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Recent Issues
🚢 The One Where Shipping Got More Honest
Coverage lands on pull requests, npm staged publishing goes GA, and a librarian-pattern agent experiment puts dollar numbers on repeated repo search.
🏷️ The One Where Issue Fields Went Org-Wide
Issue fields are in public preview for all orgs, GitHub Copilot for Eclipse is open source, and a tiny ffmpeg loop that catches video bugs early.
💸 The One Where You See the Bill Before It Arrives
April Copilot usage reports are now available, Dependabot can now reach internal repositories across organizations, and a live session May 20 covers Copilot best practices for the UBB era.
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