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Sign-up for the GitHub Copilot Extensions waitlist

Today, we are excited to open our waitlist for all GitHub Copilot users to start using Copilot Extensions!

Join the Copilot Extensions waitlist.

With extensions, you can extend the capabilities of GitHub Copilot Chat and enhance the experience to perform a wide range of actions across third-party tools, services, and data. Create feature flags, check log errors, access API documentation, and even deploy your application to the cloud, all through natural language.

Copilot Extensions are live on the GitHub Marketplace, with extensions from Octopus Deploy, Sentry, New Relic, and many more.

Questions or suggestions? Join the conversation in the community discussion.

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Copilot Metrics API Organization Team Metrics

We’re excited to share that usage metrics for GitHub Organization Teams are now available on the public beta of the GitHub Copilot Metrics API!

What metrics are available for GitHub Organization Teams?

  • Organization Team aggregates are available for teams with five or more Copilot license holders.
  • Teams must belong to the GitHub Organization which provisioned team members’ licenses.
  • The beta of the GitHub Copilot Metrics API is focused on serving metrics for Copilot Chat and code completions that take place in the IDE.
  • Code completion metrics include: Lines of Code Suggested, Lines of Code Accepted, Number of Suggestions, Number of Acceptances, and Active Users, with slices on language and IDE.
  • Copilot Chat metrics include: Number of Chats, Chat Suggestions Accepted, and Active Users. The endpoint does not currently feature slices on language or IDE for Chat metrics.

Documentation and Resources

See the following resources for help getting started:
– API Documentation: Explore the detailed API documentation, including metrics definitions here.
– Learning Pathway: You can find an extended article on measuring the impact of GitHub Copilot here.

Participate in the Public Beta!

Your feedback during this beta phase is invaluable to us. We encourage you to share your experiences, which will be instrumental in refining and enhancing the API as we look forward to the GA release.

Join the discussion within GitHub Community.

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Enterprise Team Metrics Now Available on the Copilot Metrics API

We’re happy to announce that metrics for GitHub Enterprise Teams are now available on the public beta of the GitHub Copilot Metrics API as of today.

The GitHub Copilot Metrics API is designed to supply you with information about Copilot’s usage within your organizations. The data from the API is intended to be consumed and combined with your organization’s own data to create greater visibility into how Copilot engagement fits into the bigger picture of your software development cycle.

What metrics are available for GitHub Enterprise Teams?

  • This iteration of the GitHub Copilot Metrics API is focused on serving metrics for Copilot Chat and code completions that take place in the IDE.
  • Code completion metrics include: Lines of Code Suggested, Lines of Code Accepted, Number of Suggestions, Number of Acceptances, and Active Users with slices on language, and IDE.
  • Copilot Chat metrics include: Number of Chats, Chat Suggestions Accepted, and Active Users. The endpoint does not currently feature slices on language or IDE for Chat metrics.
  • Enterprise Team-level aggregates are available for teams with five or more Copilot license holders.

Documentation and Resources

See the following resources for help getting started:
– API Documentation: Explore the detailed API documentation, including metrics definitions here.
– Learning Pathway: You can find an extended article on measuring the impact of GitHub Copilot here.

Participate in the Public Beta!

Your feedback during this beta phase is invaluable to us. We encourage you to share your experiences, which will be instrumental in refining and enhancing the API as we look toward the future.

Stay tuned for updates and enhancements throughout the beta period. We’re committed to delivering a robust and feature-rich API that meets your needs and expectations.

Join the discussion within GitHub Community.

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Revised release plan for Copilot subscription-based network routing

On July 31 we announced that network requests for Copilot would be routed based on a user’s Copilot subscription, giving customers the ability to block access to Copilot Individual. This change enables Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise customers to make sure all Copilot users on their networks are accessing Copilot through their Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise subscription, and that all Copilot user data is handled according to the terms of their Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise agreement.

We have rolled back that release in order to allow customers more time to make any necessary adjustments to their firewall settings.

On November 4, we will enable the feature and ensure that users are accessing Copilot through the specific endpoints for their Copilot subscriptions. This means only Copilot Business users will be able to connect to Copilot Business endpoints and only Copilot Enterprise users will be able to connect to Copilot Enterprise endpoints.

Important next steps to ensure continued access to Copilot

Between now and November 4, all Copilot customers should ensure they are following the firewall settings published in our docs. Specifically, this means customers should ensure access is allowed to the wildcard hostname https://*.githubcopilot.com, along with the other listed hostnames.

