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Dependabot alerts on malicious packages across more ecosystems

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The GitHub Advisory Database now ingests malware advisories from the OpenSSF malicious-packages repository, significantly expanding the breadth of malware data available to you through Dependabot alerts.

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Snowflake Native Apps support for Virtual Private Snowflake on AWS for apps with containers (General availability)

Snowflake Native App with Snowpark Container Services now support Virtual Private Snowflake (VPS) on Amazon Web Services. Apps with containers can be distributed to Snowflake customers in VPS deployments. Apps running in VPS can use the functionality of Snowpark Container Services, including compute pools, services, jobs, and external access integrations.

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CodeQL 2.26.1 improves analysis accuracy and framework coverage

CodeQL is the static analysis engine behind GitHub code scanning , which finds and remediates security issues in your code. We’ve recently released CodeQL 2.26.1 , which improves framework coverage for Go, Java/Kotlin, and JavaScript/TypeScript, and reduces false positives in Rust analysis.

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Restricting npm bypass-2FA granular access tokens

npm granular access tokens (GATs) configured to bypass 2FA can no longer perform sensitive account, org, and package management actions. These now require an interactive 2FA challenge, closing one of the largest credential-based attack surfaces on the registry. This only impacts npm granular access tokens.

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Customize code scanning default setup at scale

You can now apply your own configuration file to code scanning default setup, using the new github-codeql-config-file repository property. This gives you control over how CodeQL scans your code for security vulnerabilities, whether that’s on one repository or across your whole organization.

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Customize Dependabot pull request branch names

You can now customize the branch names Dependabot creates for pull requests. New pull-request-branch-name options in .github/dependabot.yml let you set a prefix and maximum length, choose segment and word separators, set letter case, or define a custom template using placeholders.

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Code coverage automatic enablement in Code Quality settings

We’re making code coverage setup faster and simpler. You’ll now see a new option in your repository’s Code Quality settings that lets GitHub generate your coverage workflow automatically with AI. We’ll open a pull request so you can review the changes before you merge them. Setting up code coverage has traditionally felt disconnected and manual.

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CodeQL 2.26.2 adds Swift 6.3.3 and Kotlin 2.4.10 support

CodeQL is the static analysis engine behind GitHub code scanning, which finds and remediates security issues in your code. We’ve recently released CodeQL 2.26.2, which adds support for Swift 6.3.3 and Kotlin 2.4.10, and improves the accuracy of path injection, URL redirection, and GitHub Actions queries.

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GitHub Code Quality is now generally available

GitHub Code Quality is now generally available on GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Team. It solves an emerging challenge for software development: AI accelerates code output, and Code Quality helps teams ship code they trust.

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