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GitHub's Five-Year Accessibility Strategy: What Changed for Developers

GitHub's Five-Year Accessibility Strategy: What Changed for Developers

GitHub published its first formal accessibility strategy after five years of internal work. New tools include an open-source Figma Annotation Toolkit, AI-powered accessibility scanner, and Copilot CLI with screen reader mode. Pull request redesign ships with keyboard navigation.

Copilot Usage Metrics Reports Move to GitHub-Owned URLs

Copilot Usage Metrics Reports Move to GitHub-Owned URLs

Copilot usage metrics reports now download from GitHub-owned domains instead of Azure Front Door. Enterprise teams need to update firewall allowlists with the new domain names.

Copilot CLI v1.0.51-3: Security Review & MCP Auth Fixes

Copilot CLI v1.0.51-3: Security Review & MCP Auth Fixes

Copilot CLI 1.0.51-3 adds security vulnerability scanning, fixes MCP OAuth session persistence, and improves the experimental mode indicator. New /chronicle cost-tips command helps optimize token usage.

Copilot CLI v1.0.51: Session Control, Security Review & MCP Fixes

Copilot CLI v1.0.51: Session Control, Security Review & MCP Fixes

Copilot CLI 1.0.51 adds session resumption, a new /security-review command for vulnerability scanning, faster MCP startup, and OAuth persistence. Remote commands now respect org policies, and the input area grows responsively with terminal height.

Copilot Auto Model Selection Routes by Task in VS Code

Copilot Auto Model Selection Routes by Task in VS Code

Copilot Auto now intelligently routes to the best model for your task—reasoning, code generation, debugging—with a 10% billing discount for paid subscribers. No setup required.

Copilot Web Model Updates: Gemini and Others Removed

Copilot Web Model Updates: Gemini and Others Removed

GitHub is trimming Copilot Chat's model selection on the web, removing Gemini and a few others. OpenAI and Claude models stay. The trade-off: fewer choices for more consistent quality.

Semantic Issue Search in Copilot Chat — GA

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.