{"slug": "generated-release-notes-credit-you-for-copilot-pull-requests", "title": "Generated release notes credit you for Copilot pull requests", "summary": "GitHub now credits developers alongside Copilot in generated release notes for pull requests created by the Copilot cloud agent. The change ensures that developers receive recognition for work done with the AI assistant, even when the agent opens the pull request on their behalf. The feature is available immediately for all repositories and plans.", "body_md": "Improvement\n\n# Generated release notes credit you for Copilot pull requests\n\nWhen you generate release notes for a new release, the generated notes include a list of pull requests merged since the last release. For more information about automatically generating release notes, see [our docs](https://docs.github.com/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/automatically-generated-release-notes).\n\nNow, if a pull request created with Copilot cloud agent has been merged, the developer who asked Copilot to open the pull request gets credit alongside `@copilot`\n\n:\n\n**Before:** Add`create_feature_flag`\n\nMCP tool by`@copilot`\n\n**After:** Add`create_feature_flag`\n\nMCP tool by`@monalisa`\n\nwith`@copilot`\n\nThis means you get recognition for the work you do with Copilot cloud agent, even when the agent opens the pull request on your behalf.\n\nThis is available now for all repositories on GitHub and all plans.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/generated-release-notes-credit-you-for-copilot-pull-requests", "canonical_source": "https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-18-generated-release-notes-credit-you-for-copilot-pull-requests", "published_at": "2026-06-18 09:30:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-18 09:55:51.812819+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["GitHub", "Copilot"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/generated-release-notes-credit-you-for-copilot-pull-requests", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/generated-release-notes-credit-you-for-copilot-pull-requests.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/generated-release-notes-credit-you-for-copilot-pull-requests.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/generated-release-notes-credit-you-for-copilot-pull-requests.jsonld"}}