GitHub announced three developer-facing updates on March 26, 2026: a new pull requests dashboard in public preview, a Copilot coding agent workflow for resolving merge conflicts in pull requests, and general availability for custom images on GitHub-hosted runners.
Pull requests dashboard preview
The refreshed dashboard is available at github.com/pulls. GitHub says it adds a new inbox and saved views so users can organize and prioritize pull requests that need attention.
According to the source, the inbox surfaces pull requests that need review, need fixing, or are ready to merge. Users can filter by repository or by how recently a pull request was updated. The dashboard also supports custom views based on frequently used search queries. GitHub says the preview can be enabled through New Pull Requests Dashboard in feature preview.
Copilot merge conflict resolution
GitHub also says Copilot coding agent can now resolve merge conflicts on pull requests. The source instructs users to mention @copilot in a comment with a request such as merging in main and resolving conflicts.
The agent works in its own cloud-based development environment, where it can make changes, check whether builds and tests still pass, and then push the result. GitHub says this feature is available with all paid Copilot plans, while Business and Enterprise users need an administrator to enable the coding agent first.
Runner image update
The source description also says custom images for GitHub-hosted runners are now generally available, allowing organizations to standardize prebuilt CI environments.