GitHub Changelog
7/23/2026

Agent automation controls in GitHub Issues in public preview
Short summary
GitHub Issues now supports agent automations that label, type, assign, and close issues on your behalf, with a public-preview feature showing the reasoning behind each change and allowing review before actions are applied. This adds a human-in-the-loop checkpoint to AI-driven issue management. The feature is now in public preview.
- •GitHub Issues adds agent automation controls in public preview
- •Agents can label, type, assign, and close issues automatically
- •Users can review the reason for each change before it is applied
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