Releasesby Glyphnpm adds preventive account protection for high-impact accounts
npm now adds a temporary, preventive safeguard for high-impact accounts , those responsible for the registry’s most widely used packages, whenever it detects a sensitive account change, strengthening protection against account-takeover attacks.
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Genie One enhancements
- Share chats with account users : You can now share Genie One chats with all users in your account as read-only. See Share a chat . New external source connections (Beta) : Chat in Genie One now supports connecting to Gmail and additional Microsoft 365 apps (Teams, Outlook, and Calendar). See Connect to external tools and sources .
Fast mode for Claude Opus 4.7 deprecated, removal on July 24, 2026
After July 24, 2026, requests to claude-opus-4-7 with speed fast will return an error. Anthropic recommends migrating to fast mode on Claude Opus 4.8.
Smart load balancing for deployment set routing is generally available
Smart load balancing, a routing mechanism available with deployment set routing, is now generally available in Starburst Galaxy.
Palantir MCP is generally available
Beginning the week of June 22, Palantir MCP is available across all Foundry enrollments. It enables AI IDEs and agents to design, build, edit, and review end-to-end applications within the Palantir platform.
Ontology MCP is generally available
Ontology MCP is generally available across all Foundry enrollments. It exposes an application's Ontology resources (object types, action types, and functions) as MCP tools for MCP-compatible agents.
Flink UDF external connectivity generally available
UDFs can call external systems such as REST APIs through Connection objects bound with USING CONNECTIONS. Public endpoints on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud; private endpoints on AWS only.
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Self-service credential revocation for incident response
For a timely response to security incidents involving compromised accounts or stolen credentials, GitHub Enterprise owners can now use new “break-glass” capabilities to instantly revoke all credentials for a given user. This builds on the enterprise-wide credential management tools for incident response released earlier.
GitHub code coverage merge protection for pull requests
You can now use branch rulesets to block pull requests from merging when test coverage drops below thresholds you set. You can set a minimum coverage percentage, a maximum allowed drop from the default branch, or both. You can start in evaluate mode to understand impact first, then switch to active mode when you’re ready to enforce merge protection.
Open source license compliance is in public preview
Enterprises can now manage their dependencies’ licenses at scale with sophisticated, ruleset-based checks that enforce a centralized policy. Open source license compliance is in public preview, letting you block noncompliant dependencies before they reach production.
Dependabot no longer infers .npmrc
Dependabot will no longer attempt to infer .npmrc configuration for npm private registries. Previously, Dependabot tried to reconstruct .npmrc contents from lockfile resolved URLs, but incorrect lockfile URLs, lockfile format differences across npm, Yarn v1, Yarn Berry, and pnpm, and other edge cases regularly caused registry authentication failures.
Upcoming cloud data retention policy for closed security alerts
Starting September 25, 2026, GitHub will introduce a data retention policy for closed Dependabot security alerts. This policy gives you a clear commitment for how long your alert data stays accessible and where you can find it. It applies to Dependabot security alerts on github.com, including GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC).
Upcoming access restrictions to public API endpoints and UI views
As part of our ongoing commitment to protect our users and ensure responsible use of our platform, the Notifications team will soon introduce access restrictions to several public API endpoints and related UI views.
Secret scanning adds validators for Asana, IBM, and MessageBird
Secret scanning now runs validity checks on Asana, IBM, and MessageBird secrets so you can tell whether a leaked credential is still active. Validity checks added These patterns now support validity checks.
Secret scanning public monitoring for enterprises
GitHub is committed to empowering the developer community by helping organizations recognize and address the risks of secret leaks wherever they happen. We believe every enterprise should know the moment its secrets leak in public, no matter where it happens on GitHub.