Release

May 20, 20261 Minute Read

Semantic issue search in Copilot Chat

You can use natural language in GitHub Copilot Chat on web to quickly find, group, and analyze issues, with context-aware results powered by a new semantic issues index.

What’s new

Instead of relying only on exact matches and manual filters, Copilot Chat can now understand the intent of your query and surface issues that are semantically related even when they are worded differently.

You can use this capability to help you find an issue in a repository using natural language when you don’t remember the exact title or keywords, or to quickly filter issues related to a specific platform or environment.

Try it out and share feedback

Head to Copilot Chat to see how semantic issues search can help with planning, triaging, and discovery.

This feature is generally available to users on all Copilot plans. Join the discussion.

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Semantic issue search in Copilot Chat - GitHub Changelog