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GitHub new features in September 2026

Everything GitHub shipped in September 2026: 67 releases, grouped by product, each linked to GitHub's release notes.
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GitHub Copilot32

GitHub Copilot

Local sandboxing in the GitHub Copilot app

UpdateUnverified
GitHub Copilot

More ways to request and configure Copilot code reviews

GAUnverified
GitHub Copilot

New features and improvements in Copilot for JetBrains

PreviewUnverified
GitHub Copilot

OpenTelemetry in the GitHub Copilot app

UpdateUnverified
GitHub Copilot

Claude Opus 5.5 is now available in GitHub Copilot

Update
GitHub Copilot

OpenAI’s GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna now available

Update
GitHub Copilot

Grok 4.7 is now available in GitHub Copilot

Update
GitHub Copilot

Copilot code review: An improved review experience

GA
GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot weekly releases , September 14

GA
GitHub Copilot

Upcoming deprecation of selected GitHub Copilot models in mid-October

Deprecation
GitHub Copilot

Agentic CLI customizations now in the usage metrics API

Update
GitHub Copilot

Copilot budget increase requests are generally available

GA
GitHub Copilot

Configure cost and quality in Copilot auto model selection

Update
GitHub Copilot

Add VS Code Agents to Copilot usage metrics

GA
GitHub Copilot

Auto-resolution and analysis updates in Copilot code review

Update
GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot weekly releases , September 7

Preview
GitHub Copilot

MAI-Code-1-Flash deprecated

Deprecation
GitHub Copilot

Enterprise-managed sandbox in Copilot for JetBrains

Preview
GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot weekly releases , August 31

GA
GitHub Copilot

Gemini 3.8 Flash is now available in GitHub Copilot

Update
GitHub Copilot

Reopening Copilot Business and Enterprise signups

Update
GitHub Copilot

Upcoming deprecation of selected GitHub Copilot models

Deprecation
GitHub Copilot

Content exclusions generally available in Copilot app and CLI

GA
GitHub Copilot

Enterprise-managed settings support any default model

GA
GitHub Copilot

Copilot code review can now approve pull requests

Preview
GitHub Copilot

Set an expiration date for individual user budgets

GA

GitHub Advanced Security15

Deprecation notice: All-platform CodeQL bundle

Deprecation

Security improvements for SSH

Update

Stage-only npm tokens for safer automation

Update

Enforce GitHub Advanced Security configurations

Update

AI Scan for pull request APIs in public preview

Preview

Block pull requests with exposed secrets from merging

Preview

CodeQL 2.27.0 adds support for Linux ARM64

Update

Remediate Code Quality findings with agentic autofix

Update

npm extends recovery-code security holds to all accounts

Update

Multiple trusted publishing configurations for npm

GitHub platform13

GitHub platform

Refreshed repository pull requests page generally available

GA
GitHub platform

SCIM user responses now include a profileUrl attribute

Update
GitHub platform

SHA-1 in HTTPS on GitHub sunset

Deprecation
GitHub platform

Profiles now show your highest achievement badge tier

Update
GitHub platform

GitHub Enterprise Server 3.22 is now generally available

GA
GitHub platform

New customer portal help.github.com

Update
GitHub platform

New API endpoint provides privacy-safe star history data

Update
GitHub platform

GitHub CLI Linux package signing key expires September 5

Update
GitHub platform

Block users from discussion comments in personal repositories

Update
GitHub platform

GitHub CLI: Media in issues, pull requests, and comments

GA

GitHub Actions7

GitHub Actions

Node 20 is no longer available in GitHub Actions

DeprecationUnverified
GitHub Actions

Ubuntu 26 generally available and latest migration

GA
GitHub Actions

Control GitHub Actions cache access with cache-mode

GA
GitHub Actions

Xcode 27 runner image now runs on macOS 27

Preview
GitHub Actions

CodeQL 2.26.4 improves GitHub actions security detections

Update
GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions: Early September 2026 updates

Update

Weekly: the week's data and AI releases, Tuesday mornings.