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- GitHub traces 7-hour outage to critical infrastructure failure: Here’s what we know
- GitHub's ~8-Hour Outage Caused by "Capacity Shortage" — AI-Driven Usage Surge Outpaced Auto-Scaling
- The August 17 outage, and the work ahead
- GitHub outage blamed on misconfigured policy as firm pledged resilience improvements
- AI Security Battle: Copilot Autofix Introduces Vulnerability, Snowflake's Internal Jira Breached by Red Team Agent
- GitHub outage had users weighing options, but finding few
- GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Managing your work
- GitHub blames 8-hour outage on autoscaling fail and VS Code retry storm
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Change history
- API change Aug 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
GitHub API: 5 additive changes
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+ New endpoint: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stargazers/count + New optional parameter: before (query) + New optional parameter: after (query) + New optional parameter: before (query) + New optional parameter: after (query)
- Deprecation Aug 11, 2026, 6:50 PM
Upcoming deprecation of MAI-Code-1-Flash
With the launch of MAI-Code-1.1-Flash, we will deprecate MAI-Code-1-Flash across all GitHub Copilot experiences on September 10, 2026: Model Deprecation date Suggested alternative MAI-Code-1-Flash 9-10-2026 MAI-Code-1.1-Flash Please update your workflows… The post Upcoming deprecation of MAI-Code-1-Flash appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- Deprecation Aug 10, 2026, 12:45 PM
Custom thread subscriptions are being deprecated
You’ll no longer be able to configure custom thread subscriptions for GitHub notifications. What’s changing As part of this rollout, GitHub will remove support for custom thread subscription settings. If… The post Custom thread subscriptions are being deprecated appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- API change Aug 6, 2026, 6:00 PM
GitHub API: 3 additive changes
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+ New optional parameter: relationship (query) + New optional parameter: relationship (query) + New optional parameter: relationship (query)
- Deprecation Aug 4, 2026, 7:09 PM
Retiring the Copilot Billing Preview app
We’ve retired the GitHub Copilot Billing Preview app, and it’s no longer available. You can review and manage your Copilot spend directly in your GitHub billing settings. The app helped… The post Retiring the Copilot Billing Preview app appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- API change Aug 4, 2026, 6:00 PM
GitHub API: 4 additive changes
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+ New endpoint: GET /orgs/{org}/interaction-limits/pulls/creation-cap + New endpoint: PATCH /orgs/{org}/interaction-limits/pulls/creation-cap + New endpoint: PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/merge-async + New endpoint: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/merge-async/{uuid}
- Deprecation Aug 4, 2026, 3:54 PM
Upcoming deprecation of GitHub Spark on github.com
Beginning August 4, 2026, GitHub Spark no longer accepts new users or allows the creation of new apps. Existing users can continue to access GitHub Spark until August 31, 2026… The post Upcoming deprecation of GitHub Spark on github.com appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- Deprecation Jul 31, 2026, 9:26 PM
Upcoming August 2026 model deprecations in GitHub Copilot
We will deprecate the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions), on September 1st, 2026: Model Deprecation date… The post Upcoming August 2026 model deprecations in GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- Deprecation Jul 31, 2026, 8:04 PM
Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash deprecated
As of today, July 31, 2026, we have deprecated the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions). Model… The post Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash deprecated appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- Deprecation Jul 30, 2026, 7:14 PM
As of July 30, 2026, GitHub Models is now retired. The playground, model catalog, inference API, and bring your own key (BYOK) are no longer available to any customer, including… The post GitHub Models is now retired appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- API change Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
GitHub API: 5 additive changes
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+ New endpoint: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stacks + New endpoint: POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stacks + New endpoint: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stacks/{stack_number} + New endpoint: POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stacks/{stack_number}/add + New endpoint: POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stacks/{stack_number}/unstack
- API change Jul 28, 2026, 12:00 AM
GitHub API: 2 additive changes
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+ New endpoint: POST /orgs/{org}/artifacts/metadata/deployment-record/cluster/{cluster}/jobs + New endpoint: GET /orgs/{org}/artifacts/metadata/deployment-record/cluster/{cluster}/jobs/{job_id}
- API change Jul 23, 2026, 6:00 PM
GitHub API: 4 additive changes
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+ New endpoint: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/suggestions + New endpoint: POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/suggestions/{suggestion_id}/approve + New endpoint: POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/suggestions/{suggestion_id}/dismiss + New optional parameter: exclude (query)
- API change Jul 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
GitHub API: 2 additive changes
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+ New endpoint: GET /enterprises/{enterprise}/copilot/metrics/reports/repos-1-day + New endpoint: GET /orgs/{org}/copilot/metrics/reports/repos-1-day
- API change Jul 14, 2026, 6:00 PM
GitHub API: 8 additive changes
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+ New endpoint: GET /orgs/{org}/secret-scanning/custom-patterns + New endpoint: POST /orgs/{org}/secret-scanning/custom-patterns + New endpoint: DELETE /orgs/{org}/secret-scanning/custom-patterns + New endpoint: PATCH /orgs/{org}/secret-scanning/custom-patterns/{pattern_id} + New endpoint: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/secret-scanning/custom-patterns + New endpoint: POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/secret-scanning/custom-patterns + New endpoint: DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/secret-scanning/custom-patterns + New endpoint: PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/secret-scanning/custom-patterns/{pattern_id}
- API change Jul 10, 2026, 6:00 PM
GitHub API: 6 additive changes
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+ New endpoint: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/interaction-limits/pulls/creation-cap + New endpoint: PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/interaction-limits/pulls/creation-cap + New optional parameter: included_metadata (query) + New optional parameter: owner_email_hash (query) + New optional parameter: included_metadata (query) + New optional parameter: owner_email_hash (query)
- Deprecation Jul 8, 2026, 3:00 PM
npm install-time security and GAT bypass2fa deprecation
npm v12 is now generally available and tagged latest. This major release turns on the install-time security defaults we announced in June, and it’s also where we begin a deprecation… The post npm install-time security and GAT bypass2fa deprecation appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- Deprecation Jul 7, 2026, 2:51 PM
Copilot Billing Preview app will be retired on August 3
The Copilot Billing Preview app will be retired on August 3, 2026. If you use it to review your GitHub Copilot spend, you can get even greater visibility directly in… The post Copilot Billing Preview app will be retired on August 3 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- Deprecation Jul 2, 2026, 11:07 PM
Upcoming deprecation of Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash
We will deprecate Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions) on July 31st,… The post Upcoming deprecation of Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- Deprecation Jul 1, 2026, 9:30 PM
GitHub Models is being fully retired on July 30, 2026
In June, we announced that we are retiring GitHub Models and closed it to new customers. We’re now sharing the timeline for the next step: GitHub Models will be fully… The post GitHub Models is being fully retired on July 30, 2026 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- Deprecation Jun 23, 2026, 3:46 PM
Deprecation of Python 3.9 for Dependabot
Dependabot no longer supports Python version 3.9, which has reached its end-of-life. If you continue to use Python 3.9, there’s a risk that Dependabot will not create pull requests to… The post Deprecation of Python 3.9 for Dependabot appeared first on The GitHub Blog.