GitHub Narrows App Permissions to Pull Teams Off Classic PATs

GitHub is giving DevOps teams more ways to limit an automation job to only the access it needs. A batch of GitHub Apps updates released Oct. 13 adds narrower permissions, relaxes a long-standing install restriction for repository administrators, and makes it easier to move users to expiring tokens. GitHub says the goal is to help…

Tom Smith Oct 14, 2026

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npm Puts a 48-Hour Clock on Unused Trusted Publishing Configurations

GitHub has added an expiration date to unused npm trusted publishing configurations. Any configuration that doesn’t complete a successful publish within 48 hours of creation now expires and can no longer authorize a release. It’s a small change. But it closes a gap that matters to anyone who publishes packages from a CI/CD pipeline. How…

Tom Smith Oct 14, 2026

Anthropic Builds Its Own Source Control After AI Agents Outgrow Git

Anthropic has moved its internal monorepo off Git and onto a version control system it built from scratch. The reason is simple. Its AI agents now write code faster than Git-based infrastructure can handle it. In a post on its engineering blog, the company said it averaged about 2,500 merged code changes a day in…

Tom Smith Oct 14, 2026

Noma Security Discloses Claude Code Desktop Exploit

Security researchers at Noma Security uncovered SneakPeek, a vulnerability in Anthropic’s Claude Code Desktop that allowed malicious JavaScript embedded in large HTML files to bypass sandbox protections and silently steal sensitive local data. The flaw exposed credentials, API tokens and Kubernetes configurations through the application’s preview pane. Although Anthropic has released a security update addressing the exploit, the discovery highlights growing software supply chain risks as AI coding tools become embedded in developer workflows without sufficient security oversight…

Mike Vizard Oct 14, 2026

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GitHub Ties Every Commit to the Account That Pushed It

GitHub has introduced push attribution in limited public preview for Enterprise customers, adding authenticated pusher identities to commits alongside author and committer information. A new repository rule can also block pushes when committer details don’t match the authenticated account, helping DevOps teams combat identity spoofing, improve audit trails and strengthen software supply chain security…

Tom Smith Oct 14, 2026