Home dashboard update [Public preview feedback]

[ebndev]

We made improvements to the content and layout of the home dashboard, designed to enable users to see, understand, and take action on their most important work in a single view. The default view of the home dashboard now displays short, customizable lists of recent agent tasks, pull requests, and issues. The feed view has moved to its own page at github.com/feed when the preview is enabled.

You can access the dashboard update by enabling New Dashboard Experience in Feature preview.

What's new

• A new agent module shows the status of all your agent tasks and provides links to the task session.
• Pull request and issue modules list your most recent pull requests and issues for quick navigation to your in-progress work. Each module has filtering options to customize the lists.
• The new Feed tab is the new home for the feed. It can also be found at github.com/feed. The feed's content and filters have not changed. When using the site on a mobile device, you can find a link to the feed in the hamburger navigation.
• We've applied fresh visual and UI updates to the dashboard.
• Action menus enable you to kick-off your work from any of the new modules. You can assign issues to Copilot coding agent or open pull requests and issues in Copilot Chat as references, with more shortcuts to come.

We want to hear from you

Let us know what you think in the discussion below! Thanks and happy coding!

[Kreuger]

I dont particularly care much for the Github changelogs that replaced other repos I might be interested in.

[supervoidcoder]

The new GitHub dashboard layout feels much more intuitive — having tasks, PRs, and issues visible in one view really streamlines workflow. It’s great to see GitHub focusing on productivity and clarity. I’ve been applying similar principles of simplicity and usability in designing travel project dashboards too at https://bookdublinparking.com

haha is this reply ai generated because this ui isn't good

[RobertoDF]

I want feed first

[raff]

I would like to at least have the feeds (or a preview of feeds) under the github changelog (with a link to https://github.com/feeds to get the full experience)

[ninnroot]

should have an option in user settings to have the "home" or "feed" page first. I personally prefer feed first.

[joedelbalzo]

It takes me too many clicks to see my repos

[askpt]

I like the new homepage, I missed when it was first removed! 😄

1. I think we should be able to sort the rows, I mean "Agent sessions", "Pull requests" and "Issues".
2. The repositories on the left is a duplicate of the repositories in the hamburger menu. I think the one in the hamburger menu should be removed.
3. Add extra / commands. I think it is missing a "spaces" slash which would use a specific space as a context.
   4. Add the ability to see the old feed somewhere. It is quite useful to track releases or new first issues of stared repositories for example. It is available in the top left corner. I am just blind! 🙈

[Alexandria-Davis-Ametek]

As someone who has an account specifically for an organization, organization-specific HOME pages could absolutely be something I could get behind.

[dappter]

I would definitely support the idea of custom home pages for each organization. This feature would help tailor the experience, surface more relevant information, and make navigation much more efficient across teams and projects. It would be a valuable improvement for users who collaborate with multiple organizations.

[askpt]

@justinbyo

For the Pull Requests, can we have an extra for open/draft option, for example:

[justinbyo]

Thanks for the feedback @askpt this is super helpful

[onurilaslan]

Nice.

[cloudglides]

pretty sick i just dont like the AI chat thingy, it should be optional

[aswin-om]

maybe replace it with recent repositories and PRs

[rmnilin]

It's under https://github.com/settings/copilot

It's funny that some LLM features remain available even if "Show Copilot" is disabled, such as "Assign to Copilot". Pure Microsoft experience.

[strathausen]

I don't have this option. For me, all relevant copilot options are enabled with a lock. Is it because I have the subscription?

[antartica10000]

true the new thing is truly useless

[RSickenberg]

This, too much AI.

[ltrzesniewski]

A few thoughts:

• I have a PR from 2016 which appears in the list (and the most recent activity dates from 2020), that's not exactly what I'd call recent. 😅
• The list items have excessively large paddings, I'd prefer a (much) more compact view.
• Sometimes the conversation continues in closed issues/PRs. It would be nice to continue showing them for some time after they're closed.
• I don't care about agent sessions, so I unchecked both the "open" and "closed" filters, but the list still shows and takes precious space on top of the page.
• An option to view the feed below the lists would be nice.

