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August Aug 2025

Aug.29 Improvement

Copilot’s next edit suggestion (NES) in public preview in JetBrains

copilot

Aug.28 Improvement

Added support for WebP images

collaboration tools

Aug.28 Improvement

Copilot coding agent now supports AGENTS.md custom instructions

copilot

Aug.28 Release

Start and track Copilot coding agent tasks from Raycast

copilot

Aug.28 Improvement

Improvements to the home dashboard available in public preview

collaboration tools

Aug.28 Release

OpenAI GPT-5 mini is now available in public preview in Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse

copilot

Aug.28 Release

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — August update

copilot

Aug.27 Improvement

Create sub-issues with Copilot in public preview

copilot

Aug.27 Release

Copilot code review: Generally available in Xcode and new admin control

copilot

Aug.27 Release

Copilot code completion now uses the GPT-4.1 Copilot model

copilot

Aug.27 Improvement

Copilot coding agent is now available in GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency

copilot

Aug.26 Improvement

Template URLs for fine-grained PATs and updated permissions UI

ecosystem & accessibility

Aug.26 Release

The secret risk assessment is generally available

application security

Aug.26 Release

Grok Code Fast 1 is rolling out in public preview for GitHub Copilot

copilot

Aug.26 Improvement

Releases now support immutability in public preview

supply chain security

Aug.26 Improvement

Improved repository creation generally available, plus ruleset & insights improvements

collaboration tools

Aug.26 Improvement

Dependabot can now exclude automatic pull requests for manifests in selected subdirectories

supply chain security

Aug.26 Improvement

Secret scanning adds 10+ new validators, including Square, Wakatime, and Yandex

application security

Aug.22 Improvement

Premium request overage policy is generally available for Copilot Business and Enterprise

copilot

Aug.22 Retired

GraphQL Explorer removal from API documentation on November 1, 2025

ecosystem & accessibility

Aug.21 Release

Enterprises can create organization roles for use across their enterprise, and custom role limits have been increased

enterprise management tools

Aug.21 Improvement

Pull request “Files changed” public preview experience – August 21 updates

collaboration tools

Aug.21 Release

Dependencies on issues

projects & issues

Aug.21 Release

Copilot generated commit messages on github.com is in public preview

copilot

Aug.20 Retired

Sunset notice: Copilot knowledge bases

copilot

Aug.20 Release

Gemini 2.5 Pro is generally available in Copilot

copilot

Aug.19 Release

Secret scanning: Configuring patterns in push protection is now generally available

application security

Aug.19 Release

Agents panel: Launch Copilot coding agent tasks anywhere on github.com

copilot

Aug.19 Release

Dependabot now supports Rust toolchain updates

supply chain security

Aug.18 Improvement

Migrate repositories with GitHub-owned blob storage

enterprise management tools

Aug.18 Improvement

Customers can now add users to a cost center from both the UI and API

enterprise management tools

Aug.15 Retired

Deprecating Copilot text completion for pull request descriptions

copilot

Aug.15 Improvement

GitHub Actions policy now supports blocking and SHA pinning actions

actions

Aug.14 Improvement

CodeQL expands Kotlin support and additional accuracy improvements

application security

Aug.14 Improvement

Clearer pull request reviewer status and enhanced email filtering

collaboration tools

Aug.14 Release

Introducing metered GitHub Enterprise billing for Visual Studio subscriptions with GitHub Enterprise

account management

Aug.14 Improvement

Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for JetBrains, Eclipse, and Xcode is now generally available

copilot

Aug.14 Improvement

Expanded file type support for attachments across issues, pull requests, and discussions

collaboration tools

Aug.13 Improvement

Added last_authenticated_at to the Copilot user management API

copilot

Aug.13 Improvement

Spark resilience improvements

copilot

Aug.13 Release

GPT-5 mini now available in GitHub Copilot in public preview

copilot

Aug.13 Improvement

GitHub MCP Server: Secret scanning, push protection, and more

application security

Aug.13 Release

Copilot Spaces supports adding entire repositories

copilot

Aug.12 Improvement

Secret scanning adds 12 validators including Cockroach Labs, Polar, and Yandex

application security

Aug.12 Release

OpenAI GPT-5 is now available in public preview in Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse

copilot

Aug.12 Release

Dependabot version updates now support vcpkg

supply chain security

Aug.08 Retired

Dependabot reviewers configuration option is replaced by code owners

supply chain security

Aug.08 Retired

Upcoming changes to GitHub Events API payloads

ecosystem & accessibility

Aug.08 Improvement

Defense of third-party claims added for volume licensing customers

copilot

Aug.07 Release

GPT-5 is now generally available in GitHub Models

ecosystem & accessibility

Aug.07 Improvement

Asynchronous generation of the Copilot activity report CSV

copilot

Aug.07 Release

GitHub Copilot in VS Code July release (v1.103)

copilot

Aug.07 Improvement

Default tab size changed from eight to four

collaboration tools

Aug.07 Improvement

Contributing guidelines now visible in repository tab and sidebar

collaboration tools

Aug.07 Improvement

Single sign-on banners consolidated across GitHub

account management

Aug.07 Release

OpenAI GPT-5 is now in public preview for GitHub Copilot

copilot

Aug.07 Improvement

arm64 hosted runners for public repositories are now generally available

actions

Aug.06 Release

Models CLI now auto-generates test cases and an evaluator

ecosystem & accessibility

Aug.06 Release

Copilot code review: copilot-instructions.md support is now generally available

copilot

Aug.06 Improvement

Copilot coding agent: Automatically generate custom instructions

copilot

Aug.06 Retired

Deprecation of GPT-4o in Copilot Chat

copilot

Aug.06 Improvement

Spark improvements: Enhanced reliability, seed data, and performance updates

copilot

Aug.05 Improvement

Copilot coding agent: Improved pull request review experience

copilot

Aug.05 Improvement

Secret Protection expands default pattern support and adds additional validators – August 2025

application security

Aug.05 Release

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 is now in public preview in GitHub Copilot

copilot

Aug.05 Improvement

New API endpoints for listing and updating push protection configurations

application security

Aug.01 Retired

Upcoming deprecation of GPU machine type in Codespaces

collaboration tools

Aug.01 Improvement

Update on GitHub Copilot consumptive billing for GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency

copilot

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