08/2026

GitHub now uses package registries like npmjs.org and PyPI to determine license information for software components in the dependency graph. This improves the accuracy and completeness of the licenses shown…

You can now block or unblock users directly from comments on pull requests and issues in repositories owned by personal GitHub accounts. To block or unblock a user: Open the…

Gemini 3.7 Flash, Google’s latest Flash model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. From our early testing, the model has made improvements in web and app development and agentic…

You can now build a plugin once and use it across all compatible agent clients. We published Agent Plugins 1.0 on August 6 with AWS, Anysphere, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Vercel.…

The rule insights dashboard is now in public preview at the organization level. You get a visual, high-level view of how GitHub evaluates and enforces your GitHub repository rulesets, so…

GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) 3.22 is now available and introduces new capabilities across the platform. Here are a few highlights in the 3.22 release: Administrators can configure Copilot CLI to…

This update brings persistent memory, local model access, and more enterprise controls to GitHub Copilot for JetBrains. It also improves everyday chat workflows and resolves reliability issues across MCP servers,…

You can now convert your existing branch protection rules to repository rulesets directly from your repository settings. This helps you migrate to GitHub’s more flexible and scalable policy framework without…

With the launch of MAI-Code-1.1-Flash, we will deprecate MAI-Code-1-Flash across all GitHub Copilot experiences on September 10, 2026: Model Deprecation date Suggested alternative MAI-Code-1-Flash 9-10-2026 MAI-Code-1.1-Flash Please update your workflows…

MAI-Code-1.1-Flash, Microsoft’s latest small-tier coding model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. Building on MAI-Code-1-Flash, it adds native vision support for image understanding and delivers improvements across coding quality,…

You can now see a per-model breakdown of the tokens behind your AI credits in the usage report. For each model, the AI usage report shows the input, output, cache…

We’ve made improvements to Copilot Chat on github.com that make it easier to use. These include easier access to your recent conversations in chat, the ability to minimize the chat…

Customers in India can now use eligible saved credit cards for automatic recurring payments on monthly and annual GitHub bills. This update uses a payment mandate, also known in the…

Update (August 14, 2026): Pausing the custom thread subscriptions deprecation We’re pausing the planned deprecation of custom thread subscriptions. Your feedback highlighted how integral this feature is to many developers’…

This week’s updates across GitHub Copilot in the desktop app, CLI, and VS Code help you resume and organize work, review changes, and ask questions without losing context. GitHub Copilot…