Agent automation controls in GitHub Issues in public preview
Agent automations increasingly label, type, assign, and close issues for you. GitHub Issues now shows the reason behind each change and lets you review them before they’re applied, so you…
Agent automations increasingly label, type, assign, and close issues for you. GitHub Issues now shows the reason behind each change and lets you review them before they’re applied, so you…
The filter bar in GitHub Projects views now supports advanced search, so you can build the exact view you need with logical AND and OR instead of maintaining a separate…
This week, we’re rolling out several improvements to secret scanning and public monitoring: Resend is now a GitHub secret scanning partner. Secret scanning now detects new secret types from APIclub…
New to GitHub? This beginner’s guide explains version control, repositories, and pull requests—plus everything else you need to start working confidently on GitHub.
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In June, we experienced six incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
This update brings Codex as a new agent provider in public preview, expands the Customizations editor with Hooks support and richer MCP server management, and introduces custom model support configured…
New Innovation Graph data shows global developer communities growing faster than ever, with collaboration reaching new highs across many economies.
GitHub had 20,000+ secret scanning alerts across 15,000 repositories. Here’s how we separated signal from noise, built remediation workflows, and reached inbox zero in nine months.
Enterprise administrators can now set model to auto in the enterprise managed-settings.json to make Copilot auto model selection the default for new conversations. Add auto to .github-private/.github/copilot/managed-settings.json in your source…
In June, we announced that we are retiring GitHub Models and closed it to new customers. We’re now sharing the timeline for the next step: GitHub Models will be fully…
GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers can configure AI standards through a managed-settings.json file maintained in a .github-private repository in a selected organization. This allows the enterprise to define new governance and…
We’re adding our first governance capability to the enterprise-managed settings configuration. Enterprise administrators can now set disableBypassPermissionsMode to “disable” in the enterprise-managed settings.json to prevent GitHub Copilot CLI and VS…
Copilot usage metrics reports now draw on server-side telemetry in addition to client signals, so more of your active Copilot users show up in reports. Enterprise usage reports returned by…
In May, we experienced nine incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
Install and configure LSP servers for GitHub Copilot CLI, replacing brute-force grep/decompile with real code intelligence.
Custom agents let GitHub Copilot CLI understand your stack and team workflows, turning one-off terminal prompts into repeatable, reviewable processes.
GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Enterprise Managed Users (EMUs) can now enforce GitHub’s native IP allow list configuration across user namespaces. This feature is now generally available. EMUs allow the enterprise…
At Microsoft Build 2026, GitHub introduced new tools, updates, and surfaces so agents can work the way you already work.
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As previously announced, the download URLs for Copilot usage metrics reports have migrated from Azure Front Door domains to a stable, GitHub-owned custom domain. This change improves URL stability and…
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