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Learn how maintainers are using the GitHub MCP Server and what they are building in this episode of the GitHub Podcast.

Learn how the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund helped 71 open source projects significantly improve their security posture through direct funding, expert guidance, and actionable playbooks.

Following our previous announcement, the Dependabot reviewers configuration option has been removed. We’ve retired this configuration option because the functionality overlaps with GitHub code owners. You can use code owners…

Summary We’re introducing improvements to the GitHub Activity Events API to provide a fresher, more scalable experience for everyone using GitHub event data. By reducing the size of data payloads,…

We’ve updated our Pre-release License Terms to make it easier for our enterprise customers to try out GitHub preview features. Indemnity now included: Volume licensing customers are now covered by…

The latest AI model from OpenAI, GPT-5, is now available on GitHub Models. GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced model, offering major improvements in reasoning, code quality, and user experience. It…

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…