GitHub renames Copilot secret scanning, adds AI push protection detection
What happened
Between the Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026 captures of GitHub's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Secret Protection: 'Copilot secret scanning' renamed 'AI detection for alerts'; new 'AI detection for push protection' row added. Pulse files it as a product change (feature added) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Team at $4, Enterprise at $21, GitHub Codespaces at $0.18 per core hour compute + $0.07 per GB storage and Git Large File Storage at $5.
It lands 2 days after GitHub's previous change, "GitHub adds usage-based AI detection for push protection to Secret Protection" (Oct 17, 2026). GitHub has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window GitLab also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
After'AI detection for push protection' row
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | Not listed | 'AI detection for push protection' row | Added |
Values as written on GitHub's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of GitHub's pricing page (github.com) from Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where 'AI detection for push protection' row now appears.
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GitHub, the last 90 days
Full history- Nov 2, 2026packagingGitHub unbundles Code Security and Secret Protection as standalone add-ons
- Oct 29, 2026packagingGitHub supercharges Enterprise with bundled Copilot, Agent governance, and…
- Oct 19, 2026improvedGitHub renames Copilot secret scanning, adds AI push protection detection · this change
- Oct 17, 2026improvedGitHub adds usage-based AI detection for push protection to Secret Protection
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changesQuestions about this change
Did GitHub raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature added.
What changed on GitHub's pricing page between Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026?
Feature: Not listed → 'AI detection for push protection' row, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does GitHub change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for GitHub in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "GitHub adds usage-based AI detection for push protection to Secret Protection" on Oct 17, 2026; GitHub has been tracked since 2023-11-14.