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 aigovernanceengineer ·
GitHub Copilot: Enterprise-managed OpenTelemetry export for VS Code and CLI
Organizations can now mandate where GitHub Copilot sends OpenTelemetry data via enterprise-managed settings, eliminating per-developer environment variable configuration. This feature provides granular control over telemetry endpoints, protocols, service names, and content capture, enhancing security and compliance. It applies to Copilot Chat in VS Code and the Copilot CLI agent, with managed settings taking precedence over user configurations.
feature - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Copilot Enhancements for Visual Studio Code in June 2026
GitHub Copilot has received significant updates across Visual Studio Code versions 1.123 through 1.127, shipping in June and early July 2026. These releases focus on improving agent workflow management, cost visibility, model discovery, and Autopilot's autonomy. Key features include generally available agentic browser tools, parallel session management, enhanced cost tracking, and marketplace model provider discovery, benefiting developers by streamlining agentic development and providing greater control.
feature - GitHub Changelog aipreviewengineer ·
JetBrains IDEs: Codex preview, agent customization, and Inline Chat GA
JetBrains IDEs now offer Codex as a new agent provider in public preview, enhancing flexibility for developers. This update also expands agent customization with Hooks and MCP server management, and introduces custom model support for Business and Enterprise users. Inline Chat has reached general availability, alongside performance improvements and bug fixes, affecting developers using GitHub Copilot.
feature patch announcement - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Mobile: Live notifications for Copilot CLI sessions
GitHub Mobile now supports live notifications for remote Copilot CLI sessions, allowing users to track agent progress and receive updates directly on their phones. This feature enhances connectivity for work initiated outside the mobile app, making it easier to monitor job status, respond to input requests, and resume sessions. It is available on the latest production builds of GitHub Mobile for iOS (17.2+) and Android (16+).
feature - GitHub Changelog securitygadeprecationengineer ·
npm v12 Introduces Install-Time Security Defaults and Deprecates 2FA-Bypass GATs
npm v12 is now generally available, enforcing stricter install-time security defaults that require explicit opt-in for scripts, Git dependencies, and remote URLs. This release also begins deprecating granular access tokens (GATs) configured to bypass 2FA for sensitive account and package management actions. These changes aim to enhance security for all npm users, particularly those managing critical infrastructure. Users should review and approve trusted scripts and plan to migrate automated publishing workflows.
feature deprecation patch - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Mobile: Fix merge conflicts with Copilot
GitHub Mobile now supports resolving pull request merge conflicts using the Copilot cloud agent. This feature allows developers to initiate Copilot directly from the pull request merge box on mobile, streamlining workflows when away from a desktop. The update is now available on the latest iOS and Android builds of GitHub Mobile.
feature - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Copilot Usage API adds review velocity metrics
The Copilot usage metrics API now includes two new fields, avg_pull_requests_minutes_to_review and avg_pull_requests_review_cycles, to measure review velocity by AI adoption phase. These metrics help quantify Copilot's impact on engineering throughput and code review efficiency for enterprise and organization reports. They are available in existing reports and apply only to merged pull requests.
feature - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
Kimi K2.7 Code available for GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise
GitHub Copilot now offers the Kimi K2.7 Code open-weight model for its Business and Enterprise plans, providing users with more choice and a potentially lower-cost coding option. This model is hosted on Microsoft Azure and billed at provider list pricing. Administrators must explicitly enable the Kimi K2.7 Code policy for their organizations before users can select it, and are advised to review security and compliance requirements.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog governanceinfraengineer ·
GitHub Enterprise Cloud: Per-user budgets for cost centers
GitHub Enterprise Cloud now allows enterprise admins to set per-user budgets for cost centers directly in the billing UI, mirroring REST API functionality. This feature enables automatic budget application to all members of a cost center and stays synchronized with team membership changes. It is now available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud users to help manage costs at scale.
feature - GitHub Changelog securitygaengineer ·
GitHub Secret Scanning adds extended metadata and multipart validation
GitHub Secret Scanning now offers enriched metadata for supported secret types, including owner details, creation/expiry dates, and project context. These generally available enhancements allow development and security teams to assess exposure and prioritize remediation faster. Multipart validity checks are also expanded to cover key credential formats across major providers like Alibaba Cloud and Azure, with GitHub continually adding more support.
feature patch - 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 governancegaengineer ·
GitHub Rulesets: Restrict Who Can Dismiss Pull Request Reviews
GitHub now allows restricting who can dismiss pull request reviews within repository rulesets. This enhances control over the merge process by specifying exact users, teams, or apps allowed to clear approvals. This feature is now generally available and configurable via the UI, REST API, and GraphQL.
feature - 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 aideprecationengineer ·
GitHub Copilot deprecates Gemini 2.5 Pro and 3 Flash
GitHub Copilot will deprecate Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash models on July 31st, 2026, across all its experiences. Users are advised to update workflows to the suggested alternatives, Gemini 3.1 Pro and Gemini 3.5 Flash, respectively. Administrators must enable these new models in Copilot settings before the deprecation date.
deprecation - GitHub Changelog infraengineer ·
GitHub Copilot CLI GitHub Actions integration now uses GITHUB_TOKEN
GitHub Copilot CLI can now authenticate with GitHub Actions using the built-in GITHUB_TOKEN, eliminating the need for Personal Access Tokens (PATs). This change reduces operational overhead and security risks associated with managing PATs for large-scale automations. AI credits are billed directly to the organization when used in organization-owned repositories, requiring a specific Copilot policy to be enabled and the `copilot-requests: write` permission. Users must update to a recent version of Copilot CLI to utilize this feature.
feature - 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 aiinfraengineer ·
GitHub Cost Centers Now Support AI Credit Pools
GitHub has introduced AI credit pools for cost centers, enabling organizations to cap monthly included AI credit usage per cost center. This feature prevents one cost center from exhausting shared credits, ensuring usage aligns with assigned licenses and maintains chargeback boundaries. It is available via the REST API for Copilot Business and Enterprise on GitHub Enterprise Cloud, with UI management coming soon.
feature - 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.
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