For a timely response to security incidents involving compromised accounts or stolen credentials, GitHub Enterprise owners can now use new “break-glass” capabilities to instantly revoke all credentials for a given…
Copilot Free and Student plans will now use Copilot auto model selection as the default and only model selection experience. Auto dynamically selects the best model for each task, removing…
Secret scanning now includes extended metadata for Replicate secrets, providing richer context for leaked credentials. Extended metadata support This pattern now includes extended metadata when detected, providing richer context about…
Repository-level REST APIs for Code Quality findings are now available in public preview, bringing API support closer to the functionality already available in the GitHub UI. Two new read-only endpoints…
Dependabot can now read from private GitHub Packages registries without a personal access token. If a package has granted your repository access through “Manage Actions access” in the package settings,…
The redesigned terminal interface for GitHub Copilot CLI that we previewed at Microsoft Build 2026 is now generally available. You get a tabbed layout for working with GitHub directly from…
Dependabot no longer supports Python version 3.9, which has reached its end-of-life. If you continue to use Python 3.9, there’s a risk that Dependabot will not create pull requests to…
The GitHub Copilot app now supports bring your own key (BYOK), so you can run agent sessions against your own model providers, including OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Foundry, Anthropic, LM…
This update adds support for organization and enterprise agents from GitHub, lets you queue and steer messages in Copilot CLI sessions, introduces a new agent debug logs summary view, and…
The Copilot usage metrics API now reports how many AI credits each user consumed per day, derived from the same AI credits consumption data used in the usage-based billing API.…
We will deprecate Opus 4.6 (fast) across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions), on June 29th, 2026: Model Deprecation date…
MAI‑Code‑1‑Flash, Microsoft’s purpose‑built small coding model, is now available across additional GitHub Copilot surfaces. MAI‑Code‑1‑Flash can now be used in: Copilot CLI Copilot cloud agent GitHub Copilot app Copilot Chat…
Copilot code review now supports repository-level AGENTS.md files, and it’s easier to request a review from Copilot on draft pull requests with the Request button. These changes are all generally…
Duplicate issues are one of the biggest time sinks for maintainers: triaging the same bug filed multiple ways, closing duplicates, and linking back to the original. For large repositories, this…
Searching for pull requests using author: now shows pull requests opened by Copilot cloud agent on the user’s behalf. For example, searching with author:@me on github.com/pulls will return your own…
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