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Mar.02 Retired

Upcoming deprecation of Gemini 3 Pro and GPT-5.1 models

copilot

Mar.02 Improvement

Network configuration changes for Copilot coding agent now in effect

copilot

Mar.02 Release

Copilot metrics now includes plan mode

account management

Mar.02 Improvement

Copilot metrics reports now return consistent usernames for Enterprise Managed Users

account management

Feb.27 Release

Copilot usage metrics now includes enterprise-level GitHub Copilot CLI activity

account management

Feb.27 Release

Copilot metrics is now generally available

account management

Feb.26 Improvement

GitHub Actions now supports uploading and downloading non-zipped artifacts

actions

Feb.26 Improvement

Copilot metrics report URLs update

account management

Feb.26 Release

Enterprise AI Controls & agent control plane now generally available

copilot

Feb.26 Release

Claude and Codex now available for Copilot Business & Pro users

copilot

Feb.26 Release

macos-26 is now generally available for GitHub-hosted runners

actions

Feb.26 Release

Copilot Content Exclusion REST API in public preview

copilot

Feb.26 Release

GitHub Mobile: Track coding agent progress in real time with Live Notifications

client apps

Feb.26 Improvement

Improved search on the issues dashboard

projects & issues

Feb.25 Release

Org-level metrics API now includes pull request throughput metric parity

account management

Feb.25 Release

Generate pull request titles with Copilot on the web

copilot

Feb.25 Release

GPT-5.3-Codex is now available in github.com, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio

copilot

Feb.25 Release

Improved web search in Copilot on github.com

copilot

Feb.25 Improvement

GitHub Copilot CLI is now generally available

client apps

Feb.24 Release

GitHub Enterprise Server 3.20 release candidate is available

collaboration tools

Feb.24 Improvement

CodeQL adds Go 1.26 and Kotlin 2.3.10 support and improves query accuracy

application security

Feb.24 Improvement

Dependabot can group updates by dependency name across multiple directories

supply chain security

Feb.24 Improvement

GitHub Code Quality: Organization-level dashboard in public preview

application security

Feb.24 Release

Repository dashboard is now generally available

collaboration tools

Feb.23 Release

Enterprise-defined custom organization roles are generally available

enterprise management tools

Feb.23 Improvement

IP allow list coverage extended to EMU namespaces in public preview

enterprise management tools

Feb.23 Improvement

Enterprise team support in organization APIs

enterprise management tools

Feb.20 Release

Organization-level Copilot usage metrics dashboard available in public preview

account management

Feb.19 Improvement

Workflow dispatch API now returns run IDs

actions

Feb.19 Improvement

GitHub Copilot support in Zed generally available

copilot

Feb.19 Improvement

Changes to test merge commit generation for pull requests

collaboration tools

Feb.19 Improvement

Copilot coding agent model picker for Copilot Business and Enterprise

copilot

Feb.19 Retired

Selected Anthropic and OpenAI models are now deprecated

copilot

Feb.19 Release

GitHub Projects: Import items based on a query and hierarchy view improvements

projects & issues

Feb.19 Improvement

Access all pull request comments without leaving the new Files changed page

collaboration tools

Feb.19 Release

Gemini 3.1 Pro is now in public preview in GitHub Copilot

copilot

Feb.19 Release

Pull request throughput and time to merge available in Copilot usage metrics API

account management

Feb.18 Improvement

Use Copilot coding agent with Windows projects

copilot

Feb.18 Improvement

Copilot coding agent supports code referencing

copilot

Feb.18 Improvement

Secret scanning improvements to extended metadata checks

application security

Feb.18 Release

Claude Opus 4.6 is now available in Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse

copilot

Feb.18 Improvement

GitHub Desktop 3.5.5 adds Git hooks support

client apps

Feb.18 Release

npm bulk trusted publishing config and script security now generally available

supply chain security

Feb.17 Improvement

API access to billing usage reports in public preview

enterprise management tools

Feb.17 Improvement

Enterprise-wide credential management tools for incident response

application security

Feb.17 Release

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is now generally available in GitHub Copilot

copilot

Feb.17 Improvement

MCP Registry and more improvements in Copilot in Eclipse

copilot

Feb.17 Release

Delegate tasks to Copilot coding agent from Visual Studio

copilot

Feb.17 Improvement

Assign issues to Copilot coding agent from Raycast

copilot

Feb.17 Release

Required reviewer rule is now generally available

collaboration tools

Feb.17 Improvement

Custom properties and rule insights improvements

platform governance

Feb.13 Improvement

New features and improvements in GitHub Copilot in JetBrains IDEs

copilot

Feb.13 Improvement

Updated GitHub status page experience

actions

Feb.13 Release

Show profile names (first and last name) alongside user handles

enterprise management tools

Feb.13 Release

New repository settings for configuring pull request access

collaboration tools

Feb.13 Improvement

Network configuration changes for Copilot coding agent

copilot

Feb.13 Release

GitHub Agentic Workflows are now in technical preview

actions

Feb.11 Release

GitHub Mobile: Model picker for Copilot coding agent

client apps

Feb.10 Improvement

Track additional Dependabot configuration changes in audit logs

supply chain security

Feb.09 Release

GPT-5.3-Codex is now generally available for GitHub Copilot

copilot

Feb.09 Improvement

GitHub Apps can now utilize public preview Enterprise Teams APIs via fine-grained permissions

enterprise management tools

Feb.07 Release

Fast mode for Claude Opus 4.6 is now in preview for GitHub Copilot

copilot

Feb.06 Improvement

CodeQL 2.24.1 improves Maven private registry support and improves query accuracy

application security

Feb.05 Improvement

Improved pull request Files changed – February 5 updates

collaboration tools

Feb.05 Release

Pinned comments on GitHub Issues

projects & issues

Feb.05 Release

Claude Opus 4.6 is now generally available for GitHub Copilot

copilot

Feb.05 Retired

GitHub Actions: Self-hosted runner minimum version enforcement extended

actions

Feb.05 Release

GitHub Actions: Early February 2026 updates

actions

Feb.04 Improvement

Showing tool calls and other improvements to Copilot chat on the web

copilot

Feb.04 Release

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code v1.109 – January Release

copilot

Feb.04 Release

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — January update

copilot

Feb.04 Release

Claude and Codex are now available in public preview on GitHub

copilot

Feb.03 Improvement

Simplified Copilot model enablement experience for individual users

copilot

Feb.03 Improvement

Dependabot now supports OIDC authentication

supply chain security

Feb.03 Release

The Dependabot Proxy is now open source with an MIT license

ecosystem & accessibility

Feb.03 Release

GitHub Mobile: Comment on unchanged lines in pull request files

client apps