Welcome to Maintainer Month: Celebrating the people behind the code
What maintainers are telling us, what we’ve shipped, and how to celebrate the people behind open source.
What maintainers are telling us, what we’ve shipped, and how to celebrate the people behind open source.
Editor’s note (June 1, 2026): We updated this post to correct GPT-5.2 instead of GPT-5.2-Codex being the exception for Copilot Code Review. Editor’s note (May 29, 2026): We updated this…
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How we validated, fixed, and investigated a critical vulnerability in under two hours, and confirmed no exploitation.
Developers and engineering teams worldwide use GitHub Copilot for high-quality, agent-powered code reviews on every pull request. We understand that any change is significant to our customers, especially when it…
Starting April 27th 2026 and over the coming weeks, we will begin a staged rollout that updates the format of newly minted GitHub App installation tokens, making them more performant…
Two updates will change the way GitHub notifications and repository watches are retained. These updates are rolling out soon, and are expected to be completed over the next few months.…
With the release of v2.91.0, GitHub CLI sends pseudonymous usage telemetry to help us improve the product. We want you to understand what we send and why. Why we collect…
See how we created an emoji list generator during the Rubber Duck Thursday stream.
You can now selectively enable GitHub Copilot cloud agent (CCA) access on a per-organization basis. Previously, enterprise admins and AI managers could only enable the agent everywhere, disable it everywhere,…
Learn about the productivity tool one GitHub engineer built, and how AI supported the development process.
This week, we’re rolling out several improvements to our detection coverage, APIs, and workflows. These improvements strengthen our continued investment in the developer experience of our secret scanning features. Built…
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April 13, 2026 update: All GitHub Copilot Pro trials, including existing trials, have been paused while our investigation continues. In the meantime, if you were on a Copilot trial, you…
GitHub for Beginners: Getting started with the GitHub Copilot CLI, a step-by-step tutorial.
Editor’s note (April 15, 2026): We updated this post to include information about the deprecation of GPT-5.1. We have deprecated the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot…
Editor’s note (April 20, 2026): We updated this post to clarify in preview, VNET failover manual and not automated This month, GitHub Actions adds entrypoint and command overrides for service…
GitHub Codespaces is now generally available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency. You can create secure, configurable, instantly available cloud development environments while maintaining strict compliance with your data…
Editor’s note (May 1, 2026): Updated the deprecation date to May 6, 2026 from May 1, 2026. We will deprecate the following model across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot…
GitHub secret scanning continually updates its detectors, validators, and analyzers. Here’s what’s new. Nine new secret detectors from seven providers, including Langchain, Salesforce, and Figma. Secrets from Figma, Google, OpenVSX,…
You can now create GitHub Issues directly from Slack using natural language with the GitHub app for Slack. Mention @GitHub in any channel, describe the work you need to track,…
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