09/2019

GitHub Actions is built on top of webhooks and checks and uses the CheckSuiteEvent for re-running workflows.  Using the CheckSuiteEvent for re-run can lead to non-deterministic results due to the…

We’ve updated the event filtering syntax for paths, branches and tags to better support common scenarios and address some customer feedback. In the initial syntax it was not possible to…

Repository and organization owners can now restore repositories that have been deleted in the past 90 days. Repositories that are not a part of a repository network will be accessible.…

We’ve fully deployed several updates to the GitHub Actions virtual environments. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Upgraded Ansible 2.8.4 to 2.8.5 Upgraded Azure CLI 2.0.71 to 2.0.73 Upgraded AWS CLI 1.16.221 to…

Project board columns can now be changed directly from an issue sidebar. This means less context switching between an issue and a project. There are also updated issue sidebar visuals…

The Actions tab is getting an exciting new look and many new features based on feedback from our users. Today you will see the following improvements: Runs are now organized…

Team Synchronization is now generally available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud organizations. With team synchronization, Enterprise Cloud organizations can synchronize Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) group membership to GitHub teams. We…

GitHub Actions uses the Checks API for representing and storing information about job executions. These checks appear in many places in the GitHub UI such as the merge box of…

GitHub Actions runner has been updated to version 2.158.0 with the following improvements: Support for Alpine based containers in job.<job id>.container andjob.<job id>.services. Stop overriding the working directory for job.<job id>.services containers.…

On September 30, 2019, GitHub Actions will stop running workflows written in HCL. You’ll need to migrate your HCL workflows to the new YAML syntax using the migration script.

GitHub now supports the WebAuthn standard for authentication. A broad array of security keys can be used across most major browsers (Apple will add support in Fall 2019). The following…

GitHub is now protecting users of CloudBees from accidental leaks of their API tokens. Token scanning scans all incoming commits in public repositories. If potential tokens are discovered, it sends…

When publishing a package in GitHub Package Registry, a release and corresponding tag will no longer be created. When publishing a package with a version corresponding to an existing tag…

Check annotations created on lines or files that were not modified as part of a pull request are now displayed on the “Files changed” tab, helping you fix test or…