In order to ensure continued access to Copilot after November 4, all Copilot customers should:

  • Ensure access is allowed to the subscription-specific hostnames https://*.business.githubcopilot.com (for Copilot Business) or https://*.enterprise.githubcopilot.com (for Copilot Enterprise)
  • Update their IDE clients to at least these minimum versions:
  • For Visual Studio Code, use Copilot Chat version 0.17 or later
  • For JetBrains IDEs, use Copilot version 1.5.6.5692 or later
  • For Visual Studio, use version VS 2022 17.11 or later

Customers with an account rep that want to block access to Copilot Individual on their network before November 4 should follow these instructions instead of the previously published firewall docs:

  • Ask their account rep to opt them into the feature without waiting
  • Block access to https://*.individual.githubcopilot.com
  • Ensure access is allowed to the subscription-specific hostnames https://*.business.githubcopilot.com (for Copilot Business) or https://*.enterprise.githubcopilot.com (for Copilot Enterprise)
  • Update their IDE clients to at least these minimum versions:
  • For Visual Studio Code, use Copilot Chat version 0.17 or later
  • For JetBrains IDEs, use Copilot version 1.5.6.5692 or later
  • For Visual Studio, use version VS 2022 17.11 or later

Read more about subscription-based network routing here.

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Improving GitHub Copilot Completions in VS Code for C++ Developers

GitHub Copilot code completions are autocomplete-stye suggestions that appear inline as you code. Until today, they have used context from your active file and other tabs open in the editor to inform the suggestion that is returned. However, we know that more contextually relevant input leads to better suggestions. Our team has made changes to the C/C++ extension and the GitHub Copilot extension in VS Code to ensure that other relevant C++ context — like available types and methods — are also provided to Copilot completions.

When you use the latest version of the C/C++ extension and the GitHub Copilot extension together in VS Code, directly-referenced header files will be automatically considered when gathering additional context for Copilot completions, even if they’re not open in the editor. This helps to reduce hallucinations and provide more relevant suggestions.

To get started, make sure you’re using the GitHub Copilot extension version 1.205 or later and have an active GitHub Copilot subscription. You’ll also need the C/C++ extension version 1.21 or later with IntelliSense configured correctly. Our team is committed to C++ Copilot support in both Visual Studio and VS Code, and similar support is coming to Visual Studio in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12.

See more details in the C++ team blog here.

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Copilot network requests are now routed based on subscription

Note: This feature has been rolled back. For the latest information about this capability, view this new post. 

Starting today, network requests for Copilot are routed based on a user’s Copilot subscription. Requests for Copilot Individual, Copilot Business, and Copilot Enterprise users now route through different endpoints.

This change enables Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise customers to make sure all Copilot users on their networks are accessing Copilot through their Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise subscription, and that all Copilot user data is handled according to the terms of their Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise agreement. In essence, customers will be able to use their network firewall to explicitly allow access to Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise, and/or block access to Copilot Individual.

In 90 days, on October 31, 2024 we will enable enforcement of the user’s subscription on the new endpoints, ensuring only Copilot Business users can connect to Copilot Business endpoints and only Copilot Enterprise users can connect to Copilot Enterprise endpoints.

Read more about subscription-based network routing here.

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GitHub Copilot Chat and pull request summaries are now powered by GPT-4o

Copilot Chat and pull request summary generation now use GPT-4o, bringing the performance of OpenAI’s latest flagship model to all developers.

Copilot Chat is available in Visual Studio, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, GitHub Mobile apps, and GitHub.com.

To use the new GPT-4o model in your IDE, ensure you are using at least the minimum version of Copilot Chat specified here:

What this means for Copilot users

With this upgrade to GPT-4o, Copilot users will experience the following benefits:

  1. Faster response times – up to 55% faster TTFT (time to first byte)
  2. More accurate and reliable Copilot Chat responses – our testing showed a 60% increase in user satisfaction.

Commitment to quality

The upgrade process focused on our unwavering commitment to quality, safety, and security. Here’s what that entailed:

  1. Offline and online evaluation: We performed rigorous offline and online testing to ensure the model brings tangible benefits to users. This involved thorough benchmarking and running simulations of real-world software development scenarios to validate the improved performance and accuracy of GPT-4o.
  2. Red teaming: To preemptively address any potential safety issues, we conducted extensive red teaming exercises. These tests challenged the model to ensure it meets our high standards for safety and reliability in diverse coding environments.

We can’t wait to see what you create with the new GPT-4o-powered Copilot!

Let us know your feedback and join the discussion within the GitHub Community.

Happy coding!

