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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 aigaengineer ·
GitHub Copilot adds Claude Sonnet 5 model
GitHub Copilot now offers Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5, a new Sonnet-class model with strong coding performance for IDE and CLI tasks. This model demonstrates competitive latency and cache utilization, making it suitable for developers seeking fast, capable AI assistance. Claude Sonnet 5 is available for Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users with gradual rollout.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aigaengineer ·
GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise gain MAI-Code-1-Flash
Microsoft's MAI-Code-1-Flash model is now generally available for GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise. This model is optimized for coding, offering fast, low-latency responses for iterative workflows. Administrators must enable the MAI-Code-1-Flash policy in Copilot settings for users to access it.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aigapreviewengineer ·
GitHub Copilot for Jira reaches General Availability
GitHub Copilot for Jira has launched as generally available, incorporating feedback from its March 2026 preview. The update introduces real-time agent progress streaming within Jira issues and post-session steering for pull requests, allowing continued instructions without creating new pull requests. Onboarding has also been simplified, reducing setup steps for connecting GitHub organizations and repositories.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aigapreviewengineer ·
GitHub Copilot for Jira reaches General Availability
GitHub Copilot for Jira is now generally available after a public preview that began in March 2026. This release includes real-time progress monitoring within Jira issues and post-session steering for agents to refine draft pull requests, streamlining the development workflow. Onboarding has also been simplified, requiring fewer configuration steps to connect GitHub organizations and repositories. The update is available via the Atlassian Marketplace for existing and new users.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog infragaengineer ·
GitHub Actions: More Control Over Hosted Runners
GitHub Actions now offers organizations enhanced control over their hosted runners. Administrators can disable default runner labels and manage macOS runners through groups, improving security and capacity management. This feature is available for Team and Enterprise plans, providing granular control over runner access and concurrency.
feature - GitHub Changelog infragaengineer ·
GitHub Actions supports running workflow steps in parallel
GitHub Actions now supports running workflow steps concurrently using the `background` keyword, allowing steps to execute in parallel while maintaining distinct logs. This enhancement enables more efficient job execution by handling patterns like parallel builds or starting background services without interleaved logs. Previously, developers relied on shell backgrounding which complicated log management. This feature is available now with new keywords `background`, `wait`, `wait-all`, and `cancel`.
feature - GitHub Changelog aigaengineereducation ·
Copilot Free/Student Plans Default to Auto Model Selection
GitHub Copilot's Free and Student plans now default to automatic model selection, simplifying the user experience by dynamically choosing the best model for tasks. This change provides access to multiple model families while removing manual choice and the 'Preview' label for Microsoft-released models. Users can find more details in the documentation, and discussions are available on the GitHub Community.
feature patch - GitHub Changelog aigaengineer ·
GitHub Copilot CLI terminal interface now GA
GitHub Copilot CLI's redesigned terminal interface is now generally available, offering a tabbed layout for interacting with issues, pull requests, and gists directly from the command line. The update includes a guided, in-session experience for configuring tools like MCP servers, skills, and plugins, along with a cleaner, more accessible UI with theme-aware colors and screen reader support. Users can update the CLI by running `copilot update` in their terminal.
feature patch - GitHub Changelog aigaengineer ·
Copilot code review adds AGENTS.md support and UI improvements
GitHub Copilot code review now supports AGENTS.md files at the repository root, allowing users to shape feedback based on project conventions. UI enhancements include an easier way to request reviews on draft pull requests and collapsed timeline events for a cleaner pull request conversation view. These updates are generally available and aimed at improving the code review experience for developers.
feature patch - GitHub Changelog aigaengineer ·
GitHub pull request search includes Copilot-authored PRs
GitHub's pull request search now includes pull requests authored by the Copilot cloud agent when using author searches like `author:@me`. This enhancement allows users to view and manage all pull requests they are responsible for, regardless of whether they were created directly or with Copilot's assistance. The change is available in the GitHub UI and Mobile, with API support rolling out on July 16.
