How Copilot helps build the GitHub platform
A breakdown of how Copilot coding agent has contributed to a better, more powerful GitHub.
A breakdown of how Copilot coding agent has contributed to a better, more powerful GitHub.
You can now assign GitHub code scanning alerts directly to Copilot to assist with automated remediation. This extends Copilot coding agent capabilities to security vulnerabilities, enabling faster resolution of common…
On January 27, 2026, several Dependabot-specific pull request comment commands will be deprecated in favor of GitHub’s native pull request features and functionality. This change is intended to reduce confusion,…
In August, we experienced three incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
Dependencies on issues are now generally available! You can now specify which issues are blocked by or blocking others, making it easy for teams to define work that must be…
Now generally available, GitHub Secret Protection users have the ability to configure which secret scanning patterns are included in push protection. This customization helps you to better meet your organization’s…
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As of July 17, 2025 usage of https://models.inference.ai.azure.com for GitHub Models inference and embeddings is officially deprecated. This change follows the launch of the GitHub Models API on May 15,…
Stay in flow with the latest updates to GitHub Issues and Projects. You can now duplicate issues across repositories and start new issues from anywhere in the GitHub UI. These…
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GitHub code scanning customers can now require a review process before dismissing alerts, helping you manage security risks as well as meet audit and compliance requirements. What’s new Provide a…
GitHub Team plans can now configure and enforce organization-level rulesets! Previously, this powerful governance capability was limited to Enterprise plans, but now Team plan customers can scale their use of…
Delegated alert dismissal allows you to require a review process before secret scanning alerts are closed. This helps you better manage security risk, as well as meet audit and compliance…
GitHub now automatically computes and displays SHA256 checksums (digests) for all uploaded release assets. These digests are generated at upload time, immutable, and let you verify that downloaded assets haven’t…
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To provide a secure and dependable experience on GitHub, we’re rolling out updates to rate limits for requests made without authentication. These changes will apply to operations like cloning repositories…
Learn how to leverage GitHub Copilot to make your code more secure.
Keep control over the security posture of your organization with delegated alert dismissal. With this feature, you can require a review process before alerts are dismissed in code scanning and…
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