[justinbyo]

Thanks! This is all great feedback.

The PR from 2016 – that's weird. The pull request and issues lists are ordered by last updated. The item with the newest update will be at the top. So there may have been a recent update (maybe a comment, change in assignment, label?) If it's still not clear, let me know we can connect and figure out what's going on.

Also take a look at the filters, that might help you narrow down your results to your liking.

[ltrzesniewski]

I mean, the previous "recent activity" feature (which showed in the left margin of the homepage, under "repositories") limited the view to issues/PRs which were active in the last 2 weeks. Then, they were removed.

Currently, I have 4 PRs open: 2 recent ones, and 2 very old ones. https://github.com/pulls shows the following:

This is what the new dashboard looks like:

Note the old PRs are both in the list. I left comments/reviews on the additional ones that are added in comparison to github.com/pulls. Only the top 2 are recent.

I know about the filters, but I definitely want the PRs I authored in the list. 🙂

[paul90]

Am seeing much the same problem, but with issues.

Even setting notifications on those ancient repos to ignore does not remove them from the dashboard.

[RSickenberg]

Same on me, but with PR not even present or whatsoever.

[ptomato]

The "Good morning, {username}!" at the top is too precious for my taste. I come here to review PRs, not to exchange pleasantries with the LLM.

[officel]

I'd love it if I could hide PRs and issues I don't want to see anymore.

[justinbyo]

Got it. I'm assuming that means issues or PRs that aren't really relevant to you but might still be open. Would you want to hide them permanently or until there's new activity?

Also take a look at the filters, that might help you narrow down your results to your liking.

[officel]

Hi! Thanks for info.

In my use case, I'm commenting on issues raised by others that have been left unresolved for a long time.
like this. hashicorp/terraform#16858 (comment)

The current filter cannot resolve this.It would also eliminate the necessary parts...

[ThomasThelen]

[justinbyo]

Thanks for the feedback! A couple questions:

Creating an issue from the home page feels ass backwards

There are a few different ways to create an issue from the dashboard. Are you talking about using the /create-issue command in the Copilot input?

There are some longstanding issues that I watch, but don't want to be at the top of my feed.

Got it. That issue is at the top because it was updated last week it looks like, and the issues are ordered by latest update. Would you want to do something like snooze or hide that issue?

Also, I notice you aren't assigned to that issue. If you turn off the "Involves me" filter and just use the "Assigned to me" filter that might work better for you.

[rasibn]

Why does this appear on hover? Hover is terrible UX for touch inputs. Make it a menu or something always there. I don't want to accidentally click this.

[justinbyo]

Thanks for the feedback. On mobile devices we do use a menu for that reason.

[rasibn]

Thanks for the reply! The menu looks good. Why not make this default for desktop too? Desktops have more space so I don't see a reason to hide it behind a hover action.

Also the copilot icon appearing in middle of two PRs might not be ideal.

[davecom]

I'd like an option for the Feed to be my default view.

[nikelborm]

Unfortunately, having this URL available is not enough. When I click on the GitHub logo here, I will still fall into the root domain, where I prefer to have the feed as a default open view.

[tukkek]

@justinbyo can you please confirm that you understood @davecom's request for an option to select which home-view is the default? I imagine the 20 negative-reactions you've received are because you sound entirely-dismissive of this simple request.

The new dash-board seems extremely high-value for people working at big-corporations like you, who probably work on multiple organizations; projects; and issues concurrently or whose tasks change quickly. For others like me, my work-flow is pretty streamlined and doesn't use this site as ground-zero for mission-control; priorities; communication...

As-such the new dash-board's value is nearly-zero for me. I don't need a helper to keep-track of issues and PRs because when I do use those, I can easily manage them in my head or using the site's tools that have existed for so many years now.

