GitHub Copilot Autofix claims to identify and resolve security issues in your code [Video]

The big picture: Software development moves at breakneck speed these days, with developers constantly releasing new features. However, despite their best efforts, security vulnerabilities still manage to slip into production code, remaining one of the leading causes of breaches. While scanning tools can detect these flaws, actually fixing them requires specialized security expertise and significant time. In other words, the challenge isn’t always identifying vulnerabilities; it’s remediating them quickly.

GitHub aims to assist with its newly available Copilot Autofix tool. Now integrated into GitHub Advanced Security, this AI-powered feature is designed to help developers address code bugs more quickly.

Copilot Autofix analyzes security defects detected in pull requests and provides explanations along with suggested fixes. Developers can then choose to dismiss, adjust, or commit the AI-generated suggestions with just a few clicks.

The tool addresses a wide range of vulnerability …