Dependabot can now use OpenID Connect (OIDC) to authenticate with private registries, eliminating the need to store long-lived credentials as repository secrets. What’s new With OIDC-based authentication, Dependabot update jobs…
What languages are growing fastest, and why? What about the projects that people are interested in the most? Where are new developers cutting their teeth? Let’s take a look at Octoverse data to find out.
The Dependabot Proxy is now available as open source under the MIT license. What’s new You can now: Review the source code to see how authentication works for various package…
A senior engineer’s guide to architecting and extending Copilot’s real-world applications.
On February 9th, 2026, Docker and Docker Compose will be updated on all Windows and Ubuntu runner images except ubuntu-slim. This update allows you to take advantage of the latest…
Linux and Windows arm64 standard GitHub-hosted runners are now supported in private repositories. You can now use these free-tier eligible arm64 runners in all repositories, letting you take advantage of…
It’s now easier than ever to find exactly the issue you’re looking for with our improved search for GitHub Issues. Built on our new semantic index, you can now find…
Learn how GitHub built an accessible, multi-terminal-safe ASCII animation for the Copilot CLI using custom tooling, ANSI color roles, and advanced terminal engineering.
The GitHub MCP Server has arrived with improved capabilities to manage GitHub Projects with more efficient usage of the context window, automatic tool filtering based on your token’s permissions, and…
Explore the GitHub Copilot CLI and try interacting with Copilot directly from your terminal.
GitHub Issues are now significantly faster with 35% of issue views occurring in under 200ms, up from 2% at the start of the year. This is the first in a…
GitHub Actions 1 vCPU Linux runners are now generally available. All customers can now take advantage of these lower cost runners. These runners are optimized for automation tasks, issue operations,…
Now in technical preview, the GitHub Copilot SDK can plan, invoke tools, edit files, and run commands as a programmable layer you can use in any application.
GitHub Copilot CLI continues to push the boundaries of agentic AI assistance in your terminal. This week brings powerful new reasoning models, intelligent workflow features that let you steer conversations…
Run tests, fix code, and get support—right in your workflow. Stay focused and let Copilot handle the busywork.
Learn how I managed context to keep Copilot focused, used the Plan agent to sharpen vague requirements, and required Test Driven Development practices to catch bugs before users.
You can now link build artifacts like containers and binaries to GitHub and add storage and deployment context, even if the artifacts live outside GitHub. This helps you get code-to-cloud…
Copilot memory is now available in public preview for all paid GitHub Copilot plans. Copilot memory enables Copilot to learn and retain useful details about your repositories. As you work…
Copilot’s cross-agent memory system lets agents learn and improve across your development workflow, starting with coding agent, CLI, and code review.
As we wrapped up 2025 and rang in 2026, we’ve continued to deliver new ways of working with agents in GitHub Copilot CLI while improving the terminal-native experience for all…
Announcing GitHub Security Lab Taskflow Agent, an open source and collaborative framework for security research with AI.
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