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Copilot Chat in GitHub Mobile can answer questions about a specific repository, file and more

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Copilot Chat in GitHub Mobile just got smarter!

Copilot now has improved contextual awareness, allowing you to ask questions about the specific file or repository you are currently viewing.

Developers with a Copilot Enterprise license are also able to ask Copilot Chat for information about open issues, pull requests, and discussions.

This enhancement makes it easier than ever to get the assistance you need, exactly when you need it, all on the go.

Download or update GitHub Mobile today from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store to get started.

Learn more about GitHub Mobile and share your feedback to help us improve.

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Copilot Enterprise Mixed Licensing beta

Today, we’re introducing the beta for Copilot Enterprise Mixed Licensing within an enterprise. This grants GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers greater flexibility in selecting the best Copilot plans for their needs. Now, you can set a Copilot plan at the organization level instead of at the enterprise level.

Try it out now

To update an organization’s Copilot plan, an Enterprise Admin should navigate to Copilot Settings for the enterprise and select the desired plan via the dropdown menu for each organization.

Enterprise Mixed Licensing Dropdown Menu

Learn more about Copilot Enterprise Mixed Licensing in our documentation here and let us know what you think via Discussions.

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Copilot text completion for pull request descriptions beta

Enhance your pull request workflow: Copilot pull request text completion now in beta

Copilot text completion for pull request descriptions is now available to all Copilot Enterprise customers. After typing just a few characters, Copilot will suggest completions to finish your sentences, leveraging the context of the PR and linked issues to ensure highly accurate and relevant suggestions.

This feature is currently in beta. An enterprise or organization admin must enable beta features using the “Opt in to preview features” Copilot policy to access text completion.

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How to enable text completion for your Enterprise

An enterprise admin can enable beta features using the Copilot policy.

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For more information about policies for Copilot Enterprise, see the documentation.

Users can control the feature

This feature is on by default if you have a Copilot Enterprise seat and your organization has the “Opt in to preview features” policy enabled. Additionally, individual users have the ability to easily disable and reenable completions based on their personal preferences.

screen grab of user controlling text completion using the copilot menu in the pull request description

Learn more

To learn more, check the documentation for Copilot pull request text completion. This beta feature is subject to GitHub’s preview terms.

As always, we welcome any feedback on Copilot Enterprise in the discussion within GitHub Community.

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Secret scanning AI-generated custom patterns (general availability)

Secret scanning now helps you more easily define custom patterns with GitHub Copilot.

Generally available as of today, you can now leverage AI to generate custom patterns without expert knowledge of regular expressions.

Generate a secret scanning custom pattern with AI

What’s changing?

Defining custom patterns is now simpler and more efficient. You can leverage AI to generate patterns via text input — without expert knowledge in regular expressions.

With secret scanning, you can create your own custom detectors by using custom patterns. Formatted as regular expressions, these custom patterns can be challenging to write. Secret scanning now supports a pattern generator backed by GitHub Copilot in order to generate regular expressions that match your input.

How do I use the regular expression generator?

When defining a custom pattern, you can select “generate with AI” in order to launch the regular expression generator.

The model returns up to three regular expressions for you to review. You can click on the regular expression to get an AI-generated plain language description of the regular expression. You should still review this input and carefully validate performance of results by performing a dry run across your organization or repository.

Who can use the regular expression generator?

All GitHub Advanced Security customers on GitHub Enterprise Cloud can use the regular expression generator today. Anyone able to define custom patterns is able to use the regular expression generator (e.g. any admin at the repository, organization, or enterprise levels). You do not need a GitHub Copilot license to use the regular expression generator.

Learn more about the regular expression generator or how to define your own custom patterns.

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GitHub Copilot knowledge bases available in Visual Studio (preview)

GitHub Copilot Enterprise subscribers in Visual Studio can now use Copilot Chat to get answers enriched with context from Copilot knowledge bases. To try out this functionality, you’ll need to be running Visual Studio 17.11 Preview 3 or later.

You can access a knowledge base from any Copilot Chat conversation by typing @github, pressing the # key, selecting a knowledge base from the autocomplete, and then entering your question. Copilot will respond, using the Markdown documentation in your knowledge base as context for its answer.

For more details, check out the docs for Copilot Chat in Visual Studio. To try Copilot Chat yourself, download the extension.

