Added context‑aware resume and organization features across the desktop app, CLI, and VS Code extensions.
Containers changelog digest
Aug 3 - Aug 9, 2026. Useful releases, risky migrations, and noisy updates from the Containers channel.
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Containers updates in 2026-w32
Enterprise owners can now install public third‑party GitHub Apps on their enterprise account
Added a “Potential return on investment” section to the Copilot impact dashboard
Introduce Lite and Balanced effort levels for GitHub Copilot code review, now generally available
Extends the Copilot usage metrics API to include activity from GitHub agent apps such as Claude and Codex.
Adds the “Relates to” issue relationship, graduating from public preview to general availability
Expanded secret scanning to block additional secret types via push protection
GitHub Code Quality no longer automatically adds a Copilot reviewer when enabled on a repository.
Added enterprise-managed settings keys `allowedMcpServers` and `deniedMcpServers` for centrally controlling which MCP servers GitHub Copilot can use.
Add ability to configure pull request limits at the organization level
Kimi K3 model added to GitHub Copilot
Add the `github-codeql-config-file` repository property to specify a custom CodeQL configuration for the default code scanning setup.
The GitHub Copilot Billing Preview app has been retired and is no longer available.
GitHub Spark stops accepting new users and creation of new apps starting August 4 2026
Add new `pull-request-branch-name` options in .github/dependabot.yml to customize Dependabot PR branch prefixes and maximum length.
Adds a new option in Code Quality settings to automatically enable code coverage
Add support for Swift 6.3.3 in CodeQL analysis.
Add ability to set the reasoning level for Copilot cloud agent tasks
Allows enterprise admins to assign team‑specific managed settings via per‑team configuration files
Send a browser notification when a manually triggered Autofix step completes
Add Copilot cloud agent automations that run when an issue or PR comment is created
Users with the triage role can now create issues even when a repository restricts issue creation to collaborators
Migrations from GitLab.com and self‑managed instances to GitHub Enterprise Cloud are now generally available via GitHub Enterprise Importer.