Copilot News 09/25/2026 AI Rating: Low

GitHub Copilot Usage Metrics Now Break Down Pull Request Review Timing

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GitHub’s enterprise and organization repository-level Copilot usage metrics reports now break down how long pull requests spend in each stage of the review process.

Details

  • New field: a pull_request_review_times array reporting median and 90th-percentile durations for three phases — ready for review to first review, first review to final review, and final review to merge
  • What it reveals: whether pull requests are bottlenecked waiting for initial reviewer attention, caught in back-and-forth discussion cycles, or stalled after approval before merging
  • Who can access it: enterprise owners, billing managers, organization owners, and users with a custom role granting “View Copilot Metrics” permission, provided the usage metrics policy is enabled

What happened next

The breakdown gives organizations a way to diagnose exactly where in the review pipeline delays are happening, rather than only seeing an aggregate time-to-merge figure.

Source https://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-25-usage-metrics-api-adds-pull-request-review-stages

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