Personal dashboard

Find information on the display criteria for items on your personal dashboard.

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Recent activity

In the "Recent activity" section of your dashboard, you can preview up to 4 updates made in the last two weeks.

Open issues and pull requests appear in the recent activity section when:

  • You have opened the issue or pull request.
  • Someone has commented on an issue or pull request you opened.
  • Your issue or pull request was reopened.
  • Your review was requested on a pull request.
  • You were assigned to an issue or pull request.
  • You referenced an issue or pull request via a commit.
  • You commented on an issue or pull request.

Top repositories

Your list of top repositories is automatically generated, and can include any repository you have interacted with, whether it's owned directly by your account or not. Interactions include:

  • Making commits
  • Opening issues
  • Commenting on issues
  • Opening pull requests
  • Commenting on pull requests

The list of top repositories cannot be edited, but repositories will drop off the list 1 year after you last interacted with them.

Feed activity

Note

The new feed is currently in public preview and subject to change.

You'll see updates on your feed when someone you follow:

  • Stars a repository
  • Follows another user
  • Creates a public repository
  • Opens an issue or pull request with help wanted or good first issue label on a repository you're watching
  • Pushes commits to a repository you watch
  • Forks a public repository
  • Publishes a new release

Home dashboard view

Note

The updated home dashboard is currently in public preview and subject to change.

To view the updated home dashboard, which is currently in public preview, you will first need to enable New Dashboard Experience with feature preview. For more information, see Exploring early access releases with feature preview.

The home dashboard includes:

  • A GitHub Copilot prompt box: You can prompt GitHub Copilot, assign Copilot coding agent to tasks, create an issue with GitHub Copilot, and start building with GitHub Spark.
  • Agent sessions: A list of your running and past Copilot coding agent sessions. Click View all to open the agents tab.
  • Pull requests: A list of the most recent pull requests that you authored, reviewed, were mentioned on, or where you've been requested as a reviewer.
  • Issues: A list of the most recent issues assigned to you or involving you.