90.534% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
  • 95% of other vulnerabilities are less likely to be exploited.

Learn more in the FIRST’s EPSS User Guide.

This feature will be available in GitHub Enterprise Server version 3.16 and later.

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Now you can choose a specific branch when using Copilot Autofix for code scanning

When using Copilot Autofix for historical alerts, you can now choose the branch to which you want to commit an autofix. You can also decide whether to then open a pull request, check out the branch locally, or open it in GitHub Desktop.

Copilot Autofix provides automatic fix suggestions for code scanning alerts in your codebase.

Example of committing Copilot Autofix to branch

This update integrates Autofix more closely within the developer workflow, so you can quickly iterate on fix suggestions and collaborate on those with your team.

For more information, see: About Copilot Autofix for CodeQL code scanning. If you have feedback for Copilot Autofix for code scanning, please join the discussion here.

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