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What’s new in mobile, June update

In June, we released a number of improvements to the GitHub Mobile apps, mostly focusing on accessibility and enhancing existing features.

iOS

  • You can now navigate to GitHub URLs by pasting them into the search bar on the Home tab. This makes it easier to quickly access repositories, issues, and pull requests from the app.
  • You can hide disruptive comments within GitHub discussions, and have added syntax highlighting for Haskell code snippets.
  • Addressed memory leaks when viewing changed pull request files and pinned repositories on user profiles.
  • Enabled opening draft releases without a tag directly within the app.
  • Displayed line counts next to long file names in pull request files changes navigation.
  • Aligned placeholders in comment views to the inputted text.
  • Improved keyboard navigation in the Explore feed to open selected repositories within the app instead of a web browser.
  • Aligned the account selection chevron next to the username in the Profile for accounts without a display name.
  • Scaled the current account login and display name with Dynamic Type on iPad.
  • Enhanced usability by opening the context menu on the first tap of the context button on comments.
  • Resolved issues causing crashes when viewing GIFs within repository source code.
  • Wrapped long URLs in repository profiles onto multiple lines for better readability.
  • Improved VoiceOver functionality by announcing no search results when searching for favorite repositories.
  • Made project single-select field pickers appear as buttons for assistive technologies.
  • Scaled usernames and repository names within headers in profile views with Dynamic Type.
  • Displayed the review author’s name for dismissed review events in the timeline.
  • Enabled expanding or collapsing security vulnerability reference details using VoiceOver within Copilot Chat code blocks.
  • Implemented an error message display when Copilot chat fails to generate a message.
  • Improved accessibility by announcing the role of reason selectors when sending feedback about a Copilot response.
  • Implemented a flash scroll bar indicator for Copilot suggested messages at large font sizes.

Android

  • Updated the name input dialog in the new file creation flow to alert users when attempting to use unsupported recursive paths.
  • Resolved issue where in-app language preferences were not applied to all sections in the issue or pull request screens.
  • Fixed commit id mismatch after updating a branch in pull request screen.
  • Fixed the accessibility role for comment author badges.
  • Improved color contrast and TalkBack in Home and Repository screens.
  • Improved keyboard shortcuts in Projects and Repository screens.
  • Improved keyboard navigation in the Profile screen.
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Copilot Enterprise knows about pull requests, discussions, and files – June Updates

June CE Changelog

Another month, and another exciting set of updates for Copilot Enterprise. Let’s dig in:

Copilot Chat in GitHub.com can now answer questions about your pull requests, discussions, and files.

Catch up on Pull Requests: Copilot can answer questions about a Pull Request and give you an overview of the changes the Pull Request introduces. To learn more, see “Asking questions about a specific pull request” in the GitHub docs.
– Try it yourself: Navigate to a Pull Request on GitHub.com, and ask Copilot to Tell me about this Pull Request

Get more out of Discussions Copilot can help you get up to speed quickly by summarizing discussions and discussion comments. In addition, Copilot can identify themes in the discussion and commentary made by different participants aiding you in catching up on context seamlessly. To learn more, see “Asking a question about a specific issue or discussion” in the GitHub docs.
– Try it yourself: Navigate to a discussion on GitHub.com, and ask Copilot to Summarize this discussion

Ask about Files and learn about recent changes: Copilot can now tell you about a file or retrieve the most recent changes in the file on any branch. Ask Copilot to tell you what has changed in a file to gain a deeper understanding into your codebase and what’s changing in it. To learn more, see “File details skill” in the GitHub docs.
– Try it yourself: Navigate to a file on GitHub.com, and ask Copilot to What's changed in this file recently?

Copilot Enterprise features are now available in Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio

As announced earlier this month, Copilot Enterprise features are now available in Visual Studio Code and in Visual Studio for the first time. (For Visual Studio, you’ll need to be running Visual Studio 17.11 Preview 2 or later.)

Chat with the context of the web in Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio: GitHub Copilot can now search Bing to find information outside of its general knowledge or your codebase. Just mention @GitHub, and Copilot will intelligently decide when to use Bing. Bing search is only available if enabled by an administrator – for more details, see “Enabling GitHub Copilot Enterprise features”.

Get answers from across your entire codebase in Visual Studio: Copilot Chat can now answer questions with understanding of your full repository, not just the tabs you have open. Index your repository on GitHub.com, and then ask a question mentioning @GitHub. You can ask questions like @GitHub Where is device detection implemented?.

Access your Copilot knowledge bases in Visual Studio Code: You can now access your knowledge bases from any Copilot Chat conversation by typing @GitHub #kb, selecting a knowledge base from the list, and then entering your question. Copilot will respond, using the Markdown documentation in your knowledge base as context for its answer.

As always, we welcome any feedback on Copilot Enterprise in the discussion within GitHub Community.

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