Rulesets allow you to control how different actors can interact with a repository. You can use rulesets to enforce rules like: Only allow commits from email addresses that match a...

GPT-5.1, GPT-5.1-Codex, and GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini--the full suite of OpenAI's latest 5.1-series models--are now rolling out in public preview in GitHub Copilot. Availability in GitHub Copilot OpenAI GPT-5.1, GPT-5.1-Codex, and GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini will...

GitHub Actions OpenID Connect (OIDC) token claims now include check_run_id This enhancement enables fine-grained, attribute-based access control and improves auditability for workflows that integrate with external services. Platform teams often...

You can now track and manage Copilot coding agent without leaving Visual Studio Code. Everything you need now lives in one streamlined, centralized mission control view. View session logs directly...

You can now craft targeted custom instructions for Copilot code review and Copilot coding agent that don't apply to other agents. The new excludeAgent property for .instructions.md custom instructions gives...

To reduce the risk of cryptographic credentials being exposed in your repositories, secret scanning now detects additional private key formats and has upgraded existing private key detectors. In addition, Sentry...

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio now includes an Auto option you can select from the model picker where Copilot picks the model for you. Auto is now available all Copilot...

Visual Studio subscriptions for both subscription and usage-based GitHub Enterprise now support data residency. This allows you to access GitHub Enterprise features through your Visual Studio subscription while maintaining compliance...

We have deprecated Claude Sonnet 3.5 across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions) as of today, November 10th 2025. As...

GitHub is updating how GitHub Actions' pull_request_target and environment branch protection rules are evaluated for pull-request-related events. These changes will take effect on 12/8/2025. They aim to reduce security critical...

To reduce spam and help you focus on what matters most, we're removing notifications generated from mentions in commit messages. Previously, mentioning a user or team in a commit message...

Following the previous announcement notice, we retired GraphQL Explorer. Who this affects This change affects a few users who use the GraphQL Explorer for experimenting with the GitHub GraphQL API....

Applying suggested changes in batch, new options for collapsing parts of the page, and more in this update of the new pull request “Files changed” page public preview. 📝 Batch...

Increased limits for reusable workflows You can now use up to 10 nested reusable workflows and call up to 50 workflows in total from a given workflow run. The previous...

We've improved the GitHub Projects onboarding flow to help you get started faster, with options to connect and import items from a repository, set a default repository for new issues,...

We've retired the legacy Copilot usage report CSV that was previously available to organization administrators under Copilot access settings. Three months ago, the legacy usage report was deprecated in favor...

Copilot coding agent, our asynchronous, autonomous background agent, now supports organization custom instructions. Custom instructions allow you to guide Copilot on how to understand your project as well as how...

Copilot coding agent is our asynchronous, autonomous background agent. When Copilot coding agent finishes its work, it updates the body of its pull request with a summary of changes. Now,...

Today marks another milestone in our ongoing effort to strengthen npm's security. As previously announced, we're implementing the first set of changes to npm's token management system. What's changing today...

We have fixed an issue that occasionally caused Copilot policies for an organization to show the wrong options when the enterprise policy was set to Unconfigured. What's changed The Copilot...