mccMay 19, 2025

Discovery: The "copilot" bot user that Microsoft will soon be flooding your github repos with garbage content from is implemented in some sort of special way that exempts it from the "block" feature you would normally be able to block other users/bots with

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/159749

Allow us to block Copilot-generated issues (and PRs) from our own repositories · community · Discussion #159749

Select Topic Area Product Feedback Feature Area Issues Body I find the following two news items on the front page: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-19-creating-issues-with-copilot-on-github-co...

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Show threadsumanthvepaMay 20, 2025
@mcc Did I understand correctly that a GitHub bot will automatically submit pull requests to my repo? WTF?
Show threadmccMay 20, 2025
@sumanthvepa if a user asks it to, yeah
Show threadtbodtMay 20, 2025
@mcc @sumanthvepa i think that user has to be a repo committer, since that's the permission you need to assign issues? i could be wrong
Show threadsumanthvepaMay 20, 2025
@tbodt @mcc Ah ok. If that's the case, then it's just a tool to help committers create PRs easily. I can live with that.
Show threadtbodt
@sumanthvepa @mcc and for the issue feature - it looks like @gsuberland got an answer already (https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/159075#discussioncomment-13200678) the issues are posted as if they came from the person using copilot and you can't tell the difference..
Speed up your Issue Creation with Copilot: Feedback · community · Discussion #159075

To help you create higher quality issues with greater ease, you can now create issues by chatting with Copilot. This experience is currently in public preview. Key Features Prompt to create an Issu...

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