Organization runner controls for Copilot cloud agent
Each time Copilot cloud agent works on a task, it starts a new development environment powered by GitHub Actions. By default, this runs on a standard GitHub-hosted runner, but teams…
Each time Copilot cloud agent works on a task, it starts a new development environment powered by GitHub Actions. By default, this runs on a standard GitHub-hosted runner, but teams…
Copilot cloud agent includes a built-in agent firewall to control Copilot’s internet access and help protect against prompt injection and data exfiltration. Until now, the firewall was configured at the…
Following our enterprise-level, user-level, and organization-level CLI metrics releases, we’re completing coverage with per-user CLI breakdowns in organization reports. Organization admins can now see which individual users are active on…
Organization custom instructions for GitHub Copilot, first introduced in April 2025, are now generally available. With organization custom instructions, Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise organization administrators can set default instructions…
On April 21, 2026, we’re deprecating and removing the following fields from the get an organization and update an organization REST API endpoints: advanced_security_enabled_for_new_repositories dependabot_alerts_enabled_for_new_repositories dependabot_security_updates_enabled_for_new_repositories dependency_graph_enabled_for_new_repositories secret_scanning_enabled_for_new_repositories secret_scanning_push_protection_enabled_for_new_repositories secret_scanning_validity_checks_enabled…
Following our enterprise-level release and our user-level release of CLI telemetry, we’re completing coverage with organization-level support. Organization admins can now view CLI-specific activity and usage totals in their 1-day…
GitHub Code Quality now includes an organization-level dashboard in public preview. It gives organization owners, administrators, and developers a view of code health across repositories where code quality is enabled.…
Managing role-based access standards across many organizations can be challenging, whether administration is centralized or decentralized in your enterprise. Enterprise administrators can now create a set of custom organization roles…
Organization owners within GitHub Enterprise can now discover and interact with both enterprise teams and organization teams through existing organization API endpoints. Previously, retrieving a complete view of all teams…
Until now, Copilot usage metrics dashboards were only available at the enterprise level. With this release, organization owners can view GitHub Copilot usage metrics for their organization directly in the…
Organization custom properties are now generally available, giving enterprise administrators a powerful way to tag organizations with metadata and automatically target enterprise rulesets. Why organization custom properties Enterprises often organize…
Organizations now have more granular control over who can request GitHub Apps and OAuth apps. This enhancement helps you implement stricter governance policies while maintaining flexibility for your security posture.…
As of January 12, 2026, we’re deprecating the ability to convert a personal user account directly into an organization. You can now use the Move work flow to selectively migrate…
Organizations now have more granular control over who can request GitHub Apps and OAuth apps. This enhancement helps you implement stricter governance policies while maintaining flexibility for your security posture.…
Organizations can now apply Copilot code review to all pull requests, including those from contributors without a Copilot license. Usage is billed seamlessly to the organization as premium requests, without…
You can now access your organization’s Copilot usage metrics via the Copilot usage APIs. The APIs contain reports with aggregated and user-specific metrics, including usage statistics for various Copilot features,…
Dependabot update jobs can now target specific self-hosted and larger GitHub-hosted Actions runners using custom labels. Previously, Dependabot required the single dependabot label. This change gives you finer control, improves…
Copilot coding agent, our asynchronous, autonomous background agent, now supports organization custom instructions. Custom instructions allow you to guide Copilot on how to understand your project as well as how…
Organization custom properties, now in public preview, let you add metadata to your organizations for streamlined ruleset targeting. What are organization custom properties? Just like custom properties for repositories, organization…
We’ve updated the blocked users view in organization and personal settings for improved transparency and easier record keeping. Previously, organization admins lacked clear visibility into moderation history and context for…
Starting October 1, 2025, GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC) metered usage will include details about which organization is billed for each GHEC license. With this update, enterprise owners and billing managers…
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