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 ·
Claude Opus 5 model now available in GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot now supports Anthropic's Claude Opus 5, designed for complex coding tasks requiring multi-step reasoning and tool use. This new model enhances performance on agentic workflows and includes improved safeguards for cyber content, though these may occasionally block security-related requests. It's available to specific Copilot plan users, with gradual rollout and administrator policy enablement required.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aigaengineer ·
GitHub Copilot cloud agent for Linear now generally available
GitHub Copilot cloud agent for Linear is now generally available, allowing users to assign issues directly to Copilot for automated pull request creation and progress tracking within Linear. This feature enhances developer workflows by automating coding tasks and integrating directly with issue tracking. It is available for Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users, requiring specific GitHub and Linear administrative permissions to set up.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog infragaengineer ·
GitHub MCP Server adopts stateless protocol specification
GitHub MCP Server now supports the upcoming stateless MCP specification, set to go live on July 28th, 2026. This update simplifies scaling, introduces new innovation paths via extensions, and streamlines connections by removing sessions and initialize. Existing tier 1 SDKs and bespoke clients remain compatible due to preserved backwards compatibility, with GitHub's implementation removing Redis sessions, avoiding deep packet inspection, and upgrading elicitation support.
feature - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Mobile: Fix failing Actions checks with Copilot
GitHub Mobile now allows users to ask Copilot to investigate and fix failing GitHub Actions checks directly from the app. This feature creates a new pull request with a proposed fix, which the user can review and merge. The enhancement is available on the latest iOS and Android production builds of GitHub Mobile, streamlining CI failure resolution for users on the go.
feature - GitHub Changelog aipreviewengineer ·
GitHub Issues public preview adds agent automation controls
GitHub Issues is introducing agent automation controls in public preview, enabling users to review suggested changes to issues before they are applied. These controls include approvals, confidence ratings, and rationale for automated actions, offering more granular control over automation levels. This feature is aimed at improving issue triage and metadata enrichment for software engineering teams, allowing them to balance automation with manual review.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog governancepreviewengineer ·
GitHub Projects and Issues: Multi-select fields now in public preview
GitHub has introduced multi-select fields for Projects and Issues, allowing a single field to store multiple values. This enhancement enables users to tag items with multiple categories, teams, or modules, offering more flexibility than single-select options. The feature is currently in public preview and can be tested by creating or editing a field and selecting the multi-select type. Users can then set multiple values and filter by them within project views.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Copilot adds usage metrics impact dashboard
GitHub has released a new dashboard for enterprise administrators and organization owners to visualize Copilot adoption depth and impact. The dashboard breaks down user engagement by AI adoption phases and provides metrics like pull requests merged and lines of code per day. This feature helps organizations track Copilot's maturity, target enablement efforts, and move more users into deeper adoption cohorts.
feature - GitHub Changelog governanceinfraengineer ·
GHES appliance update required for support bundle uploads
GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) will reject command-line support bundle uploads from unpatched appliances starting August 18, 2026. This change impacts users submitting support bundles via specific command-line tools. To avoid disruption, administrators must update their GHES instances to the latest available patch release for their version line or contact GitHub Support if an update is not feasible by the deadline.
security deprecation - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
Gemini 3.6 Flash model now available in GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot is rolling out Google's Gemini 3.6 Flash model, designed for web and app development, coding, and agentic tasks. This update offers improved task completion and token efficiency over the previous Gemini 3.5 Flash. It is available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users, with administrators needing to enable a preview policy for Business and Enterprise plans.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aiinfraengineer ·
Manage GitHub Copilot AI credit pools via Billing UI
GitHub now allows managing AI credit pools for cost centers directly within the billing UI, a capability previously limited to the REST API. This feature is for Copilot Business and Enterprise customers on GitHub Enterprise Cloud, offering enhanced control over AI spending by automatically adjusting pool limits based on assigned licenses. Users can choose to block usage or allow overages once the pool is exhausted.
