GitHub says AI agents now kick off over 40% of pull requests, up from 17% in March

GitHub's annual Octoverse report says that as of September, more than 40% of pull requests, the proposed code changes submitted for review, began with a developer directing an AI agent, up from 17% in March. The report describes code review as the way developers shape what the agents return.

GitHub Chief Legal Officer Shelley McKinley at Web Summit Rio, April 2025

Photo: Vaughn Ridley/Web Summit via Sportsfile / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (cropped)

Sources

• Company announcement GitHub (2026-10-28)
  Octoverse: Commits, pushes, reach new highs in 2026 as developers build with agents

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