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You can now choose whether commit comments are enabled or disabled by default for repositories owned by your personal account. This makes it easier to manage commit comment behavior across…

Agentic workflows that run on every pull request can quietly accumulate large API bills. Here’s how we instrumented our own production workflows, found the inefficiencies, and built agents to fix them.

GitHub repository rulesets now support two frequently requested features: adding individual users as bypass actors and renaming branches covered by organization rulesets. Add individual users as bypass actors You can…

Following the Copilot coding agent to Copilot cloud agent rename, the Copilot usage metrics API now includes a new used_copilot_cloud_agent field in user-level reports. This boolean field mirrors the existing…

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,…

It’s now easier to configure Dependabot and code scanning for organizations that rely on multiple internal package feeds. Previously, organization-level settings only allowed a single private registry configuration per ecosystem…

Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) exports from repository pages and new API endpoints are now asynchronous operations. Previously, navigating to a repository’s dependency graph page and clicking the Export SBOM…

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…

Repository admins can now disable comments on individual commits, a small but meaningful improvement for maintainers dealing with unwanted noise on old commits. A new “Commits” section in repository settings…

Learn how to integrate the Copilot SDK into a React Native app to generate AI-powered issue summaries, with production patterns for graceful degradation and caching.

Copilot usage metrics now provides full clarity into model usage when auto model selection is enabled. Activity that previously appeared under a generic “Auto” label now resolves to the actual…

You can now assign Dependabot alerts to specific users, helping your team track and remediate dependency vulnerabilities more effectively by assigning clear ownership of alerts. How it works From the…

As we announced in October of 2025, we deprecated several Dependabot-specific pull request comment commands today in favor of GitHub’s native pull request features and functionality. This change is intended…

You can now link build artifacts like containers and binaries to GitHub and add storage and deployment context, even if the artifacts live outside GitHub. This helps you get code-to-cloud…

GitHub Enterprise customers can now configure enterprise-scoped budgets that exclude cost center usage, allowing specific portions of an enterprise to incur additional usage while limiting the rest. Previously, this required…

Hierarchy view for GitHub Projects is now available in public preview. You can now view your full issue hierarchy directly in project table views, giving you clear visibility into complex…

Code scanning alert assignees are now generally available, helping your team track and remediate security vulnerabilities more effectively by assigning clear ownership of alerts. What’s new in general availability? Since…

To help you track and remediate secret scanning alerts more effectively, secret scanning alert assignees and security campaigns are now generally available. What’s new? Notifications: Alert assignees receive email notifications…

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,…