GitHub

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Deprecating Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash across all GitHub Copilot experiences (Chat, inline edits, ask/agent modes, and code completions).

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Copilot CLI can now authenticate using the built‑in GITHUB_TOKEN within GitHub Actions

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Public preview of Copilot agent session streaming for GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers

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Added AI credit pool support for cost centers, allowing caps on monthly included AI credit usage.

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Issue fields are now generally available for all GitHub organizations on Free, Team, Enterprise, and Enterprise Cloud with data residency plans.

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Introduces public secret scanning monitoring for enterprise accounts.

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Enterprise admins can set "model": "auto" in managed-settings.json to enable auto model selection by default.

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GitHub Models will be fully retired on July 30 2026.

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Introduces GA of managed‑settings.json for GitHub Enterprise Cloud

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Adds secret scanning validators for Asana, IBM, and MessageBird

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Introduces Microsoft C++ Language Server as a Copilot Plugins marketplace plugin

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Kimi K2.7 Code open‑weight model is now generally available in GitHub Copilot.

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Copilot Vision launched as generally available.

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Added support for setting AI credit session limits in the Copilot CLI to cap agent spending per session.

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GitHub Copilot's browser tools for VS Code are now generally available.

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Copilot CLI now automatically selects the optimal model for each task

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General availability of Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5 model in GitHub Copilot.

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Introduce branch rulesets to enforce minimum code coverage thresholds on pull requests

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Added a sidebar table of contents to release pages for easier navigation.

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Integrates GitHub Copilot Agent into JetBrains AI Assistant, enabling Copilot features within JetBrains IDEs.

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Introduces public preview of open source license compliance for enterprises

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Dependabot stops automatically generating .npmrc settings for private npm registries.

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GitHub will retain data for closed Dependabot security alerts for a defined period starting August 25, 2026.

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Introduce access restrictions to several public API endpoints, requiring authentication or specific permissions.

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Admins can set a per‑user AI credit budget for each member of a cost center

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Claude Opus 4.8 fast mode is now available in preview on GitHub Copilot.

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Admins can now restrict issue creation to collaborators with write access.

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Adds total merge count per AI adoption phase to enterprise and organization reports

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GitHub Actions now issues read‑only cache tokens for workflow events triggered without write permissions.

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MAI-Code-1-Flash, Microsoft’s in‑house coding model, is now generally available for GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise users

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Added Git worktree support, allowing multiple workspaces per repository directly in GitHub Desktop.

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Copilot code review now leverages built‑in file exploration tools from the Copilot CLI/SDK.

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Enterprises can now restrict which plugins users install in GitHub Copilot CLI and VS Code via the new strictKnownMarketplaces setting

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Introduces saved views for repository issue pages, allowing teams to create and share custom filtered views (public preview).

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Admins can disable standard GitHub-hosted runner labels (e.g., ubuntu-latest) to limit runner usage

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GitHub Actions now allows steps to execute concurrently using background processes

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Introduces a temporary preventive safeguard for high‑impact npm accounts.

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GitHub-hosted larger runners now support Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 and RHEL 10 images in public preview.

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GitHub Copilot for Jira reaches general availability after public preview

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Enterprise teams can be added as resources in cost centers.

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Introduces break‑glass capability for GitHub Enterprise owners to instantly revoke all credentials of a compromised account

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Copilot Free and Student plans now default to auto model selection

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Secret scanning now captures extended metadata for Replicate secrets

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Added public preview read‑only REST endpoints for fetching repository‑level Code Quality findings.

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Dependabot can now read private GitHub Packages registries without using a personal access token.

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Introduces a GA tabbed terminal UI for GitHub Copilot CLI

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Dependabot drops support for Python 3.9 now that it has reached end-of-life.

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Added BYOK support to the GitHub Copilot app, enabling use of your own keys.

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Added support for organization and enterprise agents from GitHub.

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Added per-user daily AI credit consumption data to the Copilot usage metrics API.

