Hierarchy View Now Generally Available

GitHub Projects' hierarchy view has reached general availability and is now enabled by default for all new project views. Existing views can opt-in by toggling Show hierarchy from the View menu.

Key Improvements

The latest release brings several quality-of-life enhancements:

• Enhanced sub-issue discovery: Sub-issue specific filters are now more prominent in the filter suggestion bar, making it easier to find relevant filtering options
• Auto-applied filters: When sub-issues are added to a filtered view, matching filters are now automatically applied, reducing manual configuration
• Accessibility improvements: Multiple accessibility enhancements improve the overall experience for all users

Additional Features

Beyond hierarchy view improvements, GitHub has shipped two valuable additions to issue and project management:

Copilot auto-assignment via templates: You can now assign Copilot automatically to issues by adding @copilot to the assignees field in your issue template (available to users with write access).

Maintainer-only blank issues: Users with triage, write, or admin access can now create blank issues even when blank_issues_enabled: false is configured. Blank issue options will appear in the template picker for these users while contributors without write access continue to follow templates.

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