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GitHub Notifications

Reference for managing subscriptions and notifications on GitHub.

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About authentication to GitHub

About commit signature verification

About GitHub's IP addresses

About mandatory two-factor authentication

About passkeys

About SSH

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Authentication documentation

author: filter

Filter notifications by the original author of the thread.

Cc address

GitHub ccs you if subscribed; the second cc matches the notification reason with @noreply.github.com suffix.

CI activity notifications

Filter CI workflow failures by reason:ci-activity and repo:owner/repo-name.

Collaboration invitations

Emails inviting you to collaborate in an organization or repository.

Configuring notifications

Choose the type of activity you want to receive notifications for and how they are delivered.

Connecting to GitHub with SSH

Conversation notifications

Emails about conversations you're participating in or where you've been @mentioned.

Dependabot custom filters

Saved filters for Dependabot alerts and security update pull requests.

Email notification headers

Reference for email notification headers.

From address

The From address is always notifications@github.com.

GitHub Actions notifications

Manage how notifications from GitHub Actions are delivered.

Inbox filters

Filters for managing the notifications inbox.

is: filter

Filter by activity type such as is:issue, is:release, or is:repository-invitation.

List-Id field

Identifies the repository name and owner, formatted as OWNER/REPOSITORY <REPOSITORY.OWNER>.

Managing GitHub Actions notifications

Manage how notifications from GitHub Actions are delivered.

Managing commit signature verification

Managing marketing emails

Control subscription to marketing emails about GitHub products and news.

Managing notifications from your inbox

Use your inbox to quickly triage and sync notifications across email and mobile.

Managing organization notifications

Control where notifications from your organization are delivered.

Mark as Done

Removes a notification from the main inbox view; view with query is:read.

Marketing emails

Manage marketing emails with GitHub news and product information.

org: filter

Filter notifications by organization.

Organization notifications

Control where notifications from your organization are delivered.

Own activity notifications

Emails about your own activity, such as opening, commenting on, or closing issues and pull requests.

Pull request push notifications

Emails about pushes to pull requests you're participating in.

reason: filter

Filter by notification reason such as reason:review-requested or reason:mention.

Recommended

repo: filter

Filter notifications by repository using repo:owner/repository.

Saved inbox

Save notifications to review later and view unread updates.

Security activity notifications

Emails about security-related activity on repositories you have admin access to.

To field

The To field connects directly to the thread; replying adds a new comment.

Types of emails GitHub sends

Reference for the types of emails GitHub sends.

Unsubscribe

Stop receiving new updates unless you participate or are @mentioned.

Watched repository activity

Emails about activity on repositories you're watching.

X-GitHub-Recipient headers

X-GitHub-Recipient and X-GitHub-Recipient-Address show the intended recipient.

X-GitHub-Severity field

Dependabot alert emails include this header with levels low, moderate, high, or critical.