feature - GitHub Changelog infragaengineer ·
GitHub Repository Switcher GA in Global Navigation
The repository switcher in GitHub's global navigation is now generally available, allowing users to seamlessly transition between repositories without leaving their current page. This feature is designed to significantly reduce the time spent navigating across multiple codebases, benefiting engineers who manage numerous projects. Users can access it by clicking the chevron next to the repository name in the navigation breadcrumb.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aigaengineer ·
GitHub Copilot Chat adds auto model selection for all users
GitHub Copilot Chat now offers auto model selection for all users on github.com and the mobile app, allowing it to dynamically choose models based on request complexity and availability. This feature aims to optimize token usage and response quality, benefiting all Copilot plan subscribers. Auto mode routes to various models including Claude Sonnet 4.6, GPT-5.4 mini, GPT-5.4, and Haiku 4.5, with usage billed at a 10% discount.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aigaengineer ·
GitHub Copilot App Now Generally Available
The GitHub Copilot app, a desktop environment for agent-driven development, is now generally available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. New features include Canvases for shared interaction, cloud automations for scheduled work, and support for custom models and tools. Organization administrators must enable Copilot CLI for Business/Enterprise users.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog governancegapreviewengineer ·
GitHub Code Quality Moves to General Availability
GitHub Code Quality will transition from public preview to general availability on July 20, 2026, becoming a purchasable product for enterprises. This change introduces new capabilities like organization-wide deployment and enhanced dashboards, alongside a new pricing model that includes a per-committer license and usage-based charges for AI features. Customers on GitHub Enterprise Cloud and Team plans will be affected, with options to disable the feature before the transition.
announcement feature patch - GitHub Changelog governanceinfragaengineer ·
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.21 Released
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.21 is now generally available, bringing enhancements to deployment efficiency, monitoring, code security, and policy management. Key updates include the general availability of organization custom properties and hierarchy view for GitHub Projects, alongside a new REST API version with breaking changes. These updates benefit enterprise administrators and developers by improving metadata tagging, project visualization, and workflow management.
feature patch breaking - GitHub Changelog aigaengineer ·
GitHub AI Usage Reports Updated
GitHub AI usage reports have been updated to reflect native AI credit billing, replacing preview fields with standard ones. This change clarifies how to monitor AI credit usage going forward using quantity and gross_amount. A bug that caused incorrect values in preview fields has been fixed and retroactively applied for usage from June 1. This update is available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers.
patch feature - GitHub Changelog aigaengineer ·
GitHub Copilot adds Claude Fable 5 for autonomous coding
GitHub Copilot is now generally available with Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 model, designed for long-horizon, autonomous coding and knowledge-work tasks. This model offers improved efficiency over previous Opus-tier models by completing equivalent work with fewer tool calls and lower token consumption. It is available to Copilot Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users and requires data retention for Anthropic's safety classifiers, a change from the Zero Data Retention of other Claude models.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog securitygaengineer ·
GitHub EMU IP Allow List Now Generally Available
GitHub Enterprise Cloud now offers general availability for IP allow list configuration within Enterprise Managed User (EMU) namespaces. This enhancement allows organizations to enforce network access policies directly within their managed user environments. The feature is now production-ready for all EMU customers.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aisecuritygaengineer ·
GitHub Security Validation for Third-Party Coding Agents GA
GitHub's security validation for third-party coding agents is now generally available, allowing external tools like Claude and OpenAI Codex to integrate directly with repositories. This feature enhances security by validating the actions of these AI agents before they modify code. The general availability means this capability is production-ready for all users.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog governancegaengineer ·
GitHub budget and usage management APIs are now GA
GitHub has launched new APIs for managing budgets, tracking usage, and accessing cost center data. These APIs allow for programmatic control over billing and cost management within GitHub. This feature is now generally available to all users. The expansion focuses on enabling developers and teams to better control their GitHub spending.
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