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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 198 GitHub releases · Updated
- GitHub Changelog aiawspreviewengineer ·
GitHub Copilot Enterprise Teams Model Policy Targeting in Public Preview
GitHub Copilot Enterprise customers with Copilot Business or Enterprise licenses can now use user-based model policy targeting in public preview. This feature allows AI administrators to set baseline models for the enterprise and grant additional models to specific teams, enabling finer-grained control mapped to job roles or experimentation. Access begins rolling out on August 3rd, with opt-in available through an Enterprise teams mode toggle.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog infrapreviewengineer ·
GitHub Stacked Pull Requests Enter Public Preview
GitHub has launched Stacked Pull Requests in public preview, allowing engineers to break large changes into smaller, ordered, and reviewable pull requests. This feature aims to improve the review process for substantial code modifications, making it easier to maintain quality and speed up delivery. The preview is rolling out to all repositories, with merge queue support coming soon.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aiazurepreviewengineer ·
GitHub Copilot Visual Studio Update Adds New Agent, Skills, Code Review
GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio has released an update introducing a new agent in public preview, built-in expertise from .NET and Azure teams, and enhanced code review capabilities. This update aims to improve developer productivity by offering more tailored assistance and streamlined workflows. The new agent and skills are available to all plans, while organization-level custom instructions require a Business or Enterprise subscription.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aigapreviewengineer ·
GitHub Copilot Code Review: Agent Skills and MCP Now Generally Available
GitHub Copilot code review now offers generally available support for agent skills and MCP servers, enhancing reviews with team tools and external context. This feature, previously in public preview, integrates custom tools and data from third-party platforms directly into the review process. It is available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users, with existing preview configurations carrying over.
feature patch - 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 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 securitypreviewengineer ·
GitHub Code Scanning adds AI security detections to PRs
GitHub Code Scanning now surfaces AI-powered security detections directly on pull requests, expanding vulnerability coverage to new languages and frameworks. This helps teams identify potential issues earlier in the development workflow before merging code. The feature is available in public preview for customers with GitHub Code Security, requires a GitHub Copilot license, and uses AI credits.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog securitypreviewengineer ·
GitHub Agentic Autofix for Code Scanning Alerts in Public Preview
GitHub is launching agentic autofix for code scanning alerts in public preview, allowing Copilot to automatically suggest and validate fixes for security vulnerabilities. This feature aims to streamline the remediation process by replicating developer workflows, enhancing security response times for affected engineers and architects. Access requires GitHub Code Security or Advanced Security and a Copilot license with the cloud agent enabled, with fixes taking 2-4 minutes and consuming AI credits and GitHub Actions minutes.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog securitypreviewengineer ·
GitHub Copilot app adds security reviews in public preview
GitHub Copilot app now offers AI-driven security reviews for code changes using the `/security-review` command, currently in public preview. This feature aims to catch high-impact vulnerabilities and provide actionable suggestions before code is committed, complementing existing GitHub security tools. It is available to all Copilot users during the preview period.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog governancepreviewengineer ·
GitHub Code Quality license estimate in public preview
GitHub Code Quality is now in public preview, offering an estimate of per-committer license costs based on active users. This feature helps organizations understand potential billing before the product's general availability and paid launch on July 20, 2026. The estimate is available on the Billing and licensing page for GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Team customers.
announcement feature - GitHub Changelog governancepreviewengineer ·
GitHub Code Quality: Organization-level repository targeting in public preview
GitHub Code Quality now allows organization owners to target specific repositories for enabling or disabling the feature, rather than applying it organization-wide. This provides more granular control through custom properties, manual selection, visibility, and fork status, with options to enforce settings. This feature is available in public preview for GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Team plans.
feature announcement - 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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