Releasesby GlyphClearer names for secret scanning detector types
To make secret scanning easier to understand, we’re updating the names we use for our detector types to better reflect how each one finds secrets. This is a naming change only; detection behavior is exactly the same.
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Online Feature Store (Public Preview)
Online Feature Store is now available in public preview. Serve the latest feature values with low-latency online retrieval backed by Snowflake Postgres for real-time ML applications such as fraud detection, recommendations, and personalization.
Databricks-provided MCP Services will GA soon
Databricks-provided MCP Services for SaaS applications such as Slack, GitHub, Atlassian, and Google Drive will soon be generally available, with both read and write operations enabled by default. Admins and users can disable MCP Services and individual tools in Unity Gateway . See Connect agents to tools with MCP Services .
Secrets in Unity Catalog (Public Preview)
You can now store, govern, and access secrets as securable objects in Unity Catalog. A Unity Catalog secret uses the three-level namespace ( catalog.schema.secret ) and is governed by Unity Catalog privileges, so you can apply the same access controls and auditing that you use for other data assets. See Secrets in Unity Catalog .
Dreams research preview adds Claude Fable 5 and Claude Sonnet 5
Dreams, in research preview, now supports Claude Fable 5 and Claude Sonnet 5.
supabase-js will require TypeScript 5.0+ from January 31, 2027
@supabase/supabase-js will require TypeScript 5.0 starting January 31, 2027, dropping support for TypeScript 4.7 to 4.9.
Confluent Gateway 1.3.0 adds centralized governance enforcement (Early Access)
Gateway validates messages and enforces data governance with Schema Registry, with four policy types (schema ID, deep validation, field-level and full-payload encryption) and per-topic overrides. Docker only during EA.
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CodeQL 2.26.0 adds Kotlin 2.4.0 support and AI prompt injection detection
CodeQL is the static analysis engine behind GitHub code scanning , which finds and remediates security issues in your code. We’ve recently released CodeQL 2.26.0 , which adds support for Kotlin 2.4.0, introduces a JavaScript and TypeScript query for system prompt injection, and improves analysis accuracy across multiple languages.
Organization-level targeting for GitHub Code Quality
Organization owners can now target a subset of repositories when enabling or disabling GitHub Code Quality, rather than applying it to every repository at once. This gives you more granular control on where you enable or disable Code Quality across your organization.
Innersource security advisories are generally available
GitHub Advanced Security enterprise customers can now publish internal security advisories. Innersource advisories work similarly to GitHub’s open source advisories, but their visibility is restricted to repositories owned by the enterprise.
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 of the most sensitive uses of 2FA-bypass granular access tokens (GATs).
Manage secret scanning custom patterns via REST API
Starting today, security teams can create, edit, and manage secret scanning custom patterns with the REST API. What’s new The following endpoints are generally available: GET .../secret-scanning/custom-patterns list patterns POST .../secret-scanning/custom-patterns create patterns PATCH .../secret-scanning/custom-patterns/{id} update patterns DELETE...
GitHub Code Quality license estimate in public preview
You can now see the number of active committers on repositories using GitHub Code Quality across your enterprise, giving you an estimate of your Code Quality license cost before it becomes a paid product on July 20, 2026. Code Quality is free during the public preview, so this usage isn’t billed today.
Secret scanning extended metadata and multipart validation
To help you understand ownership and impact of a leaked secret, GitHub secret scanning surfaces enriched metadata for supported secret types. Extended metadata checks are now generally available, including support for multipart validators with supplementary metadata. What’s new?
Code scanning shows AI security detections on pull requests
GitHub code scanning now surfaces AI-powered security detections directly on pull requests, expanding vulnerability coverage to languages and frameworks not currently supported by CodeQL. These detections help teams identify and address potential issues in parts of the codebase that previously had no native scanning coverage, all before code is merged.