GitHub Copilot Code Review: Compact Review Overview and Feedback Reasons
GitHub CopilotGitHub redesigned the Copilot code review overview so findings appear at the top, with review effort and surveys moved to a footer and skipped and excluded files combined into one section. After a thumbs-down, users can pick a reason, which feeds into improving Copilot's findings. On later reviews, findings unrelated to the most recent changes are collapsed and then hidden.
Key Takeaways
- The overview now leads with findings, with review effort and surveys moved to a footer.
- Skipped and excluded files share one section, and empty sections are omitted.
- Thumbs-down feedback now asks for a reason, which GitHub uses to improve findings.
- On repeat reviews, findings unrelated to the latest changes collapse and then hide.
- Agent sessions show the AI credits a review consumed.
- Balanced effort reviews use three reviewer models plus a combining model, and failed reviews retry once.
A More Compact Review Overview
GitHub reworked the overview comment that Copilot code review posts on pull requests. Findings now appear at the top. Review effort and surveys move to a footer, and skipped and excluded files are combined into a single section. Empty sections are omitted, and long lists show an overflow count instead of expanding in full.
Better Feedback on Findings
After giving a thumbs-down on a finding, users can pick a reason. GitHub says this input feeds into improving the quality of Copilot's findings. Surveys no longer appear for organizations that opted out of feedback collection.
Less Noise on Repeat Reviews
On later reviews of the same pull request, findings unrelated to the most recent changes are collapsed and then hidden, keeping attention on what changed since the last pass.
Other Improvements and Fixes
- Agent sessions now show the AI credits a review consumed.
- The "Automatically request Copilot code review" rule supports a bypass list.
- Settings pages have clearer wording and layout.
- Balanced effort reviews use three reviewer models, with another model combining their findings.
- Failed or timed-out reviews retry once, and Copilot can switch models if the preferred one is unavailable.
- Bot-authored pull requests can again receive review requests from Actions, Dependabot and owned apps when the external Copilot license block is on.
- Billing and preview settings persist when code review is turned off and back on.
The updates apply to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business and Enterprise plans.