Sunset notice for automatic watching of repositories and teams

Highlight of the automatic watching section within Notification Settings

On May 18, 2025, we’re deprecating the automatic watching of repositories and teams. We’re making this change in order to:

  • Reduce notification noise: You’ll receive fewer unexpected notifications, especially when joining large organizations with many repositories.
  • Improve efficiency: You’ll be able to focus on the notifications that matter most, without unnecessary subscriptions.
  • Minimize confusion: You won’t have automatic watching behavior that some users found unclear or overwhelming.

Existing repository subscriptions created through auto-watching will not be impacted. Users will remain subscribed to repositories or teams they were previously watching.

To review or adjust your current repository subscriptions, visit the Watching section. For more detailed notification preferences, head to Notification Settings.

OpenAI GPT-4.1-mini and GPT-4.1-nano are now generally available in GitHub Models

GPT-4.1-mini and GPT-4.1-nano release on GitHub Models

Alongside the launch of GPT-4.1 in GitHub Models, we’re introducing GPT-4.1-mini and GPT-4.1-nano—lightweight variants of OpenAI’s latest model. Designed for high performance with lower cost and latency, these models are ideal for real-time applications and workloads that involve parallel or chained model calls.

Both inherit the core strengths of the GPT-4.1 series, including enhanced coding capabilities, improved instruction following, long-context understanding, and multimodal support (text and image). With features like parallel function calling and structured output generation, GitHub Models users can now choose the right-sized model for their specific needs—whether building chatbots, coding copilots, or AI-powered agents.

  • GPT-4.1-mini: Combines strong general-purpose reasoning with low cost and latency, supporting both text and vision use cases.

  • GPT-4.1-nano: Offers even lower cost and latency, ideal for lightweight tasks and high-frequency usage at scale.

Try, compare, and implement these models in your code for free in the playground (GPT-4.1-mini and GPT-4.1-nano) or through the GitHub API.

To learn more, visit the GitHub Models documentation, and join the community discussions to share feedback and connect with other developers.

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GitHub Actions token integration now generally available in GitHub Models

You can now use the built-in GITHUB_TOKEN from GitHub Actions to authenticate requests to GitHub Models. This simplifies your workflows by integrating AI capabilities directly into your actions, eliminating the need to generate and manage Personal Access Tokens (PATs).

With this update, creating and sharing AI-driven GitHub Actions has never been easier. Add AI to your workflows effortlessly, whether it’s generating issue comments or reviewing pull requests.

Try it out today and streamline your automation with integrated AI.

GitHub Models empowers every developer to effortlessly incorporate AI into their GitHub workflows.

For more details, check out our documentation or join our community discussions.

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