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GitHub GA: 'Relates to' issue relationships and multi-select fields

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GitHub has announced the general availability of multi-select fields for issues and projects, along with the public preview of a new "Relates to" issue relationship. These features aim to improve how users connect related work and manage multiple values within issues and project boards. The "Relates to" feature allows flexible issue linking, while multi-select fields enhance data organization and filtering in project views.

  • →'Relates to' issue relationship now in public preview
  • →Multi-select fields are now generally available for issues and projects
  • →Improvements to multi-select field usage in projects
Features (1) ›
  • 'Relates to' issue relationship now in public preview

    A new "Relates to" issue relationship is available in public preview, enabling users to link two issues without implying a specific dependency like blocking or duplication.

Enhancements (2) ›
  • Multi-select fields are now generally available for issues and projects

    Multi-select fields are now generally available, offering enhancements such as slicing and grouping project items by these fields in table and board views, and allowing edits from issue and pull request sidebars.

  • Improvements to multi-select field usage in projects

    Users can now view and edit multi-select values directly from issue and pull request sidebars, copy and paste multi-select values in table views, and clear these values from project items.

Read the original announcement →

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-07-connecting-issues-and-multi-select-field-support

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