Hey hey! 👋Reporting in for our last API and Webhooks Community Check-In for this year 🎆

🏆​​ Top Contributors in the Community

Big Kudos to these Superstar Community Contributors 👏

These superstar contributors have been consistently supporting users in the API & Webhooks community for all of 2023. Shout out to @bejzik8, @byrneh & @nirav-gajera!

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⬆️ Product Updates

• Upcoming changes to repository insights - Beginning January 8th, 2024, we will be making changes to the repository insights UI and API on GitHub for repositories with over 10,000 commits.
• Creating temporary private forks via the REST API - You can now use the REST API to create a temporary private fork within a draft security advisory or private vulnerability report.
• Enforcing workflow scope when creating a release with GitHub Actions - Starting today, apps and tokens used to create a release via the REST API endpoint will require the workflow scope or workflows:write permission in certain cases.
• Webhook delivery logs will only be retained for 3 days - For up to 3 days after a webhook delivery is posted, you can view details about that delivery and request a redelivery.
• Repository security advisories REST API - You can now programmatically view and act on repository advisories via a new REST API. New endpoints to create, view, list, and update advisories are available to all. Additionally, new webhooks have been introduced that will alert maintainers when advisories are published or when a private vulnerability report is submitted.

🗞️ What’s New?

• Docs Hacktoberfest Win :pumpkin: - Our Docs team ran a Hacktoberfest sprint during the month of October that encouraged GitHub users to contribute to GitHub’s Docs. A big win from that is the new Scripting with the REST API and Ruby guide written by @Manas-Kenge. Check it out!
• New Markdown extension - Alerts provide distinctive styling for significant content.
• Company Update: Diversity, inclusion, and belonging at GitHub in 2023 - We expanded the diversity of our employee base, launched several new employee engagement programs, made investments to improve accessibility, and more. Read more about it on The GitHub Blog.

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A very big thank you to everyone in the community who actively contributes thoughts and answers to the questions that come into the API and Webhooks category. Looking forward to seeing more Community contributions to come in 2024!