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How to build the “Trust Layer” for GitHub Copilot cloud agent without brittle scripts or black-box judgements by using dominatory analysis.

Dependabot and code scanning now support OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication for private registries configured at the organization level, eliminating the need to store long-lived credentials as repository secrets. What’s new…

The new Code Security Risk Assessment gives you a one-click view of vulnerabilities across your organization, at no cost.

You can now fix merge conflicts in three clicks with the new Fix with Copilot button on github.com, powered by Copilot cloud agent. Click the button, and a comment is…

npm trusted publishing now supports CircleCI as an OIDC provider, joining GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD. Maintainers publishing from CircleCI workflows can now eliminate stored credentials entirely and authenticate directly…

Each time Copilot cloud agent works on a task, it starts a new development environment powered by GitHub Actions. By default, this runs on a standard GitHub-hosted runner, but teams…

Copilot coding agent can now resolve merge conflicts on pull requests. To ask Copilot to resolve merge conflicts, mention @copilot in a comment and tell it what to do: @copilot…

Reviewed advisories hit a four-year low, malware advisories surged, and CNA publishing grew—here’s what changed and what it means for your triage and response.

You can now mention @copilot in pull requests to ask Copilot to make changes. You can ask @copilot to: Fix failing GitHub Actions workflows: @copilot Fix the failing tests Address…

When you delegate a task to Copilot coding agent, it works in the background, then requests your review. You can view the agent session logs to understand what Copilot did…

See how GitHub is investing in open source security funding maintainers, partnering with Alpha-Omega, and expanding access to help reduce burden and strengthen software supply chains.

Editor’s note (March 17, 2026): We updated this post to clarify that the v2.329.0 minimum version enforcement that has been paused applies only at configuration/registration time (i.e., when running ./config.sh…

Issue fields are now available in public preview for select GitHub organizations. If you’ve been using labels like priority/p0 or severity/high to track structured data in issues, you know the…

You can ask Copilot coding agent to make changes in any pull request by mentioning @copilot. This works in pull requests created by Copilot and in pull requests created by…

How Copilot code review helps teams keep up with AI-accelerated code changes.

Copilot code review now runs on an agentic tool-calling architecture and is generally available for all users with Copilot Pro, Copilot Pro+, Copilot Business, and Copilot Enterprise. For background, see…

When you trigger a workflow using the GitHub Actions workflow dispatch API endpoint, you’ll now have the option to receive metadata in the response that helps you map your request…

Copilot coding agent is our asynchronous, autonomous background agent. Delegate a task to Copilot, and Copilot works in the background in its own development environment, powered by GitHub Actions. By…

Copilot coding agent is our asynchronous, autonomous background agent. Delegate a task to Copilot, and Copilot works in the background in its own development environment, powered by GitHub Actions. Once…

Open source is hitting an “Eternal September.” As contribution friction drops, maintainers are adapting with new trust signals, triage approaches, and community-led solutions.

CodeQL is the static analysis engine behind GitHub code scanning, which finds and remediates security issues in your code. We’ve recently released CodeQL 2.24.1, improving support for Maven private package…