ST-2026-173 · Enforcement & amendments
GitHub Code Quality stops automatically adding Copilot as a reviewer
GitHub Code Quality no longer creates a ruleset that automatically requests Copilot code review when Code Quality is enabled, and GitHub has disabled the three automatic-review settings on unchanged rulesets it previously created.
Previous state
Enabling GitHub Code Quality created a `Code Quality Copilot review for default branch` repository ruleset that automatically requested Copilot review and enabled review on new pushes and draft pull requests.
Current state
Enabling Code Quality no longer creates that Copilot-review ruleset; on still-unchanged rulesets GitHub previously created, GitHub disabled automatic review, review-new-pushes and review-draft settings.
Affected users
Who needs to care
GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Team repositories using Code Quality, particularly repositories relying on the auto-created Copilot review-request ruleset.
Required response
What to do
If automatic Copilot code review is still desired, explicitly add or edit a repository- or organization-level ruleset to enable it rather than relying on Code Quality enablement.
Evidence boundary
What the source does not prove
GitHub changes only the auto-created ruleset where it still matches GitHub's original configuration; edited rulesets and user-authored rulesets are left untouched. Copilot code review itself has not been retired and remains separately configurable.
Lifecycle history
Dated event sequence
- Code Quality GA behavior
At general availability, enabling Code Quality created an automatic Copilot-review ruleset for the default branch.
- Automatic-review behavior reversed
GitHub stopped creating the ruleset and disabled the three automatic-review settings on unchanged rulesets it had created.
Evidence ledger
First-party sources
- 01GitHub Changelog — GitHub Code Quality no longer adds Copilot as a reviewer
Official GitHub configuration-change notice · 2026-08-07
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