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·GitHub Blog

GitHub profiles bug bounty researcher @r31n on using AI, manual validation, and proof-of-concept exploits

GitHub spotlighted bug bounty researcher @r31n, citing repeated high-impact findings in GitHub Enterprise Server with working proofs of concept and clear reproduction steps. The in...

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GitHub details per-reference write serialization to move its busiest repositories to Azure despite 25ms cross-region latency

GitHub says 99.99999% of repositories now live in both its data centers and Azure, with most repos using two of five replicas in Azure and Azure serving about half of Git traffic....

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Three Java Champions describe using GitHub Copilot for Java features, slide migrations, and UI bug fixes

Three Java Champions—Vlad Mihalcea, Patrick Baumgartner, and Frank Delporte—describe using GitHub Copilot while emphasizing that developers still must provide context, review outpu...

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GitHub explains how to continue a Copilot app coding session in VS Code with context intact

GitHub’s tutorial shows how to open a Copilot app session directly in VS Code, preserving the task, plan, conversation, diff, and isolated worktree. Developers can review the agent...

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GitHub argues AI agents and Logitech's MX Keypad will make developer interfaces more ambient and intent-driven

GitHub says Copilot is shifting development from issuing commands to specifying outcomes: agents can inspect repository context, edit files, run tests, and return pull requests whi...

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GitHub details Evergreen, an internal app for automating outside-collaborator reviews and stale repo archival

GitHub built Evergreen, a GitHub App, to automate repo hygiene in a shared organization where employees collaborate with customers and partners. It runs quarterly outside-collabora...

GitHub details Evergreen, an internal app for automating outside-collaborator reviews and stale repo archival
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GitHub says availability work cut database load and expanded Azure traffic, but September incidents and a missed migration target show gaps remain

GitHub says August and September work reduced shared-database pressure, improved overload controls, added GitHub Actions headroom, and moved more workloads to Azure; by October 7,...

GitHub says availability work cut database load and expanded Azure traffic, but September incidents and a missed migration target show gaps remain
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GitHub adds aggregate star-history endpoint to reduce stargazer scraping and expensive API pagination

GitHub says it restricted stargazer and watcher lists to repository admins and collaborators after public lists enabled spam/phishing scraping and created heavy database load. It b...

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GitHub explains how to give Copilot repository context using instructions, skills, agents, and MCP servers

GitHub outlines four ways to tailor Copilot to a codebase: repository and path-specific custom instructions, agent skills for repeatable procedures, custom agents for broader speci...

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GitHub says hackathons remain a fast, low-risk way to learn building with AI tools like Copilot

GitHub highlights recent hackathon participants who describe the events as two-day “invention marathons” for building prototypes across robots, apps, websites, and hardware. The po...

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GitHub spotlights VIP bug bounty researcher and explains its shift toward higher rewards for higher-impact reports

GitHub says it restructured its Bug Bounty Program to reward quality over volume, with an invite-only VIP tier offering higher payouts of up to $30,000 or more for critical finding...

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