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The new GitHub Issues – September 27th update

Today's Changelog brings numerical field sums, Team linked projects, project migration improvements, and URL pasting preferences!

➕ Display sum of numeric fields

Addressing a top user request, you can now display the sum of a numeric field on the group header in both the table and board layouts.

Select one or multiple numeric fields you would like to display the total for from the view configuration menu to assist with your planning! 📝

Ever wanted to curate the list of projects important to your team? Wouldn't it be great to ensure your team has access to the projects they need to use all the time? With our latest ship, now you can link projects for quick access on your team pages and we'll also automatically grant your team read access. Note, you currently need to be a maintainer for the team and a project admin to add it to the team page.

Navigate to the Projects tab for your team to add the projects you need today. 🎉

🚀 Migration improvements

Project Migration now includes archived items! We've also fixed several migration states so that your entire team is aware that the project has been transfered. Plan your migration today so that you can leverage all the new features and capabilities Projects has to offer 💖

🖌 Paste URLs formatted or as plain text

Choose your own adventure for URL pasting! Based on your feedback we have made paste preference part of our accessibility settings under your profile. Find it under editor settings to change from pasting as a formatted link (default) to pasting as plain text.

setting URL paste behavior

✨ Bug fixes & improvements

Other changes include:

  • Filtering by draft state (is:draft) now applies to open draft pull requests, in addition to draft issues
  • Issue and pull request numbers are now displayed alongside archived item titles in the table layout
  • Improved condensed keyboard shortcut visuals

See how to use GitHub for project planning with GitHub Issues, check out what's on the roadmap, and learn more in the docs.

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GitHub Actions: Additional information available in github.event payload for scheduled workflow runs

Additional information has been added to the payload of github.event for scheduled runs. Before this change, github.event for scheduled runs would only include the cron schedule. This change adds information about the repository, organization, and enterprise (when available).

For questions, visit the GitHub Actions community.

To see what’s next for Actions, visit our public roadmap.

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DevCycle is now a GitHub secret scanning partner

GitHub secret scanning protects users by searching repositories for known types of secrets. By identifying and flagging these secrets, our scans help prevent data leaks and fraud.

We have partnered with DevCycle to scan for their SDK tokens and help secure our mutual users on public repositories. DevCycle tokens allow users to target and toggle feature flags by environment and platform. GitHub will forward access tokens found in public repositories to DevCycle, who will immediately mark the token as compromised. More information about DevCycle Tokens can be found here.

GitHub Advanced Security customers can also scan for DevCycle tokens and block them from entering their private and public repositories with push protection.

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GitHub Actions: Dynamic names for workflow runs

GitHub Actions customers can now dynamically name their workflow runs. The new run-name feature will accept expressions and be displayed on the list of workflow runs.

For more information on how to use run-name, visit the documentation.

For questions, visit the GitHub Actions community.

To see what's next for Actions, visit our public roadmap.

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Improvements to audit log search

We've made some improvements to audit log search to make it easier to discover events. Since audit log events are found through key:value pairs, we now show you a list of possible options to choose from.
key-value pair dropdown menu available in audit log search

We've also linked to our documentation in the filter dropdown so that you can more easily discover all the possible options for audit log queries.
view advanced search syntax added to audit log filter

To learn more about how to query the audit log, check out our documentation, "About search for the enterprise audit log".

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Dependabot security updates removes unneeded transitive dependencies

When resolving security alerts for vulnerable transitive npm dependencies, it is possible that updating a direct dependency will remove the vulnerable transitive dependency from the tree. Dependabot can now resolve these security alerts by creating a pull request that removes the unnecessary transitive dependency.

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Local timezones available on profiles

You can now display your local timezone on your profile to give others an idea of when to expect responses to pull requests or issues from you. You can opt into this feature by navigating to Settings > Public Profile and checking Display current local time. You can also update this information directly from your profile by clicking 'Edit Profile' under your avatar.
local timezone setting

This will display your timezone in the left sidebar of your profile as well as your timezone's current deviation from UTC. When other users see your profile or user hovercard, they'll see your timezone as well as how many hours behind or ahead they are from your local time.
local timezone display on profile

Learn more about personalizing your profile.

