2024 - GitHub Changelog

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December 2024

DEC.20Improvement
Audit log and webhook events for secret scan completions
- Platform Governance
DEC.12Release
Code security configurations now available at the enterprise level
- Platform Governance
DEC.10Retired
Notice of breaking changes: Security manager REST API will be retired and replaced with the organization roles REST API
- Platform Governance
DEC.6Release
The latest GitHub and GitHub Copilot SOC reports are now available
- Platform Governance
DEC.4Release
Enterprise repository properties, policies and rulesets – Public Preview
- Platform Governance

November 2024

NOV.26Improvement
Expanded flexibility and control for managing the security manager role
- Platform Governance
NOV.26Improvement
CSV export for enterprise-level security overview
- Platform Governance
NOV.20Improvement
Accessibility improvements for security overview
- Platform Governance

October 2024

OCT.31Improvement
SAST vulnerabilities summary now available on the security overview dashboard
- Platform Governance
OCT.23Release
Bypass controls for push protection are generally available
- Platform Governance
OCT.1Release
Announcing TISAX for GitHub
- Platform Governance

September 2024

SEP.24Improvement
Updates to repository enterprise policy, ruleset and custom properties
- Platform Governance
SEP.10Release
Push Rules are now generally available, and updates to custom properties
- Platform Governance

August 2024

AUG.22Improvement
Secret scanning now deduplicates non-provider patterns
- Platform Governance

June 2024

May 2024

MAY.22Release
Compliance Reports for Free and Team Organizations
- Platform Governance

March 2024

MAR.28Release
Dependabot grouped security updates generally available
- Application Security
MAR.27Release
Mergify is now a GitHub secret scanning partner
- Application Security
MAR.27Release
Volcengine is now a GitHub secret scanning partner
- Application Security
MAR.26Release
Lightspeed is now a GitHub secret scanning partner
- Application Security
MAR.26Release
WorkOS is now a GitHub secret scanning partner
- Application Security
MAR.21Improvement
Improvements to security overview insights, secret scanning metrics
- Application Security
MAR.21Improvement
Java projects no longer require a build when using code scanning via default setup
- Application Security
MAR.20Improvement
Security overview dashboard: Alert age trends, custom repository and severity filters, and date pickers
- Application Security
MAR.20Improvement
Improved error handling for Dependabot updates for NuGet
- Application Security
MAR.19Improvement
Enablement trends for security products (public beta)
- Application Security
MAR.19Release
Logging SAML SSO and SCIM identity data in audit log events is generally available
- Enterprise Management Tools
MAR.18Improvement
Dependabot security updates work with private registries even if target branch is specified
- Application Security
MAR.15Improvement
Dependabot will now pause scheduled jobs after 15 failures
- Application Security
MAR.12Release
Secret scanning AI-generated custom patterns (public beta)
- Application Security
MAR.8Improvement
Check if private vulnerability reporting is enabled via REST API
- Application Security
MAR.6Release
Group Configuration Options for Dependabot Security Updates – Public Beta
- Application Security

February 2024

FEB.27Release
Repository Rules – configure merge queue rule – public beta
- Collaboration Tools
FEB.20Improvement
Secret scanning adds validity checks for Mailgun and Mailchimp
- Application Security
FEB.14Improvement
Repository Custom Properties GA and Ruleset Improvements
- Application Security
FEB.13Improvement
Dependabot support for pub private repositories and registries
- Application Security
FEB.12Improvement
Secret scanning adds webhook support for validity checks
- Application Security
FEB.6Improvement
Secret scanning adds validity checks for Stripe, Telegram, SendGrid, and more
- Application Security

January 2024

JAN.24Improvement
Dependabot Version Updates Support devcontainers
- Application Security

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2024 - GitHub Changelog