Automatic Dependabot access to GitHub-hosted registries

UpdateSep 8, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Dependabot can now read from private GitHub Packages registries without a personal access token. If a package has granted your repository access through “Manage Actions access” in the package settings, Dependabot reuses that grant.

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npm extends recovery-code security holds to all accounts

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GitHub Advanced SecuritySep 9, 2026

Block pull requests with exposed secrets from merging

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GitHub Advanced SecuritySep 9, 2026

Remediate Code Quality findings with agentic autofix

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AI Scan for pull request APIs in public preview

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GitHub Advanced SecuritySep 3, 2026

Multiple trusted publishing configurations for npm

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GitHub Advanced SecuritySep 15, 2026

Enforce GitHub Advanced Security configurations

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