GitHub Releases
GitHub changelog, platform updates, and Copilot coding-assistant releases. New features, breaking changes, security advisories and deprecations - each summarised in plain English and updated continuously.
Tracking 199 GitHub releases · Updated
- GitHub Changelog securityengineer ·
CodeQL 2.25.6 adds Swift 6.3.2 support, improves C# coverage
CodeQL, GitHub's static analysis engine, has released version 2.25.6. This update introduces support for Swift 6.3.2 and enhances existing C# coverage. The release is part of ongoing efforts to improve code scanning capabilities for security issue detection. It impacts developers and security engineers using GitHub code scanning.
patch - GitHub Changelog securitygovernanceengineer ·
GitHub Advanced Security gets hard budget limits
GitHub Advanced Security now supports hard budget limits for enterprise administrators and billing managers, preventing teams from exceeding allocated license budgets. This new feature aims to provide better cost control for GHAS usage. It is now available for enterprise customers.
feature - GitHub Changelog securityinfraengineer ·
CodeQL 2.25.5 improves query accuracy for GitHub Actions
CodeQL 2.25.5, the static analysis engine powering GitHub code scanning, has been released with accuracy improvements for C/C++ codebases. These enhancements help to better detect and remediate security vulnerabilities within code. This patch is relevant to developers and security teams using GitHub Actions for code scanning.
patch - GitHub Changelog securityengineer ·
GitHub secret scanning: Filter approval requests by sort order and bypass status
GitHub has enhanced secret scanning's delegated workflows by adding the ability to sort bypass and dismissal requests in the UI. This change allows users to better manage approval requests by choosing between ascending and descending order. These improvements are rolling out this week and are applicable to users leveraging delegated workflows for secret scanning.
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