Releasesby IbisEmail notifications for repository push events have been retired
DeprecationyesterdayUnverifiedAdded Oct 16, 2026
As of October 15, 2026, email notifications for repository push events have been retired and are no longer sent. We shut down this feature to help prevent spam and abuse. Because recipients didn’t have to consent before receiving these emails, the feature could be misused to send unwanted messages through GitHub’s email infrastructure.
Topics: Observability, Developer tools
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Every GitHub platform releaseGitHub App improvements for least privilege and management
We’re releasing several GitHub Apps improvements today that help developers move off of classic PATs, improve GitHub App management, and request fewer sensitive permissions.
Search and filter for budgets now available
The “Budgets and alerts” page in your GitHub billing settings now shows all of your budgets in one list that you can search and filter. Whether you manage budgets for a personal account, enterprise or organization, you can find a specific budget without paginating through the full list.
Triage role users or higher can now archive pull requests
Users with the triage role or higher in a repository can now archive and unarchive pull requests. Previously, archiving was limited to repository administrators, requiring trusted triagers to hand routine moderation work to someone with higher permissions.
Screen readers can navigate timelines as lists
Screen readers can now navigate issue and pull request timelines as a list. When you move through a timeline, assistive technology can announce the list structure, item count, current position, and how to move between events. This makes it easier to understand long histories and jump to relevant updates without relying on visual scanning.
Draft pull requests count toward pull request limits
Maintainers are seeing more low-quality contributions in their repositories and need better ways to manage them. You can now configure pull request limits to also include draft pull requests. Previously, draft pull requests didn’t count toward a user’s limit.
Stacked pull requests generally available
GitHub stacked pull requests are now generally available. Break large changes into smaller, focused pull requests that you can review independently and merge together. Since the feature went into public preview , repositories using stacks have seen a 9% increase in merged code compared to peers.
Accessibility statements highlighted on repository overview
You can now find an ACCESSIBILITY.md file in your repository’s root, the .github/ directory, or the docs/ directory highlighted on the repository overview. You can also add or propose an accessibility statement from a public repository’s Community Standards page.
Private saved views for repository issues and “Relates to” issue relationship is generally available
Private saved views for repository issues Repository issues pages now support private saved views, making it easier to create and save personalized views of your issues. “Relates to” issue relationship The “Relates to” issue relationship now works across the REST API, GraphQL API, webhooks, timeline events, issues search, and projects search.
Also shipped on Oct 15, 2026
GitHub in October 2026Checkout footer visibility now applies to merchant-configurable content
The visibility fields on CheckoutBrandingFooterContent and CheckoutAndAccountsConfigurationBrandingFooterContent now control only merchant-configurable footer content. Checkout can display Shopify-provided transaction information in the footer regardless of this setting.
ShopifyYou can copy tables across regions
You can copy tables across regions . This feature is now generally available (GA).
You can now use column aliases in GoogleSQL
You can now use column aliases in GoogleSQL. This feature lets you define an alias for an expression in the SELECT clause of a SQL query and immediately reference that alias within the same SELECT list or in the WHERE clause of the same query block.
You can export a conversational analytics agent's answer , including text, visualizations, tables, and...
You can export a conversational analytics agent's answer , including text, visualizations, tables, and citations, to a PDF or CSV file. This feature is generally available (GA).
ADBC driver for Power BI is now generally available
The Arrow Database Connectivity (ADBC) driver for the Databricks connector for Power BI is now generally available. ADBC is the default driver for new connections in Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service. See Configure ADBC or ODBC driver for Power BI .
Gemini Enterprise: Anthropic models are available in the Gemini Enterprise app
Administrators can make Anthropic models, Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5, available to users in the Gemini Enterprise app. After an administrator turns on a model in the Enable third-party models section of the Feature Management tab, users can select the model in the model selector.