feature - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Copilot shows AI credit usage per billing cycle
GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise users can now track their AI credit usage directly on the Copilot usage page, regardless of whether an individual budget is set. This change provides clearer visibility into monthly token consumption, addressing a previous limitation where usage was only shown as a percentage of a budget. The updated page now reflects actual usage against the total budgeted amount or total used if no budget is configured.
feature patch - GitHub Changelog aisecuritygaengineer ·
GitHub Code Quality GA for Enterprise Cloud and Team
GitHub Code Quality is now generally available for Enterprise Cloud and Team, offering AI-accelerated code analysis to detect maintainability and reliability issues. This feature pairs CodeQL with AI-assisted detection and Copilot Autofix, helping teams ship more trustworthy code with improved maintainability and reliability scores. New capabilities include organization-wide enablement, code coverage metrics, quality gates, and APIs, with billing commencing July 20, 2026, for active committers and AI usage.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Copilot app usage now visible in metrics API
GitHub Copilot app activity is now reported in the enterprise and organization usage metrics API. This change provides administrators with visibility into the app's adoption and consumption alongside other Copilot metrics. The update includes new fields for daily active users and detailed breakdowns of session counts, requests, and token usage, aiding in understanding the app's impact. These new fields will appear in 1-day and 28-day reports and will be null for organizations with no Copilot app activity.
feature - GitHub Changelog aigaengineer ·
GitHub Copilot repository-level usage metrics now generally available
GitHub Copilot usage metrics are now available at the repository level via new REST API endpoints for enterprise and organization reports. This allows teams to track Copilot's impact on pull request activity directly within specific codebases. The feature is for enterprise owners, organization owners, and users with specific permissions, provided Copilot usage metrics are enabled.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Copilot code review gets more configurable and secure
GitHub Copilot's code review functionality has been significantly enhanced with new customization options, including custom instructions from the head branch and support for multiple instruction file types. Administrators can now define custom setup steps and leverage a firewall for enhanced security, giving them greater control over the review process. These improvements are available now for most users, though self-hosted runners currently do not support the firewall feature.
feature security - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Mobile: Fix PR comments using Copilot
GitHub Mobile now allows users to initiate Copilot-assisted fixes for pull request comments directly from the app. This feature leverages the Copilot cloud agent to automatically generate responses to review feedback, simplifying the process of addressing comments. Available on the latest iOS and Android builds, this enhancement aims to help users resolve issues faster while on the go.
feature patch - GitHub Changelog governancegaengineer ·
GitHub Projects Advanced Search Generally Available
GitHub Projects now offers advanced search capabilities through a filter bar supporting logical AND and OR operators. This feature allows users to construct precise project views without managing multiple separate views. It is now generally available to all users and is backed by an updated reviews field for filtering pull requests by review state.
feature - GitHub Changelog governanceengineer ·
GitHub admins can archive pull requests
Repository administrators can now archive pull requests to remove them from public view while keeping them accessible to admins. This feature allows for better moderation of spam or abusive requests and preserves historical context without permanent deletion. Archived pull requests are hidden from non-admin visitors and can be restored by admins.
feature - GitHub Changelog infrapreviewengineer ·
Xcode 27 runner image now in public preview on GitHub
GitHub Actions now offers Xcode 27 on hosted macOS runners in public preview, allowing developers to test applications with the latest Apple toolchains. This change introduces a new support model where images are versioned by Xcode major releases, simplifying toolchain targeting. The preview is currently limited to arm64 macOS runners.
announcement feature - GitHub Changelog governanceengineer ·
GitHub Enterprise Cloud adds REST API for Visual Studio Subscriptions
GitHub Enterprise Cloud now offers new REST API endpoints to programmatically manage Visual Studio Subscription assignments. This allows administrators to automate the mapping of Visual Studio subscription users to GitHub handles, which is particularly useful for organizations with disparate UPN and SCIM identity formats. These endpoints enable bulk matching, correcting mistaken assignments, and managing subscriptions without manual UI interaction.
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