Multiple assignees on Issues and Pull requests
Issues and pull requests often need to be assigned to more than one person. Multiple Assignees are now supported, allowing up to 10 people to be added to a given…
Issues and pull requests often need to be assigned to more than one person. Multiple Assignees are now supported, allowing up to 10 people to be added to a given Issue or Pull request.
Using multiple assignees
Assignees can be added and removed on the web UI by clicking on the assignees dropdown in the sidebar and adding multiple users.

Check out the documentation for more information on this feature.
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