What’s new from GitHub Changelog? July 2021 Recap

In July, GitHub introduced several updates to enhance security and usability for its users, including streamlining vulnerability management with features like GitHub Security Advisories and Dependabot Security Updates, specifically extending these to the Go community. A significant update allowed users to set expiration dates on personal access tokens, with GitHub providing renewal notifications. GitHub Actions now supports dependency caching for Node.js projects and allows configuration of approval requirements for first-time contributors. GitHub Discussions introduced a beta translation feature for multiple languages, while GitHub Releases added a text-editing toolbar to the markdown editor. The CodeQL team improved code scanning by launching a public beta for the CodeQL package manager, refining security alerts with severity levels, and expanding support for additional libraries and frameworks. GitHub also made security alert notifications opt-in and welcomed new secret scanning integrators. Finally, GitHub Sponsors expanded its options by allowing organizations to use personal bank accounts for sponsorships, aiming to ease the process for users.