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 aiengineer ·
GitHub Copilot App Now Available on All Plans
The GitHub Copilot app is now universally available across all Copilot plans, including free and educational tiers. This release allows users to sign in with their GitHub account to enable agent-driven development directly from their desktop on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Additionally, users can run sessions with their own model providers using a Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) approach, even without a Copilot subscription.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aipreviewengineer ·
GitHub Copilot Billing Preview app to be retired
GitHub is retiring the Copilot Billing Preview app on August 3, 2026, as its functionality is now superseded by enhanced built-in billing settings. Users who relied on the app for spend visibility can now access more comprehensive features like user-level budgets and cost center allocation within their GitHub billing settings. This change aims to provide a more complete and integrated view of GitHub Copilot expenses for organizations and enterprises.
deprecation announcement - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Copilot usage metrics API improvements
GitHub has enhanced its Copilot usage metrics API with three key improvements for greater accuracy and coverage. These updates include reporting suggested lines of code from Copilot CLI, identifying IDEs for users previously seen only via server-side telemetry, and more complete AI credit attribution. These changes provide enterprise administrators and organization owners with more trustworthy data for analyzing Copilot adoption and consumption.
patch - GitHub Changelog aipreviewengineermedia ·
GitHub Copilot agent session streaming enters public preview
GitHub Copilot agent session streaming is now available in public preview for GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers with enterprise managed users. This feature provides direct visibility into AI usage across an enterprise by enabling access to prompts, responses, and tool calls via a streaming endpoint or REST API. This allows for better management of AI usage and auditability, with Microsoft Purview also supported as a streaming endpoint.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog governancegaengineer ·
GitHub Issue Fields Generally Available, Edit History Limited
GitHub Issue Fields are now generally available across all plans, offering structured, typed metadata for better issue tracking. Key enhancements since preview include issue list integration, public project support, and MCP integration for AI tools. Additionally, GitHub is now limiting stored edit history for issues and pull requests to 100 entries to align with usage patterns. These changes impact all GitHub users, with some features shipping in Enterprise Server 3.23.
feature patch - GitHub Changelog aiinfragaengineer ·
Enterprise managed-settings.json for AI configuration is GA
GitHub Enterprise Cloud now offers general availability for configuring AI standards via a managed-settings.json file. This feature enables enterprises to enforce governance and extensibility for Copilot clients, such as VS Code and Copilot CLI, by defining policies in a .github-private repository. The configuration takes precedence over user-level client settings and is fetched hourly upon user authentication.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog securitypreviewengineer ·
GitHub Secret Scanning Public Monitoring for Enterprises Now in Preview
GitHub Secret Scanning now offers public monitoring in public preview for enterprises, at no additional cost, to detect secret leaks across the entire public surface of GitHub.com. This feature attributes leaks back to your enterprise based on committer identity and verified domains, helping organizations respond to vulnerabilities exposed beyond their own repositories. Public monitoring is enabled by default for enterprise owners and security managers, providing real-time insights without requiring setup.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aideprecationengineer ·
GitHub Models to be fully retired July 30, 2026
GitHub is fully retiring its GitHub Models service on July 30, 2026, affecting all customers including those with active usage. The retirement will render the playground, model catalog, inference API, and BYOK endpoints unavailable. Customers are advised to migrate to alternatives like Azure AI Foundry or GitHub Copilot for AI model access.
deprecation announcement - GitHub Changelog aiawsgaengineer ·
Kimi K2.7 Code now generally available in GitHub Copilot
Kimi K2.7 Code, an open-weight model, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot as a selectable option. This provides users with more choice and a potentially lower-cost alternative for coding tasks. The model is rolling out gradually to Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Max plans, with a requirement for administrators to enable it for Business and Enterprise plans.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aiinfrapreviewengineer ·
Copilot CLI and SDK: Set AI credit session limits
GitHub Copilot CLI and SDK now support setting AI credit session limits to control agent spending per session. This feature is beneficial for automation to prevent runaway costs and provides flexibility for interactive and non-interactive runs. The session limits are currently in public preview and available in Copilot CLI 1.0.66+ and SDK 1.0.5+.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aigaengineer ·
GitHub Copilot Vision generally available for code context
GitHub Copilot Vision is now generally available, allowing users to attach images and PDFs directly to chat prompts for context alongside code. This feature enhances Copilot's reasoning capabilities by enabling it to analyze visual information. It is available across GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code, github.com, and GitHub Copilot CLI for all Copilot subscribers, with no policy changes required.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aigaengineer ·
GitHub Copilot browser tools for VS Code reach GA
GitHub Copilot's browser interaction tools for VS Code are now generally available, allowing AI agents to navigate and interact with live web applications. This feature enhances Copilot's capabilities by enabling it to perform actions like opening pages, clicking elements, and capturing screenshots. These tools are enabled by default for all users, with enterprise controls available for administrators to manage site access and tool enablement.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog securitygovernanceengineer ·
GitHub to restrict access to public API endpoints and UI views
GitHub is restricting access to several public API endpoints and UI views, including the stargazers, watchers, and user subscriptions endpoints. This change aims to prevent misuse of public data for spam and enhance platform security. Admins and collaborators will retain access, while some users may encounter empty responses or 403 errors.
patch deprecation security - 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 infrapreviewengineer ·
GitHub code coverage merge protection in public preview
GitHub has introduced code coverage merge protection for pull requests, allowing teams to block merges if test coverage falls below defined thresholds. This feature acts as a quality gate to prevent regressions and maintain testing standards, now available in public preview for GitHub Code Quality users on GitHub Enterprise Cloud and Team. Users can start in evaluate mode to assess impact before enforcing merge protection.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog securitypreviewengineer ·
GitHub Open Source License Compliance now in public preview
GitHub is launching its Open Source License Compliance feature in public preview, enabling enterprises to enforce license policies at scale. This feature integrates with dependency review to block noncompliant dependencies before they reach production, requiring specific roles for policy management. It is available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers with GitHub Advanced Security Code Security licenses.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog securitydeprecationengineer ·
GitHub to implement data retention for closed security alerts
GitHub will introduce a data retention policy for closed Dependabot security alerts starting August 25, 2026, affecting GitHub Enterprise Cloud users. This policy will move alerts closed over two years ago to archival storage, accessible via CSV download, while open and recently closed alerts remain in the UI/API. Users should review their current queries and plan for the archival change.
announcement - GitHub Changelog infraengineer ·
Dependabot stops inferring .npmrc, uses dependabot.yml scope instead
Dependabot will no longer infer .npmrc configuration for npm private registries, resolving frequent authentication failures caused by lockfile inconsistencies. Instead, users can now define a `scope` property in their `dependabot.yml`, which becomes the authoritative source for registry configuration and takes precedence over committed .npmrc files. This enhancement is available for all github.com users and will ship in GHES 3.23.
patch - GitHub Changelog aipreviewengineer ·
Claude Opus 4.8 fast mode available in GitHub Copilot preview
GitHub Copilot is now previewing Claude Opus 4.8 in fast mode, offering substantially improved output speeds for interactive coding and agentic workflows. While priced higher than standard Opus 4.8, this fast mode is billed at provider list pricing and is available to Copilot Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users. Administrators need to enable the fast mode policy for their organization.
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.
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