# GitHub GitHub Code Quality no longer adds Copilot as a reviewer

- Product: GitHub (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/github)
- Vendor: GitHub
- Date: 2026-08-07
- Original notes: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-07-github-code-quality-no-longer-adds-copilot-as-a-reviewer
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/github/releases/2026-08-07-github-code-quality-no-longer-adds-copilot-as-a-r

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Enabling GitHub Code Quality on a repository no longer creates a ruleset that automatically requests a code review from GitHub Copilot on your pull requests. In repositories that already have… The pos…

- **changed** — GitHub Code Quality no longer automatically adds Copilot as a reviewer when enabled on a repository