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Dependabot alerts REST API is now available in public beta

You can now programmatically view and act on Dependabot alerts via the REST API. New endpoints to view, list, and update Dependabot alerts are available in a public beta.

For more information, see Dependabot alerts in the REST API reference or learn more about Dependabot alerts in our documentation.

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GitHub Actions: All Actions will begin running on Node16 instead of Node12

Node 12 has been out of support since April 2022, as a result we have started the deprecation process of Node 12 for GitHub Actions. We plan to migrate all actions to run on Node16 by Summer 2023. We will monitor the progress of the migration and listen to the community for how things are going before we define a final date.
To raise awareness of the upcoming change, we are adding a warning into workflows which contain Actions running on Node 12. This will come into effect starting on September 27th.

What you need to do
For Actions maintainers: Update your actions to run on Node 16 instead of Node 12 (Actions configuration settings)
For Actions users: Update your workflows with latest versions of the actions which runs on Node 16 (Using versions for Actions)

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CodeQL for VS Code: download CodeQL databases from GitHub.com

We have started creating and storing CodeQL databases for the most popular open-source projects on GitHub.com. If you use CodeQL for security research, you can now obtain these databases easily and directly through the CodeQL extension for Visual Studio Code, which makes it much easier to write and run your own custom CodeQL queries.

Using CodeQL for security research

The CodeQL engine powers GitHub code scanning: it analyses source code and flags up potential security problems (for example, in pull requests). By default, code scanning runs a large set of open source queries that are able to identify the most important and common security problems.

CodeQL is also a powerful tool for variant analysis and other types of security research. CodeQL treats source code as data, and anyone can write custom CodeQL queries to explore a codebase and identify vulnerabilities. Like code search on steroids!

The first step of any CodeQL analysis is extracting the source code into a CodeQL database. This database contains a relational representation of the source code — including elements like the abstract syntax tree, the data flow graph, and the control flow graph. You can create CodeQL databases yourself using the CodeQL CLI, but with the feature we shipped today, it's much quicker to get started: you can download a ready-built CodeQL database from GitHub.com.

Downloading CodeQL databases from GitHub.com in VS Code

To download a CodeQL database for use in the CodeQL extension in VS Code:

  1. Make sure you have set up the CodeQL extension for VS Code. For more information, see Setting up CodeQL in Visual Studio Code.
  2. Open the CodeQL databases view in the extension.
  3. Hover over the sidebar, click the GitHub icon, and specify the owner/repo identifier of the public repository you'd like to analyze.

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Once you've downloaded a CodeQL database, you're ready to start your research. Find more information in the CodeQL documentation.

FAQs

How many CodeQL databases are available?

We currently store databases for over 200,000 repositories on GitHub.com. That list is constantly growing and evolving to make sure that it includes the most interesting codebases for security research.

What languages are can you download CodeQL databases for?

We create and store databases for all of the languages that we support in CodeQL code scanning. For more information, see About code scanning with CodeQL.

Can I download CodeQL databases outside VS Code?

Yes, you can also download CodeQL databases using the GitHub REST API. For more information, see Downloading databases from GitHub.com in the CodeQL CLI documentation.

Why is there no CodeQL codebase available for my favourite open source repository?

If there is a repository that you'd like to analyze, but a CodeQL database is not available yet, then you can trigger the creation (and storing) of a database by enabling GitHub code scanning with the CodeQL engine. Alternatively, you could fork the repository and enable code scanning on the fork. For more information, see the code scanning documentation.

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GitHub Sponsors: Fiscal host support for user accounts

Today, we're adding support for users to create a GitHub Sponsors profile and choose to receive sponsorship payouts via a fiscal host. This will give maintainers more flexibility and choice in how they receive funding. This has already been possible for organizations creating a GitHub Sponsors profile, and that remains unchanged. Users and organizations can still choose to use a Stripe Connect account instead of a fiscal host if they prefer. Learn more about signing up for a GitHub Sponsors profile using a fiscal host.

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Removing support for connecting to GitHub Enterprise Server 3.1 from GitHub Mobile

GitHub Mobile can no longer connect to GitHub Enterprise Server 3.1. To enable connections from GitHub Mobile to GitHub Enterprise Server, a site administrator must upgrade to GitHub Enterprise Server 3.2 or later. Newer versions of GitHub Enterprise Server improve performance, enhance security, and provide new features. For more information, see "GitHub Enterprise Server releases" and "Upgrading GitHub Enterprise Server."

