08/2025

Dependabot now supports automatic dependency updates for vcpkg, the free C/C++ package manager from Microsoft. This enables teams using vcpkg to keep their C and C++ dependencies secure and up-to-date…

Following our previous announcement, the Dependabot reviewers configuration option has been removed. We’ve retired this configuration option because the functionality overlaps with GitHub code owners. You can use code owners…

Summary We’re introducing improvements to the GitHub Activity Events API to provide a fresher, more scalable experience for everyone using GitHub event data. By reducing the size of data payloads,…

We’ve updated our Pre-release License Terms to make it easier for our enterprise customers to try out GitHub preview features. Indemnity now included: Volume licensing customers are now covered by…

The latest AI model from OpenAI, GPT-5, is now available on GitHub Models. GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced model, offering major improvements in reasoning, code quality, and user experience. It…

The Copilot activity report download process is now asynchronous. When an admin requests the report, it is generated in the background, and the user receives an email with a link…

The July 2025 update to GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code (v1.103) focuses on making chat and agent workflows more reliable and easier to manage. Below are select highlights from…

What’s new We’re updating the default tab size when viewing code and code snippets on GitHub from eight spaces to four spaces. This change affects all logged-out users and new…

What’s changed New contributors often miss detailed contributing guidelines because these files are hard to find within repositories. Their poor discoverability creates friction for newcomers, limiting onboarding and community growth.…

✅ Overview We’re streamlining the experience for users who belong to organizations requiring SSO authentication. With this release, multiple SSO banners that previously appeared throughout GitHub are consolidated into a…

GPT-5, OpenAI’s latest frontier model, is rolling out in public preview in GitHub Copilot. GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced model to date, delivering substantial improvements in reasoning, code quality, and…

Starting today, Linux and Windows arm64 standard hosted runners in public repositories are generally available. Developers can take advantage of the performance benefits of using arm64 processors or run their…

You can now automatically generate robust test suites and an evaluator for your prompts using the GitHub CLI and the PromptPex methodology. The new generate command analyzes your .prompt.yml file…

Earlier, we announced copilot-instructions.md customization for Copilot code review was in public preview. Now it is generally available! All you need to do is add a copilot-instructions.md file in your…

With GitHub Copilot coding agent, you can delegate tasks to Copilot that it will work on in the background. By adding custom instructions to your repository, you can guide Copilot…