Semantic Issue Search in Copilot Chat — GA
Copilot Chat now understands natural language to find semantically related issues across your repository, even when they're worded differently. No more exact keyword hunting.
TL;DR
- Copilot Chat now understands natural language queries to find semantically related issues, not just exact keyword matches
- Works across all Copilot plans on GitHub web
- Speeds up issue discovery, triaging, and planning without remembering exact titles
New
- Semantic issues index — Copilot Chat now surfaces issues that match the intent of your query even when worded differently, letting you find related issues by describing the problem instead of guessing keywords
- Natural language filtering — Quickly filter issues by platform, environment, or feature area using conversational queries instead of manual tag/label hunting
Why This Matters
- Cuts time spent digging through issue backlogs when you don't remember exact titles or labels
- Helps teams triage faster by grouping semantically similar issues that might use different terminology
- Works alongside existing Copilot Chat context features on GitHub web
Update: This feature is live now for all Copilot plan users. Head to Copilot Chat to start using semantic search.
Source: GitHub Changelog