OTOH the feed-view is very high-value for me because it allows me to stay up-dated with the tools and libraries I actively-use daily. A change-log with a new library-feature can change the way I approach a task that very-day or I may want to update my tool-chain with new-releases as soon as I'm aware of them for bug-fixes and security-updates.

Having the old-feed still-available is great for that reason and thank you for reassuring-us that it's still there but the extra-friction to get there is a significant UI and UX concern for those of us for-whom the new dash-board doesn't aggregate actionable-value.

Having the option to select a default-view for the home-page would be an objective improvement, especially for those like-me who doesn't have GH's home as their book-marked landing-page on the site, requiring multiple-steps now to get to the feed when it was just one-click away before.

[tukkek]

Having the feed included as a section on the new dash-board, especially given the ability to rearrange the order in which sections are shown; or persistently collapsed and expanded sections would also be a great solution!

Thank you all on Microsoft and GH for the continued work on the site.

[lnlyssg]

Echoing this request, I'm someone that doesn't do a lot with Issues and PRs so my "Home" shows one PR from 2017 and three issues that are not especially important to me. I have no Agent or AI/chat showing so the new Home is of really low value to me and mostly empty. Either integrate the Feed or make it an option to set as the default.

[xaionaro]

@justinbyo : Just to make sure this feedback is not lost, could you please confirm it has been taken into account?

[franklin-tina]

Thanks @ebndev and team, love it 🔥❤️‍🔥

[justinbyo]

Thanks! I'd love to hear more

[stashymane]

Do we really need to have the feed as a separate page? Much less annoying to have it under the home page.
Also, please allow us to remove the chat box. If I want a chat box, I use my IDE.

[ltrzesniewski]

There's an option for the chat box, but it's completely buried in the settings: go to copilot features and disable the "Dashboard entry point" setting.

[justinbyo]

Right, you can disable the chatbox from github.com/settings/copilot. But it sounds like github.com/feed gives you precisely the view you're looking for: the feed without the chat input, without any change in settings.

[tadhglewis]

sounds like github.com/feed gives you precisely the view you're looking for

One issue is now PRs and github issues activity don't show in my sidebar which is a degraded experience from before - even if I turn this preview feature off

[phax]

Is their a way, that I can make the /feed URL my home view?
Edit: even if I have a Copilot subscription

[stashymane]

Right, you can disable the chatbox from github.com/settings/copilot. But it sounds like github.com/feed gives you precisely the view you're looking for: the feed without the chat input, without any change in settings.

I actually do like the issues/PRs/etc. view, would be a lot more comfortable to use if the feed was directly underneath it

[larrasket]

Add me an option to remove the useless AI bullshit or opt-out of it.

[justinbyo]

Visit github.com/settings/copilot/ to manage your Copilot settings

[tadhglewis]

Sure this gets rid of copilot but it just turns your home screen into a full page view of PRs and issues... Whereas previously the home page was activity AND I had "Recent activity" of PRs and issues in the sidebar

[Nagol12344]

A way of setting the default back to the feed, and move the AI to below everything else, more make it moveable.

[nikelborm]

For easier counting of votes, please vote in this comment https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/177902?sort=top#discussioncomment-14807322

[j1-dev]

Horrid

[GowsiSM]

Hii @ebndev,
Adding these two features would transform the dashboard from a passive list into an active workspace:

1. Workspace Context Switcher
   Let me toggle between contexts (e.g., "Work Org A," "Personal Projects") to instantly filter the entire dashboard and only see what's relevant to my current focus.

2. Bottleneck Highlights
   Proactively flag urgent items like PRs waiting for my review longer than the team average or issues where I'm the blocking dependency so I know what to tackle first.

[petebachant]

I'd like the ability to hide or move agent sessions to the bottom. I'd also like the option to use the feed view as the preferred view.

