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GitHub Changelog

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, April releases

Secret scanning with GitHub MCP Server is now generally available

Dependency scanning with GitHub MCP Server is in public preview

Code-to-cloud risk visibility with Microsoft Defender for Cloud is now generally available

Deprecation notice: code_scanning_upload field will be removed from rate_limit API endpoint

Upcoming deprecation of GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.2-Codex

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — April update

Copilot Student GPT-5.3-Codex removal from model picker

Copilot cloud agent starts 20% faster with Actions custom images

GitHub Copilot code review will start consuming GitHub Actions minutes on June 1, 2026