Custom thread subscriptions are being deprecated

DeprecationAug 10, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Update (August 14, 2026): Pausing the custom thread subscriptions deprecation We’re pausing the planned deprecation of custom thread subscriptions. Your feedback highlighted how integral this feature is to many developers’ notification workflows.

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GitHub platformAug 10, 2026

GitHub billing in India now supports automatic recurring payments

Customers in India can now use eligible saved credit cards for automatic recurring payments on monthly and annual GitHub bills. This update uses a payment mandate, also known in the payments industry as an electronic mandate, to authorize future charges in line with Reserve Bank of India requirements.

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GitHub platformAug 11, 2026

GitHub Enterprise Server 3.22 release candidate

GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) 3.22 is now available and introduces new capabilities across the platform. Here are a few highlights in the 3.22 release: Administrators can configure Copilot CLI to work with GHES for enterprises that operate in disconnected or air-gapped environments without connectivity to GitHub Cloud.

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GitHub platformAug 11, 2026

Automatically migrate branch protection rules to repository rulesets

You can now convert your existing branch protection rules to repository rulesets directly from your repository settings. This helps you migrate to GitHub’s more flexible and scalable policy framework without manually recreating each rule.

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GitHub platformAug 12, 2026

Rule insights for organizations in public preview

The rule insights dashboard is now in public preview at the organization level. You get a visual, high-level view of how GitHub evaluates and enforces your GitHub repository rulesets, so you can spot trends and report on governance without stitching data together by hand.

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GitHub platformAug 13, 2026

Block users from comments in personal repositories

You can now block or unblock users directly from comments on pull requests and issues in repositories owned by personal GitHub accounts. To block or unblock a user: Open the More menu on their comment. Select Block user or Unblock user . Optionally add a private note explaining why you’re blocking the user. Confirm your selection.

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GitHub platformAug 7, 2026

Enterprises can now install third-party GitHub Apps

Enterprise owners can now install public GitHub Apps created outside their enterprise on their enterprise account. This allows third-party integrators to build apps for enterprise management scenarios. Enterprise installations grant access to the enterprise account itself; they do not grant access to organizations or repositories in the enterprise.

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GitHub platformAug 7, 2026

“Relates to” issue relationship in public preview and multi-select fields is generally available

GitHub is making it easier to connect related work and manage multiple field values across issues and projects. Connect related issues The new “Relates to” issue relationship is available in public preview. You can connect two issues without implying that one blocks, duplicates, contains, or closes the other.

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GitHub platformAug 14, 2026

Multiple redirect URIs and token refresh for OAuth apps

We’ve released multiple updates to the OAuth app and GitHub App platforms to support more secure app development: OAuth apps can opt in to expiring access tokens and refresh tokens. OAuth apps can have multiple redirect URIs. Both GitHub Apps and OAuth apps can enable wildcard matching for redirect URIs if needed.

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Google Cloud BigQueryAug 10, 2026

BigQuery supports gemini-3.1-flash-lite and gemini-3.5-flash GA models

Both models work in all BigQuery generative AI functions and are available on the us, eu and global multi-regional endpoints.

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Snowflake Snowflake Cortex AIAug 10, 2026

AI_MULTI_EMBED support for large video files in semantic video search (General availability)

Snowflake Cortex AI_MULTI_EMBED is now generally available for semantic video search with support for large video files up to 6 GB using the TwelveLabs Marengo Embed 3.0 model, enabling organizations to index and search production-grade video content directly in Snowflake.

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Snowflake SnowflakeAug 10, 2026

Amazon S3 Tables Iceberg REST catalog integration (General availability)

Snowflake can now connect directly to the Amazon S3 Tables Iceberg REST endpoint, so you don’t need to create an AWS Glue integration. This capability is now generally available.

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Snowflake SnowflakeAug 10, 2026

Request Access in Workspaces (Preview)

With this preview release, you can resolve access-related SQL errors in Workspaces by submitting access requests directly from Snowsight. When a query fails because of missing privileges and the user can’t self-resolve the issue by switching roles, the user can submit a request with a reason.

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Databricks Unity CatalogAug 10, 2026

READ METADATA privilege is GA

The READ METADATA privilege is now generally available in Unity Catalog. READ METADATA provides read-only visibility into the same metadata available to the object's owner or a user with MANAGE , including security-sensitive information that BROWSE doesn't expose, such as privilege grants, row filters and column masks, and ABAC policies.

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Databricks LakeflowAug 10, 2026

Notion connector (Beta)

The managed Notion connector in Lakeflow Connect is now available in Beta. The connector ingests pages, data sources, databases, blocks, comments, and users from Notion into Databricks. See Notion connector .

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