Read more about GitHub Mobile and send us your feedback to help us improve.

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Web based authentication now works for all npm commands

We recently released the ability to use web based authentication for the npm login and npm publish commands with the --auth-type=web flag. Now we are extending this feature to all the other commands that require authentication or OTP verification.

This feature is available from CLI version 8.19.1

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help.github.com will now take you to GitHub Support

A month ago we shared an update about the help.github.com URL. Starting today help.github.com will start redirecting to GitHub's Support Portal at support.github.com
Users should continue to use docs.github.com to reach GitHub Docs.

Any links starting with 'help.github.com/' will continue to work as expected.

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Automatic Single Sign On for Enterprise Managed Users – Public Beta

Enterprise administrators can now choose to redirect signed-out Enterprise Managed Users to their company's single sign-on (SSO) page. This feature is available as a public beta.
By default, enterprises with Managed Users enabled are hidden, showing a 404 error page any time an enterprise resource is visited by a user that isn't already signed in to the enterprise.
If you enable this feature for your enterprise, visitors to resources in your enterprise, org, or user namespaces will immediately be presented with an SSO redirect if not already signed in to your enterprise.
This redirect helps users sign in to the correct account, rather than giving them the impression that the link they were given no longer works.

You can find this setting in the Authentication security section of your Enterprise Settings, below the single sign-on configuration sections.
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Read more about this settings at "Automatic redirection for Enterprise Managed Users".

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Git commit author shown when squash merging a pull request

The author of the Git commit created when squash merging a pull request is now shown before merging. Previously, the commit author was only shown when merging with a merge commit.

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Also, if the user merging the pull request also opened it and has multiple email addresses configured, a drop-down now lets them choose a different email address to use for the commit's author.

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These improvements are designed to ensure Git commits created by squash merging are associated with the correct email address.

Learn more about merging a pull request.

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GitHub Sponsors: change notice for the ‘custom amount’ setting

In order to streamline sponsoring maintainers, we're changing the custom amount settings for GitHub Sponsors. Starting October 3rd, 2022, all Sponsors profiles will have custom amounts enabled by default.

  • On that date, if you haven't enabled custom amounts previously, we will set your minimum custom amount to either your lowest published monthly tier or your lowest published one-time tier, whichever is higher. If you wish to change the minimum, you can enable custom amounts on your Sponsors dashboard (if not already enabled), and then set it to your preferred minimum.
  • If you set a minimum custom amount before October 3, 2022, it will remain unchanged.

Custom sponsorship amount settings on the GitHub Sponsors dashboard for maintainers

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GitHub for iOS: Edit files in pull requests

Banner announcing edit files in pull requests feature for GitHub for iOS

Introducing “Edit File” within pull requests on GitHub for iOS! Make quick updates to existing pull requests to fix those pesky typos or add that missing method before merging.

File editing for pull requests within GitHub for Android is coming later this year.

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Merge commits now created using the merge-ort strategy

When GitHub creates merge commits, like to test whether a pull request can be merged cleanly or to actually merge a pull request, it now uses the merge-ort strategy. merge-ort is a relatively new Git merge strategy that is significantly faster (for example, complex merge commits that previously took 5 or more seconds to create are now created in less than 200 milliseconds) and addresses subtle correctness issues found in the merge-recursive strategy. And because merge-ort is the default merge strategy in the latest releases of Git, merge results are now more predictable and consistent between your local machine and GitHub.

Learn more about the Git merge-ort strategy and merge methods for pull requests.

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New Audit Log events and event context

GitHub's audit log allows admins to quickly review the actions performed by members of their Enterprise. It includes details such as who performed the action, what the action was, and when it was performed. To ensure the audit log can be used as an effective security and compliance tool, GitHub is constantly evaluating new audit log events and ensuring those events have the necessary fields to provide meaningful context. GitHub has made the following enhancements to the Enterprise audit logs:

  • business.sso_response and org.sso_response events will be displayed in the REST API and audit log streaming payloads for GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC) and GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) version 3.8 or later.
  • repo.rename, project.rename, and protected_branch.update_name events will now include the old_name field make clear the current and past name of renamed repos, projects, and protected branches.
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