Securing your GitHub account with two-factor authentication
The benefits of multifactor authentication are widely documented, and there are a number of options for using 2FA on GitHub.
The benefits of multifactor authentication are widely documented, and there are a number of options for using 2FA on GitHub.
Organizations can now join GitHub Sponsors using a personal bank account, in addition to using a business bank account or a fiscal host. Learn more about setting up GitHub Sponsors…
We’ve expanded our REST and GraphQL APIs for interaction limits to include two recently released features: set and query interaction limits for user accounts set longer interaction limits on repositories,…
We’ve added temporary interaction limits to user accounts. Users can set temporary limits on who can interact with their public repositories for up to six months. You can use them…
Until now, organization admins couldn’t view Actions and Packages billing history if the organization was part of an enterprise account. Now, organization admins can view that information so they can…
Protect your team’s code with secure software development best practices like setting up SAML/SCIM integrations, enforcing policies to avoid code leakage, and more.
Now available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud, SAML SSO and SCIM membership provisioning can be configured at the enterprise account level with an app template from the Okta Integration Network. This…
You can invite a trusted user to manage your user-owned repositories in the event you are unable to. For more information on appointing an account successor, see the maintaining ownership…
We’ve made some updates to our plans for developers and teams. Free plans: GitHub Team For Open Source is now GitHub Free Organizations and individuals on GitHub Free can now…
Enterprise accounts now have a public schema preview available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. As part of this preview, enterprise owners have the ability to manage enterprise accounts via the GraphQL…
We’ve introducing the enterprise account to help GitHub Enterprise customers manage multiple GitHub organizations. The enterprise account can centrally manage policy and billing subscription from a seamless interface. Learn more…
Finding compromised passwords and two-factor recovery checkups
In February, we shipped the “Recover Accounts Elsewhere” feature to help people regain access to their accounts if they lose access to their two-factor device or token. It is an…
GitHub joined the United Nations Development Programme in Ghana to explore how open source governance can support one of West Africa’s most ambitious digital reform efforts.
Enterprises can now control which plugins their users can install in GitHub Copilot CLI and VS Code. This setting is now available in public preview. Add strictKnownMarketplaces to your enterprise-managed…
For a timely response to security incidents involving compromised accounts or stolen credentials, GitHub Enterprise owners can now use new “break-glass” capabilities to instantly revoke all credentials for a given…
We’re calling for targeted amendments to resolve conflicts with open source licensing and align with international transparency frameworks while preserving regulatory intent.
The GitHub Copilot app now supports bring your own key (BYOK), so you can run agent sessions against your own model providers, including OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Foundry, Anthropic, LM…
We will deprecate Opus 4.6 (fast) across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions), on June 29th, 2026: Model Deprecation date…
Learn how pull request limits can help manage contribution volume in your repositories, and see what’s next on the roadmap.
How GitHub Copilot is making more of each session go toward useful work, so your credits go further.
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