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Apr.30 Release

Dependabot adds ARC support for security and version updates in public preview

supply chain security

Apr.30 Retired

Mistral Small is now deprecated in GitHub Models

ecosystem & accessibility

Apr.30 Retired

Closing down code scanning alerts tracked in tasklists

application security

Apr.29 Release

Credential revocation API to revoke exposed PATs is now generally available

application security

Apr.29 Retired

Dependabot reviewers configuration option being replaced by code owners

supply chain security

Apr.29 Improvement

Dependabot API now contains has:patch in general availability

supply chain security

Apr.29 Release

Copilot Edits for JetBrains IDEs is generally available

copilot

Apr.24 Release

User prompt improvement is now in public preview within the GitHub Models playground

ecosystem & accessibility

Apr.24 Improvement

CodeQL improves JavaScript and Ruby analysis in version 2.21.1

application security

Apr.23 Release

Users can now choose whether merging linked pull requests automatically closes the issue

collaboration tools

Apr.23 Improvement

GitHub Copilot code review now supports C, C++, Kotlin, and Swift

copilot

Apr.22 Improvement

Updates to security configuration settings for customers in existing grace periods

platform governance

Apr.22 Release

GitHub Actions workflow security analysis with CodeQL is now generally available

application security

Apr.22 Release

Dependabot now lets you schedule update frequencies with cron expressions

supply chain security

Apr.22 Retired

Reminder for changes to npm replication feeds APIs

ecosystem & accessibility

Apr.22 Release

Mobile monthly: April’s general availability and more

client apps

Apr.19 Release

GitHub Copilot for Xcode adds @workspace and support for Claude 3.7 Sonnet and GPT-4.5

copilot

Apr.18 Release

Manage secret scanning alert dismissal requests with the REST API

application security

Apr.18 Release

Performance improvements for the organizational feed

collaboration tools

Apr.17 Release

Organization custom instructions now available

copilot

Apr.17 Release

MAI-DS-R1 is now generally available in GitHub Models

ecosystem & accessibility

Apr.17 Release

Share Copilot Chat conversations in public preview

copilot

Apr.17 Improvement

Scheduled Codespaces maintenance on April 21 and 22

collaboration tools

Apr.17 Release

Copilot commit message generation now in public preview on GitHub Desktop

copilot

Apr.16 Release

Cohere Command A and Embed 4 now generally available in GitHub Models

ecosystem & accessibility

Apr.16 Retired

Mistral Large is now deprecated in GitHub Models

ecosystem & accessibility

Apr.16 Release

OpenAI o3 and o4-mini are now available in public preview for GitHub Copilot and GitHub Models

copilot

Apr.16 Release

Using vision input in Copilot Chat with Claude and Gemini is now in public preview

copilot

Apr.16 Release

CodeQL support for Java and C# private registries is now generally available

application security

Apr.16 Release

GitHub Copilot Chat for Eclipse is now generally available

copilot

Apr.15 Retired

Upcoming breaking changes and releases for GitHub Actions

actions

Apr.15 Release

CodeQL 2.21.0 supports TypeScript 5.8 and expands language coverage

application security

Apr.15 Retired

Sunset notice for automatic watching of repositories and teams

closing-down

Apr.15 Release

OpenAI GPT-4.1-mini and GPT-4.1-nano are now generally available in GitHub Models

ecosystem & accessibility

Apr.14 Release

GitHub Actions token integration now generally available in GitHub Models

ecosystem & accessibility

Apr.14 Release

Secret scanning expands default pattern and push protection support

application security

Apr.14 Retired

Copilot extension for GitHub Models now requires updated permissions

ecosystem & accessibility

Apr.14 Release

Windows arm64 hosted runners now available in public preview

actions

Apr.14 Release

OpenAI GPT-4.1 now available in public preview for GitHub Copilot and GitHub Models

copilot

Apr.14 Release

The Llama 4 herd is now generally available in GitHub Models

ecosystem & accessibility

Apr.11 Release

VSCode Copilot agent mode in Codespaces

copilot

Apr.11 Release

Copilot Chat users can use the Gemini 2.5 Pro model in public preview

copilot

Apr.11 Retired

DeepSeek-V3 is now deprecated in GitHub Models

ecosystem & accessibility

Apr.10 Retired

Removing hardcoded secrets detection from CodeQL

application security

Apr.10 Release

GitHub Actions: macOS 15 and Windows 2025 images are now generally available

actions

Apr.09 Release

Copilot Chat now supports pasting GitHub URLs as explicit references

copilot

Apr.09 Release

GitHub Actions hosted runner fleet now includes 96 vCPU larger runner

actions

Apr.09 Release

Dependabot version updates now support Helm

supply chain security

Apr.09 Release

Evolving GitHub Issues and Projects

projects & issues

Apr.09 Improvement

Push rule delegated bypass and custom property regex support are generally available and repository policy delegated bypass is in preview

platform governance

Apr.08 Release

DeepSeek-V3-0324 is now generally available in GitHub Models

ecosystem & accessibility

Apr.08 Improvement

Reload responses with other Copilot models on github.com

copilot

Apr.08 Release

Security campaigns are now generally available to help address security debt at scale

application security

Apr.07 Improvement

Changes to the repository object in push webhook

collaboration tools

Apr.04 Release

Copilot code review now generally available

copilot

Apr.04 Release

Announcing GitHub Copilot Pro+

copilot

Apr.04 Release

Multiple new models are now generally available in GitHub Copilot

copilot

Apr.04 Release

github-mcp-server is now available in public preview

copilot

Apr.04 Improvement

GitHub Copilot in VS Code March release (v1.99)

copilot

Apr.03 Improvement

Dependency graph supports all purl-identified package ecosystems

application security

Apr.03 Improvement

GitHub Enterprise Server and ESXi 8.0 support

enterprise management tools

Apr.03 Improvement

Pull request merge experience – April 3 update

collaboration tools

Apr.02 Improvement

GitHub Issues: Dashboard updates

projects & issues

Apr.02 Improvement

Copilot Chat on github.com adds support for images

copilot

Apr.02 Improvement

Scheduled Codespaces maintenance – April

collaboration tools

Apr.02 Release

Copilot Chat on GitHub Mobile now supports multi-model selection

copilot

Apr.01 Release

GitHub Secret Protection and GitHub Code Security for GitHub Enterprise

platform governance

Apr.01 Release

Find secrets exposed in your organization with the secret risk assessment

platform governance

Apr.01 Release

GitHub Advanced Security is here for GitHub Team organizations

application security