Rediscovering joy in learning: Jason Lengstorf on the state of development
We sit down with Jason Lengstorf on the GitHub Podcast, where he shares his perspective on education, AI, open source, and more.
We sit down with Jason Lengstorf on the GitHub Podcast, where he shares his perspective on education, AI, open source, and more.
Editor’s note (September 18, 2025): This article has been updated to explain that account-level $0 premium request budgets are being removed beginning on November 18, 2025. Learn more here. GitHub…
GitHub Copilot now offers contextual commit message suggestions for github.com file changes, making documentation an effortless part of your workflow. With this enhancement, Copilot automatically suggests a concise summary of…
The deprecation date for Copilot knowledge bases has been updated from September 12th to November 1st, 2025. Beginning November 1, 2025, GitHub Copilot knowledge bases will be retired and fully…
Gemini 2.5 Pro is now generally available to GitHub Copilot customers. The latest Gemini model from Google is their most advanced model for complex tasks. It shows strong reasoning and…
Now generally available, GitHub Secret Protection users have the ability to configure which secret scanning patterns are included in push protection. This customization helps you to better meet your organization’s…
You can now search for, add, and remove individual users in cost centers directly from the billing UI. Previously, managing cost center membership required using the REST API. This update…
GitHub Actions is powered by a diverse ecosystem of first-party and community contributed actions. If one of these actions has a vulnerability or is compromised by a malicious actor, it…
We’re shipping two improvements today to help users better manage pull requests and stay on top of important conversations. Clearer distinctions for pull request reviewer status and approvals We’ve enhanced…
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the quarterly release of data for the Innovation Graph, updated through March 2025.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) support with GitHub Copilot is now generally available for JetBrains, Eclipse, and Xcode! MCP empowers GitHub Copilot to integrate with external tools and data sources, enhancing…
We added the field last_authenticated_at to the Copilot user management API. It provides the UTC timestamp of a user’s most recent authentication. Previously, you could only access this field via…
In July, we experienced one incident that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
GPT-5 mini, OpenAI’s faster, more cost-efficient variant of GPT-5, is now rolling out in public preview in GitHub Copilot. It’s designed to provide quick and accurate responses for a variety…
The remote GitHub MCP server now scans all of its tool call inputs in public repositories. If an exposed secret is detected, the call is blocked by default with clear…
GPT-5, OpenAI’s latest frontier model, is rolling out in public preview to users of GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse. GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced model…
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.
tl;dr: I am stepping down as GitHub CEO to build my next adventure. GitHub is thriving and has a bright future ahead. The following is the internal post I sent to GitHub employees (Hubbers) this morning announcing my departure.
The Copilot activity report download process is now asynchronous. When an admin requests the report, it is generated in the background, and the user receives an email with a link…
✅ 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…
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