Allow bypassing required pull requests
Administrators can now allow specific users and teams to bypass pull request requirements. For context, this image shows how administrators can use branch protections to require pull requests for all…
The new GitHub Issues – November 18th update
After our GitHub Issues public beta announcement at GitHub Universe, we’ve seen teams start to engage with and adopt project tables, boards and all of our recently released features. Now that we’re…
Debugging CodeQL code scanning made easier by retaining diagnostic artifacts in Actions
It’s now easier to debug problems with CodeQL code scanning: an optional flag in the Actions workflow file will trigger diagnostic data to be uploaded as an artifact to your…
Preview the Markdown rendering of gists
You can now preview renderings of Markdown files that you edit in GitHub Gist. It has long been possible to preview the Markdown rendering of file edits or comments on…
GitHub Enterprise Cloud self-service compliance reports for 2021 are now available
GitHub Enterprise Cloud administrators can now download and view the latest GitHub SOC 1, Type 2 and SOC 2, Type 2 compliance reports for 2021. These reports can be found…
Deprecating non-audit-related advisory fetch endpoints for the npmjs.com registry API
On February 16, 2022, all non-audit-related npm Advisory APIs will be deprecated. Historically these undocumented APIs have been used to programmatically access advisory data. If you don’t use these APIs,…
Sponsorship Transaction Metadata
You can now add custom parameters to your sponsorship URL in order to see what links your sponsors are coming to you from. Learn more about formatting your custom URLs…
Managing keyboard shortcuts using accessibility settings
You can manage your keyboard shortcuts using the new accessibility settings page. You can choose to disable “character key shortcuts”. This turns off keyboard shortcuts that only use single characters…
GitHub Actions: Windows Server 2022 with Visual Studio 2022 is now generally available on GitHub-hosted runners
Windows Server 2022 with Visual Studio 2022 is now generally available on GitHub-hosted runners. To use it now, simply add runs-on: windows-2022 in your workflow file. Otherwise, our recommendation is…
Right-to-left language support
Right-to-left languages are now supported natively in Markdown files, issues, pull requests, discussions, and comments. Do you think they could be even better? Let us know how we can improve…
Scheduled billing maintenance
On Saturday November 13, 2021 from 7:00PM to 9:00PM PST, GitHub’s billing systems will undergo scheduled maintenance. During this time period, certain payment functionalities will be unavailable including: Adding a…
Export GitHub Advanced Security license usage data
You can now export your Advanced Security license data to review usage across your business. The CSV data can be downloaded at both enterprise and organization level, and contains: the…
Linkify selected text on URL paste
You can now quickly create a Markdown link in all Markdown-enabled fields, like issue comments and pull request descriptions, by pasting a URL on text that you have previously selected.…
Team member pull request review notifications can be configured independently of auto assignment
The “Only notify requested team members” setting can now be enabled independently of “Enable auto assignment” in the Team’s code review settings. This is useful in scenarios where many users…
GitHub Actions: Input types for manual workflows
You can now specify input types for manually triggered workflows allowing you to provide a better experience to users of your workflow. In addition to the default string type, we…
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