GitHub Weekly – 2025 Week 33

This period at a glance

Window: 2025-08-11 → 2025-08-17 (Europe/Brussels)

• Deprecating Copilot text completion for pull request descriptions — GitHub will deprecate Copilot’s text completion feature for pull request descriptions starting August 15, 2025.
  • Copilot text completion for pull request descriptions will be deprecated.
  • Deprecation takes effect on August 15, 2025.
• GitHub Actions policy now supports blocking and SHA pinning actions — GitHub Actions policy now allows administrators to block specific actions and require SHA pinning for actions, effective August 15, 2025.
  • Administrators can block the use of specific actions in workflows.
  • SHA pinning can be enforced, requiring actions to reference a specific commit hash.
  • Update applies globally to GitHub Actions as of August 15, 2025.
• CodeQL expands Kotlin support and additional accuracy improvements — CodeQL has expanded its support for the Kotlin programming language and introduced several accuracy improvements as of August 14, 2025.
  • Expanded CodeQL support for the Kotlin language
  • Implemented additional accuracy improvements in CodeQL analysis
• Clearer pull request reviewer status and enhanced email filtering — GitHub has updated pull request reviewer status indicators for greater clarity and improved email filtering options as of August 14, 2025.
  • Pull request reviewer statuses are now displayed more clearly in the GitHub UI.
  • New and enhanced email filtering options are available for notifications.
• Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for JetBrains, Eclipse, and Xcode is now generally available — GitHub has announced general availability of Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for JetBrains, Eclipse, and Xcode IDEs as of August 14, 2025.
  • MCP support is now generally available for JetBrains, Eclipse, and Xcode.
  • Release date: August 14, 2025.
  • Applies to GitHub integrations with these IDEs.
• Expanded file type support for attachments across issues, pull requests, and discussions — GitHub has expanded the types of files that can be attached to issues, pull requests, and discussions as of August 14, 2025.
  • Expanded file type support for attachments across issues, pull requests, and discussions on GitHub.
  • Update effective from August 14, 2025.
• Added last_authenticated_at to the Copilot user management API — GitHub updated the Copilot user management API on August 13, 2025, to include a new field, last_authenticated_at.
  • Added last_authenticated_at field to the Copilot user management API to track the last authentication time of users.
• Spark resilience improvements — GitHub announced improvements to Spark’s resilience on August 13, 2025, enhancing stability and fault tolerance.
  • GitHub updated Spark to improve resilience and fault tolerance.
  • The update was released on August 13, 2025.
  • No specific version or region details were provided.
• GPT-5 mini now available in GitHub Copilot in public preview — GitHub Copilot has introduced GPT-5 mini in public preview as of August 13, 2025.
  • GPT-5 mini is now available in GitHub Copilot.
  • The feature is released in public preview starting August 13, 2025.
• GitHub MCP Server: Secret scanning, push protection, and more — GitHub MCP Server update on August 13, 2025 introduces secret scanning and push protection features to enhance code security.
  • Introduced secret scanning to detect sensitive data in code repositories.
  • Added push protection to prevent accidental commits of secrets.
  • Update released on August 13, 2025, applicable to GitHub MCP Server.