GitHub Code Quality no longer adds Copilot as a reviewer

GitHub Code Quality no longer automatically creates a ruleset that requests Copilot code review on pull requests; existing rulesets have been disabled, but users can manually re-enable the feature.

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Enabling GitHub Code Quality on a repository no longer creates a ruleset that automatically requests a code review from GitHub Copilot on your pull requests.
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Announced: 07 Aug 2026 15:07 UTC
Detected: 07 Aug 2026 17:12 UTC (+2h after)

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