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GitHub Code Quality: Copilot no longer auto-added as reviewer

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GitHub Code Quality will no longer automatically add Copilot as a reviewer to pull requests. This change responds to user feedback that reviewer selection should be manual. Repositories previously configured for automatic Copilot reviews will have these settings disabled, though the ruleset remains for manual re-configuration. This update affects GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Team users.

  • →Remove automatic Copilot reviewer from GitHub Code Quality
  • →User choice prioritized for Copilot code reviews
  • →Retain ability to manually enable Copilot code review
Enhancements (2) ›
  • Remove automatic Copilot reviewer from GitHub Code Quality

    Enabling GitHub Code Quality no longer automatically adds a ruleset that requests code reviews from GitHub Copilot. For existing repositories with this ruleset, the automatic review settings have been disabled to give users manual control over reviewer selection.

  • Retain ability to manually enable Copilot code review

    While automatic Copilot reviews are disabled by default, users can still manually re-enable them by adding or editing a repository or organization-level ruleset. Copilot code review functionality itself remains unchanged and continues to be billed to the user's Copilot plan.

Notes (1) ›
  • User choice prioritized for Copilot code reviews

    GitHub has reversed the automatic addition of Copilot as a reviewer in response to user feedback that reviewer selection should be a manual choice. The specific settings disabled are automatic requests on pull requests, reviews on new pushes, and reviews on draft pull requests.

Read the original announcement →

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-07-github-code-quality-no-longer-adds-copilot-as-a-reviewer

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