GitHub Code Quality No Longer Auto-Adds Copilot as a Reviewer
GitHub has turned off a default behavior in GitHub Code Quality: enabling the feature on a repository no longer creates a ruleset that automatically requests a Copilot code review on pull requests. GitHub’s stated reasoning is blunt: “You told us that adding a reviewer should be your choice, so we’ve reversed that.”
Details
- Three settings disabled: In existing auto-generated rulesets, GitHub has turned off “Automatically request Copilot code review,” “Review new pushes,” and “Review draft pull requests” — so Copilot is no longer requested as a reviewer, on every push, or on drafts
- Opt-in, not removed: Copilot code review itself is unaffected and remains available; users who want the automatic behavior back can add or edit a ruleset and re-enable “Automatically request Copilot code review” at the repository or organization level
- Existing customizations untouched: Any custom rulesets a team already created are left as-is; only the auto-generated ruleset created by enabling Code Quality has had these settings disabled
- Scope: Applies to GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Team; Copilot code review continues to bill against Copilot plans as before
How to try it
- To restore automatic Copilot reviews, go to repository or organization rulesets and re-enable “Automatically request Copilot code review” for the branches you want covered
- See Configuring automatic code review by Copilot for setup steps