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You can now craft targeted custom instructions for Copilot code review and Copilot coding agent. The new excludeAgent property for .instructions.md custom instructions gives you exact control over when specific…

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio now includes an Auto option you can select from the model picker where Copilot picks the model for you. Auto is now available all Copilot…

We have deprecated Claude Sonnet 3.5 across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions) as of today, November 10th 2025. As…

Raptor mini, a new experimental model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot to Pro, Pro+, and Free plans in Visual Studio Code. You’ll be able to select the model…

To reduce unwanted noise and help you focus on what matters most, we’re removing notifications generated from mentions in commit messages. Previously, mentioning a user or team in a commit…

GitHub is updating how GitHub Actions’ pull_request_target and environment branch protection rules are evaluated for pull-request-related events. These changes will take effect on 12/8/2025. They aim to reduce security critical…

Editor’s note (November 18, 2025): We’ve updated this post to clarify impact on enterprises. Following the previous announcement notice, we retired GraphQL Explorer. Who this affects Customers who use the…

Increased limits for reusable workflows You can now use up to 10 nested reusable workflows and call up to 50 workflows in total from a given workflow run. The previous…

We’ve improved the GitHub Projects onboarding flow to help you get started faster, with options to connect and import items from a repository, set a default repository for new issues,…

TypeScript just became the most-used language on GitHub. Here’s why, according to its creator.

Editor’s note (November 5, 2025): We’ve updated this post to explicitly clarify that the affected tokens are npm tokens. Today marks another milestone in our ongoing effort to strengthen npm’s…

You can now require approvals from specific teams to merge changes into protected branches based on files and folders, giving you more control over who approves changes into specific branches.…

Enterprise owners can now delegate AI and Copilot policy as well as setup administration to their enterprise members and teams. You can now do this without granting broad enterprise ownership.…

We’re expanding our billing APIs with new capabilities to help you programmatically manage budgets, track usage, and access cost center data. Manage budgets via APIs You can now manage the…

As your AI-powered development workflows expand, so should your ability to effectively manage them. Today, we’re launching two new premium request SKUs for GitHub Copilot coding agent and GitHub Spark,…

GitHub’s annual month-long game jam is back for its 13th year! This November, make a game inspired by the theme WAVES—literal, digital, or emotional. 👋🏻 🌊 📡

The following models are now deprecated in GitHub Models. Please transition to the suggested versions to continue using the improved models with enhanced features: Mistral-Nemo users should transition to Mistral-small-2503.…

In this year’s Octoverse, we uncover how AI, agents, and typed languages are driving the biggest shifts in software development in more than a decade.

We’ve redesigned how you manage your Copilot coding agent tasks on github.com. Instead of jumping between pages to track progress, monitor changes, and manage tasks, everything you need now lives…

GitHub Code Quality is now available in public preview! It turns every pull request into an opportunity to improve. With in-context findings, one-click Copilot fixes, and reliability and maintainability scores,…

Copilot code review (CCR) now blends LLM detections and tool calling with deterministic tools like ESLint and CodeQL, delivering smarter reviews and a seamless handoff to the Copilot coding agent…