Bleeping Computer

Major GitHub outage affects pull requests and other services

GitHub is mitigating an ongoing incident causing problems with multiple services, including performing pull requests, creating or viewing issues, and even viewing repositories and commits. "We are ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Visual Studio 2022 Previews Instant Pull Requests, Better File Comparisons

Visual Studio 2022 17.7 Preview 2 has shipped with a raft of improvements that include community-driven features such as improved file comparisons and instant pull requests from within the IDE.
InfoWorld

GitHub eyes restrictions on pull requests to rein in AI-based code deluge on maintainers

GitHub is weighing tighter pull request controls and AI-based filters after maintainers warned that a surge of low-quality, AI-generated submissions is overwhelming open-source projects. GitHub helped ...
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Copilot is now injecting ads into GitHub pull requests. It's a disaster.

Microsoft may have committed to reducing microslop in Windows 11, but the tech giant seemingly forgot to CC GitHub about the initiative. A software developer named Zach Manson shared that Copilot ...
GIGAZINE

GitHub has officially launched 'GitHub Stacked PRs,' enabling stacked pull requests, and will start with a private preview.

Stacked PRs on @GitHub are now in private preview. Join the waitlist and learn more below https://t.co/e1Yw4id5RM https://t.co/ZmK2wm1tV8 When developers write code ...
The Verge

GitHub had a major outage, but now says its services are ‘fully operational’

The issues apparently popped up because of a ‘database infrastructure related change’ that GitHub rolled back. The issues apparently popped up because of a ‘database infrastructure related change’ ...
heise online

Advertisement or tip?: GitHub Copilot added product tips to pull requests

GitHub Copilot embedded unsolicited product tips in pull requests that clearly look like advertising. These supposedly friendly tips are found not only in pull requests created by Copilot but also in ...
GIGAZINE

GitHub now allows users to set a limit on the number of pull requests that can be opened simultaneously, a measure to combat mass posting in the age of AI-generated content.

On June 17, 2026, GitHub added a new feature that limits the number of pull requests that a user without write permissions can open simultaneously in a single repository. Limit open pull requests for ...