As of today, July 31, 2026, we have deprecated the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions). Model… The post Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash deprecated appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
![A configuration window for an enterprise team called Data team with the “Default models” tab selected, listing AI models and showing a status menu with “Enabled” selected and “Optional” as… The post Enterprise teams model policy targeting in public preview appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
npm granular access tokens (GATs) configured to bypass 2FA can no longer perform sensitive account, org, and package management actions. These now require an interactive 2FA challenge, closing one of… The post Restricting npm bypass-2FA granular access tokens appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
As of July 30, 2026, GitHub Models is now retired. The playground, model catalog, inference API, and bring your own key (BYOK) are no longer available to any customer, including… The post GitHub Models is now retired appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
You can now reference an action or reusable workflow that lives in the same repository using the new self-repository syntax. A uses: value that starts with $/ resolves to your… The post Reference same-repository actions with self-repository syntax appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Stacked pull requests break large changes into small, reviewable pull requests. They’re an ordered series of pull requests that each represent focused layers of your change. With stacks, you can… The post Stacked pull requests are now in public preview appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
July 2026 brought a new agent based on the Copilot SDK, built-in expertise from the .NET and Azure teams, and more ways to tailor GitHub Copilot to how you and… The post GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — July update appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Enterprises and organizations can now restrict which devices are eligible to host remotely controlled Copilot sessions, giving administrators fine-grained control over where remote control access is permitted. The new remoteControl… The post Limit remote control to managed devices appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
This changelog covers VS Code v1.127 through v1.131, shipped throughout July 2026. These releases improve how you work with agents, review changes, use chat, and navigate VS Code. They also… The post GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, July 2026 releases appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Copilot code review support for agent skills and MCP servers is now generally available for all Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users. Previously announced in public preview, these capabilities… The post Copilot code review: Agent skills and MCP now generally available appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
We’re introducing a global default enablement policy for generally available Copilot models on Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise plans. Instead of requiring admins to manually turn on each new model… The post Default model enablement for Copilot Business and Enterprise appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
CodeQL is the static analysis engine behind GitHub code scanning, which finds and remediates security issues in your code. We’ve recently released CodeQL 2.26.1, which improves framework coverage for Go,… The post CodeQL 2.26.1 improves analysis accuracy and framework coverage appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Copilot app usage is now reported across much more of the Copilot usage metrics API. Individual Copilot app activity is now attributed to users in the enterprise-user and organization-user reports.… The post GitHub Copilot app usage metrics now expand across report rollups appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
As part of our ongoing supply-chain security work, npm is introducing automatic scanning of packages at publish time. This changelog covers what publishers can expect and a new metadata requirement… The post npm publish-time malware scanning and dual-use metadata appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Grok 4.5, xAI’s latest reasoning model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for fast, agentic coding and complex multi-step workflows, with a context window of up… The post Grok 4.5 is now available in GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
The GitHub Advisory Database now ingests malware advisories from the OpenSSF malicious-packages repository, significantly expanding the breadth of malware data available to you through Dependabot alerts. What changed With this… The post Dependabot alerts on malicious packages across more ecosystems appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Recent supply chain attacks use compromised GitHub credentials to push malicious GitHub Actions workflows that steal CI/CD credentials and carry out additional attacks. To help protect public repositories from these… The post GitHub Actions holds potentially malicious workflows for approval appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
This update brings more control and clarity to your GitHub Copilot for JetBrains workflows. You can now connect MCP servers and custom agents in Claude agent flows, tune telemetry and… The post GitHub Copilot for JetBrains adds improved OpenTelemetry configuration and model management appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
The GitHub Copilot app now has its own policy, so you can control who has access to it at the enterprise and organization levels. Until now, access to the Copilot… The post Manage GitHub Copilot app access with a dedicated policy appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
You can now govern the GitHub Copilot app and Copilot cloud agent with enterprise managed settings, the same centrally managed policies you use to control Copilot across your enterprise. With… The post Enterprise managed settings in the GitHub Copilot app and Copilot cloud agent appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Claude Opus 5, Anthropic’s newest Opus model, is now available in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for complex, long-running coding tasks that require careful reasoning, effective tool use, and reliable… The post Claude Opus 5 is now available in GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
You can now assign issues in Linear to Copilot cloud agent, our asynchronous, autonomous background agent. When you assign a Linear issue to Copilot, it will: Analyze the issue contents… The post Copilot cloud agent for Linear is now generally available appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
The MCP protocol is going stateless on 28th July 2026, and the GitHub MCP Server supports the latest spec ahead of the official release. What’s changing The new stateless core… The post GitHub MCP Server supports the next MCP specification appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Now when a GitHub Actions check fails on your pull request, you can ask Copilot coding agent to investigate and directly fix the problem from GitHub Mobile. From the failed… The post GitHub Mobile: Fix failing Actions checks with Copilot cloud agent appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
You can now create multi-select fields in Projects and Issue fields so a single field can hold more than one value. Tag an item with everything it relates to (e.g.,… The post Multi-select fields for Projects and Issues in public preview appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Agent automations increasingly label, type, assign, and close issues for you. GitHub Issues now shows the reason behind each change and lets you review them before they’re applied, so you… The post Agent automation controls in GitHub Issues in public preview appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
We’ve released a new Copilot metrics impact dashboard for enterprise administrators and organization owners. This dashboard helps you tell a deeper Copilot impact story by sharing not just who is… The post New Copilot usage metrics impact dashboard appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
We want to give you advance notice of an upcoming security change that may affect GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) support bundle uploads. Beginning August 18, 2026, GitHub will start rejecting… The post Upcoming GHES change impacting uploading support bundles appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Gemini 3.6 Flash, Google’s latest Flash model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for web and app development, coding, and longer-horizon agentic tasks. It has configurable… The post Gemini 3.6 Flash is now available in GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
You can now manage a cost center’s AI credit pool directly in the billing UI where you create and edit cost centers. Previously, you could only manage this through the… The post AI credit pools for cost centers in the billing UI appeared first on The GitHub Blog.