Releasesby GlyphClose all open contributions authored by a blocked user
You can now automatically close all open issues, discussions, and pull requests authored by a user when you block them from your personal account or organization. To use this option, select Close content authored by this user in the block dialog.
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You can now train models using XGBoost version 2.1 by using the XGBOOST_VERSION option
You can now train models using XGBoost version 2.1 by using the XGBOOST_VERSION option. BigQuery uses the XGBoost 3.1.0 library to load and make predictions on XGBoost models. This feature is generally available .
CoCo in the Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code (General availability)
CoCo in the Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code is now generally available. CoCo runs in a side panel next to the extension's existing SQL and Snowpark Python workflows, so you can work locally while you stay connected to your Snowflake account.
Lakeflow Designer August Release
The Lakeflow Designer August release adds the Unique operator, expands the Aggregate, Select, and Python operators, and improves the canvas, preview, and version-history experience.
Genie Code is now available as a Lakeflow Jobs task (Beta)
You can now run prompts with Genie Code as a task in a Lakeflow Job. Genie Code runs your prompt autonomously. It can read upstream task outputs and call tools as needed. The task returns a link to the resulting Genie Code conversation with its response. See Genie Code task for jobs .
Genie Code for AI Runtime (Public Preview)
Use Genie Code to develop and troubleshoot deep learning workloads in notebooks connected to AI Runtime. Now in Public Preview , it generates distributed training code, resolves environment and dependency issues, and debugs GPU and distributed workload failures. See Use Genie Code with AI Runtime .
Share foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing (Public Preview)
You can now use OpenSharing to share foreign Delta tables, which are Delta-format tables registered in a foreign catalog such as OneLake, a Hive metastore, or AWS Glue. Providers add foreign Delta tables to a share, and recipients access the shared data in read-only format.
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Better label management on issues is generally available
We’re making it easier to keep labels organized and find the right one, especially in repositories with long and growing label lists. Suggested Labels You can now find the right label faster with suggestions based on what a repository has been using recently.
GitHub Classroom deprecated
As of August 28, 2026, GitHub Classroom is now deprecated in favor of our selected partner solutions. The GitHub Classroom website, APIs, and related services have now been decommissioned. However, any GitHub user accounts, repositories, and organizations created to work with Classroom are not affected.
GitHub Apps can now access enterprise billing data
Enterprise owners can now grant a GitHub App access to enterprise billing data. When you create or configure a GitHub App, you can select the enterprise billing permission and choose one of two levels: read or read and write.
Rule insights dashboard generally available
The rule insights dashboard is now generally available at both the repository and organization levels. 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.
Push rules in rulesets now support path exceptions
You can now configure push rules more granularly by exempting specific file paths, so a rule applies everywhere in scope except the paths you choose. Path exceptions are in public preview. Push rules give you strong control over what enters a repository.
Enterprise Live Migrations from GHES to ghe.com generally available
Enterprise Live Migrations (ELM) is now generally available, enabling near-zero-downtime repository migrations from GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) to GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Data Residency (GHEC DR), so you can move even your largest, most active repositories while the contributions keep flowing.
Block users from discussion comments in personal repositories
You can now block or unblock users directly from discussion comments in repositories owned by personal GitHub accounts, extending the in-context blocking controls already available for issue and pull request comments. To block or unblock a user from a discussion comment: Open the More menu on their comment. Select Block user or Unblock user .
GitHub CLI: Media in issues, pull requests, and comments
GitHub CLI now has a repeatable --attach flag that uploads a local image or video and references it inline in an issue, pull request, or comment body. This is now generally available to all users on GitHub across all plans. You just need to update gh to v2.99.0. Why this matters?