The new GitHub Issues – August 17th update
Over the past month, we’ve continued to improve the GitHub Issues beta as we work hand-in-hand with our beta users to make GitHub the place that developers can plan, manage…
GitHub Actions: macOS 11 Big Sur is generally available on GitHub-hosted runners
macOS 11 Big Sur is now generally available on GitHub-hosted runners. Use GitHub Actions to build and publish apps for the latest Apple ecosystem by updating your workflows to include…
Git password authentication is shutting down
As previously announced, starting on August 13, 2021, at 09:00 PST, we will no longer accept account passwords when authenticating Git operations on GitHub.com. Instead, token-based authentication (for example, personal…
Upload multiple files indicator
We are now indicating the number of files being uploaded in comments on GitHub.
Codespaces is generally available for Team and Enterprise
Today, Codespaces is rolling out progressively for organizations on Team and Enterprise Cloud plans. Organization owners can enable Codespaces in organization settings. Codespaces can be used for free through September…
Organization Overview Page
We’ve added an overview page containing key organization information similar to user profiles and re-emphasized repositories on their respective page.
Sunset Notice: OAuth Application API
As previously announced, on August 11 2021 at 14:00 UTC, GitHub will be removing the OAuth Application API to avoid unintentional logging of in-transit access tokens. Please refer to this…
Brownout Notice: API Authentication via Query Parameters for 48 hours
As previously communicated, on August 11, 2021 at 14:00 UTC for 48 hours, GitHub will be conducting the third and final scheduled brownout for API Authentication via Query Parameters. If…
GitHub Classroom extension for Visual Studio Code
You can now enable Visual Studio Code as a preferred editor for all Assignments in GitHub Classroom. To do so, select “Visual Studio Code” as a supported editor during Assignment…
GitHub Actions: Self-hosted runner events are now included in the Audit Log
The Audit Log now includes events associated with GitHub Actions self-hosted runners. This data provides enterprise customers with an expanded data set for security and compliance audits. New events will…
Dependabot Preview is shutting down
As announced in April, Dependabot Preview is shutting down today, as it has been replaced by GitHub-native Dependabot. To keep getting pull requests that update your packages, upgrade to GitHub-native…
GitHub App user-to-server REST API requests now have read access to public resources
API requests made by a GitHub App on behalf of a user that has authorized the app are known as user-to-server requests. The resources that can be accessed by these…
APIs for custom autolinks to external resources
You can now use the API (beta) to configure custom autolinks to external resources. The REST API now provides GET/POST/DELETE endpoints from which you can view, add or delete custom…
Better deep linking experiences on GitHub Mobile
If you use notifications on GitHub Mobile, you’ve probably had the frustrating experience of tapping on a notification only to end up in the wrong place on the timeline, unsure…
Search issues by label using logical OR
You can now search issues by label using logical OR. Simply use a comma to separate the labels. For example label:”good first issue”,bug will list all issues with a label…
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