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Opus 4.6 (fast) is being deprecated across all GitHub Copilot experiences (Chat, inline edits, ask, agent mode, and code completions).

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MAI‑Code‑1‑Flash model is now available across additional GitHub Copilot surfaces.

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Added support for repository-level AGENTS.md files in Copilot code review

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Introduce public preview of automatic duplicate issue detection to help maintainers triage efficiently

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Pull request author search now includes PRs created by the Copilot cloud agent on behalf of a user.

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Introduces a repository switcher in the global navigation for quick repository jumps

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Introduces the ability to build new custom GitHub Actions runner images using existing custom images as a base.

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Updated the checkout action to use safer default behavior for pull_request_target events, reducing token and secret exposure

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Introduces workflow execution protections in public preview for GitHub Enterprise, organizations, and repositories.

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Release notes now automatically list all pull requests merged since the previous release.

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Introduces two new GitHub CLI commands, `gh repo read-file` and `gh repo read-dir`, to view remote file contents and directory listings without cloning the repository.

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Added new partner integrations, expanding secret scanning detection coverage.

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Enterprise admins can now disable bypass permissions for Copilot via enterprise-managed settings

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Auto mode for Copilot Chat is now generally available to all users on GitHub.com and the mobile app.

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Adds a limit on how many open pull requests a user without write access can create in a repository

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Introduces Agent Finder, a new capability that automatically selects appropriate agents, skills, and tools for GitHub Copilot.

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Sign-ups for Copilot Student, Pro, Pro+, and Max plans will resume gradually over the next weeks.

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GitHub Copilot app is now generally available on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

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Added server‑side telemetry to Copilot usage metrics.

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Introduces organization runner controls for Copilot code review

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GitHub Actions will enforce minimum version requirements for self‑hosted runners on GitHub.com and Enterprise Cloud

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Adds organization custom properties for enhanced policy management.

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GitHub Actions bot can now open pull requests that are allowed to run CI/CD workflows

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AI usage reports now include GitHub AI Credits data in standard report fields.

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Introduces a unified /settings command for Copilot CLI configuration.

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Introduces two new GitHub‑hosted runner images available in public preview

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Introduces GitHub Agentic Workflows in public preview.

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GitHub Agentic Workflows can now authenticate using the built‑in GITHUB_TOKEN from GitHub Actions

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Adds a new `gh discussion` command group to the GitHub CLI.

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Added support for issue types in the GitHub CLI

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Improved handoff between Copilot Chat and the web-based Copilot cloud agent

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Maximum cost centers per enterprise increased from 250 to 500

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Added incremental analysis for CodeQL scans on pull requests for Go and C/C++, improving scan speed.

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Added a /security-review command to the GitHub Copilot CLI for running security reviews on code changes.

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Dependabot now supports version updates for Deno projects via a .github/dependabot.yml entry

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Introduces security‑focused default changes to npm install in upcoming v12

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Claude Fable 5, Anthropic's first Mythos-class model for long‑horizon autonomous coding and knowledge‑work, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot.

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Introduces scheduled security scans for repositories inactive for six months or more.

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Security validation for third‑party coding agents is now generally available.

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Adds support for native IP allow list enforcement on Enterprise Managed User (EMU) namespaces.

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Deprecate GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.2-Codex models across GitHub Copilot experiences.

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Adds support for Swift 6.3.2 in CodeQL

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Added a one‑click “Fix with Copilot” button for failed GitHub Actions jobs for Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Max users

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Adds the Agent Tasks REST API for Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Max, enabling programmatic start and tracking of cloud agent tasks.

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Introduces one‑million‑token context windows for GitHub Copilot

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Added enhanced planning, code review, and work‑management tooling in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio 2026.

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Enterprise Teams is now generally available on GitHub Enterprise Cloud.

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GitHub Copilot Chat now offers enhanced context for diff and pull‑request discussions directly on github.com.

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Added Agents feature in VS Code stable releases v1.120‑v1.123

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Deprecate GPT-4.1 across all GitHub Copilot experiences (Chat, inline edits, ask/agent modes, code completions).