Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic’s latest Sonnet-class model, now available in GitHub Copilot. It brings strong coding performance to everyday development and agentic workflows, giving developers a new Sonnet-class option…
You can now use branch rulesets to block pull requests from merging when test coverage drops below thresholds you set. You can set a minimum coverage percentage, a maximum allowed…
You can now scan and navigate release pages more easily with a dedicated sidebar table of contents. We also updated release metadata placement for a more consistent layout so it’s…
Today, JetBrains and GitHub are announcing a deeper integration between JetBrains AI Assistant and GitHub Copilot. Millions of developers already rely on the GitHub Copilot plugin as their AI pair…
Enterprises can now manage their dependencies’ licenses at scale with sophisticated, ruleset-based checks that enforce a centralized policy. Open source license compliance is in public preview, letting you block noncompliant…
Dependabot will no longer attempt to infer .npmrc configuration for npm private registries. Previously, Dependabot tried to reconstruct .npmrc contents from lockfile resolved URLs, but incorrect lockfile URLs, lockfile format…
Starting August 25, 2026, GitHub will introduce a data retention policy for closed Dependabot security alerts. This policy gives you a clear commitment for how long your alert data stays…
As part of our ongoing commitment to protect our users and ensure responsible use of our platform, the Notifications team will soon introduce access restrictions to several public API endpoints…
Enterprise admins can now set a cost center user-level budget: one per-user AI credit budget on a cost center that applies to every individual in it. As membership changes, the…
Claude Opus 4.8 (fast mode) is now rolling out in preview on GitHub Copilot. Fast mode delivers significantly faster output token speeds while maintaining the same intelligence as Claude Opus…
Repository admins can now restrict issue creation to collaborators with write access. This gives you more control over who can open issues and helps reduce unwanted issue creation, while keeping…
Building on the AI adoption phase cohorts added to the Copilot usage metrics API, organization and enterprise reports now report the total number of pull requests merged by each adoption…
GitHub Actions now issues read-only cache tokens to the default branch for workflow events that can be triggered without write permissions to the repository. This applies least privilege to the…
MAI-Code-1-Flash, Microsoft AI’s in-house coding model, is now generally available for GitHub Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise, building on its recent expansion across Copilot surfaces. Purpose-built for coding and optimized…
GitHub Desktop 3.6 brings more of your day-to-day Git flow into one place with GitHub Copilot now powering commit authoring and merge conflict resolution, plus new Git worktree support. The…
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