Public monitoring adds triage, validity, API, and webhooks
UpdateyesterdayUnverifiedAdded Oct 24, 2026
Public monitoring now includes alert management capabilities like automatic validity checks to help you triage and remediate leaked secrets at scale. Alert management with dismissals, timelines, and filtering Always-on validity checks for supported secret types REST API and webhook support for public monitoring alerts Alert management Enterprises with...
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More GitHub Advanced Security releases
Every GitHub Advanced Security releasePublic monitoring now available with data residency
Public monitoring is now available in public preview for GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency (GHEC DR). Public monitoring with data residency Public monitoring extends secret scanning beyond internal repositories by monitoring public commits across github.com, attributing exposed credentials back to your enterprise in real time.
GitHub CLI: Opt in to expiring, auto-refreshing OAuth tokens
You can now use expiring, automatically refreshing OAuth credentials in GitHub CLI as part of a public preview. When you opt in, gh stores an expiring access token alongside a rotating refresh token and automatically refreshes the token whenever it is needed.
Updates to GitHub secret scanning
This update covers improvements and bug fixes for GitHub secret scanning. Update to audit log events On November 12, 2026 , the business field in affected secret_scanning_alert.* and secret_scanning_push_protection.bypass audit log events will change from the enterprise display name to the enterprise slug .
Dependabot alerts REST API now includes dependency versions
You can now get the version of a vulnerable dependency directly from Dependabot alert responses in the REST API. Each alert’s dependency object includes a new version_requirement field with the version or version constraint that Dependabot last recorded for the alert.
GitHub package firewall in public preview
An increasing number of malware attacks exploit systems at package installation time, harvesting credentials on CI/CD hosts or developer workstations without even running the package’s code. To stem this tide of attacks, GitHub is introducing a new package firewall capability.
Dependabot now supports npm 12, pnpm 11 and 12, and Bun 1.4
You can now upgrade your projects to npm 12, pnpm 11 or 12, or Bun 1.4 and keep receiving Dependabot updates. Support for these package manager versions is available to all github.com users and will be included in GitHub Enterprise Server 3.24.
CodeQL changes for macOS 27, Xcode 27, and Swift 6.4
Starting with macOS 27 and Xcode 27, Apple no longer includes Intel (x86_64) code in some of the system binaries and libraries that CodeQL relies on to trace builds. As a result, CodeQL can’t support traced scans on these versions or analyze Swift 6.4.
Open source license compliance generally available
Enterprises can now manage their dependencies’ licenses at scale with sophisticated, ruleset-based checks that enforce a centralized policy. Open source license compliance is now generally available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers, including data-resident GHEC, for repositories with GitHub Code Security enabled.
Also shipped on Oct 23, 2026
GitHub in October 2026Retrieve Cortex Search (Public Preview)
The CORTEX_SEARCH_RETRIEVE table function is now in public preview, allowing users to execute low-latency search queries directly from SQL for RAG and chatbot applications.
DataFrame caching on serverless compute is now in Public Preview
Databricks now supports DataFrame caching on serverless compute via df.cache() or df.persist(), allowing users to reuse results within a session.
Box Audit Logs managed ingestion connector (Beta)
The Box Audit Logs connector for Lakeflow Connect is now available in beta, enabling the ingestion of enterprise audit events into Databricks.
Manage Test Engine workflows with Terraform and the REST API
Users can now manage Test Engine workflows using the buildkite_test_suite_workflow Terraform resource or the REST API, enabling code-based configuration of monitors and actions.
Flagship - Target Flagship feature flags with structured evaluation context
Flagship now supports nested objects and arrays in evaluation context, allowing developers to target feature flags based on complex user profiles and tags.
Responses API for the Cortex REST API (Preview)
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