04/2026

Rule insights dashboard GitHub repository rulesets are powerful, but it hasn’t been easy to spot trends like spikes in blocked pushes during an incident or patterns in bypass activity without…

Editor’s note (May 1, 2026): Promotional pricing ended on April 30th, and the premium request multiplier was updated to 15x. Claude Opus 4.7, Anthropic’s latest Opus model, is now rolling…

CodeQL is the static analysis engine behind GitHub code scanning, which finds and remediates security issues in your code. We’ve recently released CodeQL 2.25.2, which brings a new Kotlin version…

You can now selectively enable GitHub Copilot cloud agent (CCA) access on a per-organization basis. Previously, enterprise admins and AI managers could only enable the agent everywhere, disable it everywhere,…

Dependabot and code scanning now support OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication for private registries configured at the organization level, eliminating the need to store long-lived credentials as repository secrets. What’s new…

Artifact and deployment context now appears in two new places: repository properties and security alert pages. Repository properties: deployable and deployed Two new built-in repository properties—deployable and deployed—are now available.…

You can now link code scanning alerts to GitHub Issues, bringing security remediation into your existing planning and tracking workflows. This functionality is in public preview. With this update, you…

It’s now easier to configure Dependabot and code scanning for organizations that rely on multiple internal package feeds. Previously, organization-level settings only allowed a single private registry configuration per ecosystem…

This week, we’re rolling out several improvements to our detection coverage, APIs, and workflows. These improvements strengthen our continued investment in the developer experience of our secret scanning features. Built…

Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) exports from repository pages and new API endpoints are now asynchronous operations. Previously, navigating to a repository’s dependency graph page and clicking the Export SBOM…

Model selection is now available for the Claude and Codex third-party coding agents on github.com. Just like Copilot cloud agent, you can now select a model when kicking off a…

We’ve updated the GitHub Code Quality experience to make it easier to navigate and triage findings across your repository. GitHub Code Quality standard findings help you detect potential reliability and…

Editor’s note (April 24, 2026): Updated this post to include more detailed and specific information about these offerings. We also added links for reference. These changes were made in an…

You can now fix merge conflicts in three clicks with the new Fix with Copilot button on github.com, powered by Copilot cloud agent. Click the button, and a comment is…

The Copilot CLI is no longer a purely local experience. Today we’re launching copilot –remote: With remote capabilities, you can now monitor and steer a running CLI session directly from…