[MMazenA]

Agree with this, I would like to be able to bring Pull Requests up to the top

[statickidz]

when pressing github logo save if you prefer the feed or home view as part of the user experience state

[b9Joker108]

• [Copilot Agent Feedback]

This isn't feedback regarding the Feed mechanism, this is about the newly rolled-out GitHub Copilot Pro mechanism native to the GitHub Internet web-app. Please pass this feedback along:

The newly tooled Copilot is much better. It appears to be calling from a [Titanic] raft of tooling to answer a given query or at minimum gives the illusion of such. I can affirm with neither prejudice nor bias, neither fear nor favour, that all of that tooling is MOOT, that is bunk and fundamentally flawed, if one of the PRIMARY and mandatory toolcalls to drive the tooling and agentic responses, is not aware of the IMMEDIATE USER-FACING CONTEXT: Device, OS, Browser ~ all of this is immediately web-discoverable.

It is INANE, with all of that GH Copilot tooling, that this is not fundamental and furnished. As a result, all Copilot's transactions and agentic cascades and cascades of tooling calls, draw from a poisoned well and are sundered, profoundly expensive and the magnificence of the system, as a result, underdelivers as standard and will continue to do so until this is repaired.

Truly, this is one of the LOGICAL first tools that should have been in situ for the new rollout. Thank you to all concerned.

In wrathful benevolence
B9HH

Deixis and Intertextuality:

• https://github.com/b9Joker108/a_glockenspiel_magistery/blob/main/scores_compositions_arrangements_and_fragments/l33tkoda_gh_hommage_v1_20112025.md

[ImadRedwan]

TL;DR
I prefer to see repositories suggestions and feeds in my home page instead of these stuff.

[connorshea]

I'd like to toggle back to the feed instead of the agent sessions, as I don't use the agent sessions much. Or sort it at least, so pull requests come first before agent sessions

[jknlsn]

I'd like a filter for time for issues as some are years old. Now I can go close them or archive the repos, but they weren't in my face before and now they are.

I liked the feed of what I was actually subscribed to, releases etc.

[phnor]

I would like an easier way to browse my repositories by organizations and teams. Since repositories are already linked to teams, it would make sense to navigate them this way. Ideally, having a folder-like hierarchy for repositories would allow multiple paths to access the same repositories.

[NBG-Mantas]

can i disable the copilot block? or at least change spots, so it's at the bottom?

[shiipou]

I just miss a reorder feature to move issues, pullrequest and agent.

[jaredcwhite]

I just turned this feature preview off, because the Home page is fairly useless to me with Copilot (blargh) switched off. Back to the Feed!

[roskatom]

I like the new dashboard, but where did the trending repos list go? Enjoy giving that a scan every now and then.

[indexzero]

I am one of the first 5,000 GitHub users, and I am disappoint

Fifteen years ago I submitted a change on Microsoft Codeplex to the Prism project for an obvious feature gap that I found using the framework at a large financial institution

Despite being a former M$FT employee, I was respectfully told that contributions were only accepted from M$FT employees. I never went to that website again

Instead, nearly every day since then I've come to this website, specifically https://github.com to discover and learn from other practitioners in this art we call open source

That feed was what made GitHub, well, GitHub. Over time, this website grew into the behemoth that it is today

One where there are many more private repositories than public

One that has become a staple of professional software engineers even more than it ever was for open source artisans

When Microsoft acquired GitHub, I was afraid. Afraid that the myopic lens so endemic to the Borg cube would destroy it. A lens focused on everything that is NOT open source

Seeing the new home dashboard tonight on a mobile web browser, I know my deepest fears have become reality. GitHub as I knew it is dead. Why? Because shipping even a Beta preview of it without the most defining feature — the social feed — shows how little that matters compared to the next Copilot or Codespaces feature

When I thought about it more I realized I already knew that product: it's called Microsoft Codeplex ☠️

So ... GitHub is dead! Long live GitHub!

[jffaust]

I don't know how the Top Repositories are ranked on the left sidebar but it does not show the repos I'd expect. I'd much prefer to see my most recently focused/worked on repos. I'm not seeing THE repo I'm actively working on furiously for the past week and instead I see a dead repo I haven't touched in a year :(