GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — March update
March 2026 brought a major step forward for GitHub Copilot extensibility in Visual Studio, with custom agents, agent skills, and new tools that make the agent smarter and more capable.…
March 2026 brought a major step forward for GitHub Copilot extensibility in Visual Studio, with custom agents, agent skills, and new tools that make the agent smarter and more capable.…
The top-level Security tab across repositories, organizations, and enterprises has been renamed to Security & quality on github.com. This change restructures the navigation to colocate code quality findings alongside security…
GitHub Codespaces is now generally available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency. You can create secure, configurable, instantly available cloud development environments while maintaining strict compliance with your data…
We’ve extended the Credential revocation API to support additional token types, enabling you to programmatically revoke any exposed credentials found on repositories or elsewhere. This helps you quickly limit the…
A public preview of the refreshed pull requests dashboard is now available at github.com/pulls, introducing a new pull request inbox and saved views so you can organize and prioritize the…
A look at GitHub Actions’ 2026 roadmap, outlining how secure defaults, policy controls, and CI/CD observability harden the software supply chain end to end.
Reviewed advisories hit a four-year low, malware advisories surged, and CNA publishing grew—here’s what changed and what it means for your triage and response.
Custom images for GitHub-hosted runners are now generally available. Originally introduced in public preview in October 2025, this feature lets you start with a GitHub-curated base image and build your…
Since launching the public preview of GitHub Copilot coding agent for Jira, we’ve been listening closely to customer feedback. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to try…
Hey GitHub Community, We’ve made some important updates to our Privacy Statement and Terms of Service to keep you informed about how we handle your data. Notably, from April 24…
Copilot usage metrics now indicate which users have Copilot coding agent (CCA) activity. Enterprise and organization admins can identify which users are actively using Copilot coding agent on daily and…
Organization owners who want to manage Copilot coding agent access at scale can now do so programmatically with the new Copilot coding agent management REST APIs, available in public preview.…
Gemini 3.1 Pro is available in public preview to Copilot Enterprise, Copilot Business, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+. You’ll now be able to access the model in GitHub Copilot Chat…
You can now designate secret scanning push protection exemptions from your repository settings. Previously, exemptions could only be managed from security configurations at the organization and enterprise levels. What are…
Copilot usage metrics now provides full clarity into model usage when auto model selection is enabled. Activity that previously appeared under a generic “Auto” label now resolves to the actual…
To give enterprises the stability they need for internal security and safety reviews, GitHub has established a new commitment with long-term support (LTS) models available for Copilot Business and Copilot…
You can now receive Dependabot alerts when your repositories depend on npm packages with known malicious versions. When you enable malware alerting, Dependabot matches your npm dependencies against malware advisories…
GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) 3.20 enhances deployment efficiency, monitoring capabilities, code security, and policy management. Here are a few highlights in the 3.20 release: The improved merge experience on the…
GPT-5.4 mini, OpenAI’s latest fast version of their agentic coding model GPT-5.4, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. In early tests, GPT‑5.4 mini appears to be OpenAI’s highest-performing mini…
Organizations with secret scanning push protection can now designate specific roles, teams, and apps as exempt from push protection enforcement. Exemption status is evaluated at the time of each push.…
See how GitHub is investing in open source security funding maintainers, partnering with Alpha-Omega, and expanding access to help reduce burden and strengthen software supply chains.
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