GitHub stacked pull requests are now generally available. Break large changes into smaller, focused pull requests that you can review independently and merge together. Since the feature went into ...

Secret protection should keep pace with the way you build software, whether you write code yourself or work with an AI agent. With our new purpose-built model, we’re bringing context-aware detection ...

Claude Haiku 5.5, Anthropic’s newest lightweight model, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for fast, high-volume work like subagents, quick edits, and terminal tasks. In ...

Secret scanning now detects new secret types from Lovable Labs, Pydantic Services Inc., and Supabase. New secret scanning partner The following provider joined the secret scanning partnership program.

GitHub Copilot CLI makes it easier to choose a local model without leaving your existing workflow. Starting in CLI version 1.0.94-0, use /model to discover supported models from a running local Ollama ...

Update your IDE What to expect in your reports Why client-side metrics can differ from other Copilot data If your Copilot usage metrics have shown agent activity or agent lines of code falling while ...

GitHub Dependabot now natively supports automatic dependency updates for pre-commit hooks. By adding pre-commit as a package ecosystem in your dependabot.yml configuration, Dependabot will parse your ...

This week, put Copilot to work with new models, reusable workflows and desktop app automation, plus Azure canvases and VS Code improvements.

As previously announced, checks, workflow runs, and statuses are now governed by the same GitHub Actions retention setting that controls how long artifacts and logs are kept. These records are ...

This changelog covers VS Code v1.136 through v1.140, shipped throughout September 2026. September’s releases streamline agent-driven development from implementation through pull request merge.