Inside GitHub's September updates: Project HydraFusion, sandboxing, and PR approvals

In this episode of GitHub Checkout, Andrea Griffiths sits down with Julia Kasper and Brady Gaster to break down the major platform updates shipped in September. Discover how Project HydraFusion expands to VS Code and the GitHub Copilot app, bringing full model visibility and up to 10x token efficiency compared to frontier models. Explore general availability for local sandboxing, automated code review approvals that count toward merge gates, and bulk autofix for up to 25 CodeQL quality findings. Watch the walkthrough to learn how these updates streamline developer workflows.



Links mentioned in the episode:



https://gh.io/local-sandbox

https://gh.io/ccr-approve

https://gh.io/squad

https://gh.io/autofix



#ProjectHydraFusion #GitHubCopilot #GitHub



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00:00 Introducing Project HydraFusion updates

07:36 Local sandboxing general availability

08:41 Automated code review approvals for pull requests

10:51 Bulk agent autofix with CodeQL

13:02 Community feedback and what is next



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