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The role of junior developer is evolving. If you’re at this stage in your career, here’s how to keep up and stand out.

What’s new We’re updating the default tab size when viewing code and code snippets on GitHub from eight spaces to four spaces. This change affects all logged-out users and new…

What’s changed New contributors often miss detailed contributing guidelines because these files are hard to find within repositories. Their poor discoverability creates friction for newcomers, limiting onboarding and community growth.…

✅ Overview We’re streamlining the experience for users who belong to organizations requiring SSO authentication. With this release, multiple SSO banners that previously appeared throughout GitHub are consolidated into a…

GPT-5, OpenAI’s latest frontier model, is rolling out in public preview in GitHub Copilot. GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced model to date, delivering substantial improvements in reasoning, code quality, and…

You can now automatically generate robust test suites and an evaluator for your prompts using the GitHub CLI and the PromptPex methodology. The new generate command analyzes your .prompt.yml file…

Earlier, we announced copilot-instructions.md customization for Copilot code review was in public preview. Now it is generally available! All you need to do is add a copilot-instructions.md file in your…

As of August 6, 2025, the GPT-4o model has been officially deprecated in Copilot Chat and is no longer available. GPT-4.1 is now the recommended model and offers improved performance…

Anthropic’s latest model, Claude Opus 4.1, is now available in GitHub Copilot. Claude Opus 4.1 is the successor to Claude Opus 4. As Anthropic’s most capable model, it supports extended…

GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency users with a paid GitHub Copilot plan will now be billed for premium request usage. What’s changed: GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency users…

We’re rolling out a new enterprise-level control for bring your own key (BYOK) in GitHub Models. This new control helps admins manage access to custom models across their organizations. Going…

The improved repository creation experience is expanding and moving to an opt-out preview. We’ve introduced a number of tweaks during the preview based on community feedback, like ensuring repository visibility…

As of today, npm trusted publishing with OpenID Connect (OIDC) is now generally available. This feature enables you to securely publish npm packages directly from CI/CD workflows using OpenID Connect…

What’s new You can now dismiss or reopen multiple Dependabot alerts at once across your entire organization, making alert management more efficient for security and development teams. Previously, organization-level alert…

We’re investing in keeping Dependabot relevant for modern development teams, whether you’re experimenting with a new language or relying on the latest version of your favorite package manager. We’ve expanded…

Introducing the brand new GitHub Podcast: A show dedicated to the topics, trends, stories, and culture in and around the open source developer community on GitHub.

We’ve enhanced the model selection experience in Copilot Chat on GitHub Mobile. Model selection is now smoother and more intuitive. When you tap View all models in the model picker,…

More context can mean more attack surfaces for your projects. Be prepared for what lies ahead with this guide.

What’s changed? Historically, users on GitHub have been able to set their preferred tab width for viewing code, but this preference was not reliably respected throughout the site. Inconsistent tab…

Stuck between idea and implementation? Spending weeks on mock ups or docs that never ship? GitHub Spark takes you from idea to deployed app in minutes. Build and ship full-stack…