GitHub Changelog

GitHub secret scanning continually updates its detectors, validators, and analyzers. Here’s what’s new for March 2026. - 28 new secret detectors from 15 provide...

CodeQL is the static analysis engine behind GitHub code scanninghttps://docs.github.com/code-security/code-scanning/introduction-to-code-scanning/about-code-sca...

GitHub Dependabot now natively supports automatic dependency updates for pre-commithttps://pre-commit.com/ hooks. By adding pre-commit as a package ecosystem in...

GitHub Copilot users can now connect to the Figma MCP server to both pull design context into code and send rendered UI to Figma as editable frames. Together, t...

The Visual Studio Code February 2026 release makes agents practical for longer‑running and more complex tasks. This gives you more control over how they run, ne...

GPT-5.4, OpenAI’s latest agentic coding model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. In our early testing of real‑world, agentic, and software development capab...

!Agent sessions on Agent Control Planehttps://github.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/558941566-f8085d64-9a3f-4c0d-9947-f8bb12d20a2f.jpg?resize=2064%2C1084 GitHu...

Using @copilot in pull request comments You can ask Copilot coding agenthttps://docs.github.com/copilot/concepts/agents/coding-agent/about-coding-agent to make...

Hierarchy view improvements in GitHub Projects You now have several improvements to hierarchy view in GitHub Projectshttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-01-15-h...

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What’s new? ✨ Copilot code review now uses agentic tool calling to gather broader repository context as needed e.g., relevant code, directory structure, and re...

We are rolling out the pull request merge status at the top of every pull request page! Check merge readiness from anywhere in the pull request experience, incl...

!GitHub UI showing an image uploaded to GitHub Copilot to kick off an agent session.https://github.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Improvements_Header.jpg?resiz...

Locking and unlocking draft repository security advisories Repository administrators can now lock draft repository security advisories and private vulnerabilit...

Grok Code Fast 1 is generally available to Copilot Free plans via Copilot auto model selectionhttps://docs.github.com/copilot/concepts/auto-model-selection. Thi...

What is Copilot Memory? Copilot Memory enables Copilot agents to discover and store useful facts about a repository e.g., coding conventions, architectural pat...

You can now assign Dependabot alerts to specific users, helping your team track and remediate dependency vulnerabilities more effectively by assigning clear own...

You can now manage GitHub Code Quality availability separately from Code Security in GitHub Advanced Security policies. This gives you more flexibility to make...

Overview GitHub now warns you by email as your included usage approaches its monthly thresholds across Actions, Packages, Git LFS, and Codespaces. GitHub sends...

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On February 13 2026 we announced changes to the required network configurationhttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-02-13-network-configuration-changes-for-copilot...

Availability - Plan mode telemetry is included as part of the broader Copilot usage metrics experience. Please ensure Copilot usage metrics is enabled for the...

Improvement GitHub Copilot usage metrics reportshttps://docs.github.com/enterprise-cloud@latest/rest/copilot/copilot-usage-metrics?apiVersion=2022-11-28 now re...

Copilot enterprise usage metrics coverage has expanded to now include Copilot CLI telemetry. With this update, your enterprise metrics can include CLI‑specific...