What's new

April 27, 2026

Highlights

Quantitative answers in Deep Search

Deep Search can now count, rank, and aggregate across search results, not just find them.

Deep Search has always been good at finding and explaining code. It can now also count, rank, and aggregate it without blowing up the context window.

A new sandboxed scripting tool lets the agent run programmatic aggregations across many searches in a single turn. Questions that don't fit into a single query, e.g. top-N rankings, cross-search joins, distributions across many files, can now be answered end-to-end, with every underlying search still cited so you can verify how the answer was assembled.

With the new tool, Deep Search offers Code Search's depth and exhaustivity combined with agentic reasoning capabilities for computing complex results behind a natural language prompt. When a question calls for exhaustive research, the agent fans out, processes every match across many precise queries, and aggregates them into the answer.

For example, ask Deep Search: "In github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes, who left the most TODO(<username>) comments? Show the top 15." Deep Search iterates through every match, groups by author, and returns a ranked table, instead of just the first page of hits.

The same shape unlocks questions that previously meant exporting search results and scripting against them yourself:

"How far along is the interface{} → any migration in golang/go? Break it down by top-level package."
"In microsoft/vscode, which files have been touched in the most fix/bugfix commits in the last 6 months, and who's been fixing them?"
"List the top 20 internal Go packages in sourcegraph/sourcegraph by number of distinct other internal packages that import them."
"Which files were most frequently modified in the past year and who made changes to them?"
"What's the total of all resources (cpu + mem) across all deployments on k8s in myorg/infra?"

Details

Improvements

Deep Search Make diff search accept array of authors

Diff search can now filter by multiple authors.
Deep Search Add Deep Search scope keyboard shortcut

Added keyboard shortcut (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+,) to open the scope picker directly from the Deep Search composer.
Deep Search Evaluator tool for code execution

Added a code execution 'evaluator' tool to Deep Search that allows sandboxed Lua scripts to call keyword, regex, commit or diff searches and process results programmatically.
Batch Changes Add commit signing toggle to OAuth credential flow

Added commit signing toggle to OAuth credential configuration flow for batch changes. Users can now enable SSH commit signing when configuring credentials via OAuth (GitHub, GitLab), matching the functionality previously available only in the PAT flow.
Administration Show last event received date for webhooks
Administration SITE_CONFIG, EXTSVC_CONFIG json support

As an alternative to SITE_CONFIG_FILE and EXTSVC_CONFIG_FILE, the entire contents of advanced configuration and external service configuration can now be provided using SITE_CONFIG and EXTSVC_CONFIG respectively.
GitHub Link webhooks to apps correctly and clean up when app deleted

When creating a GitHub App from Sourcegraph, the corresponding webhook handler is now linked to the App, and deleting the App in Sourcegraph deletes the webhook handler as well.
RBAC Add user management admin permissions

Non-site-admin users can now manage users, organizations, roles, and permissions when explicitly granted USER_MANAGEMENT#{READ,WRITE} RBAC permissions.
RBAC Add integration management admin permissions

Added INTEGRATION_MANAGEMENT#{READ,WRITE} RBAC permission to allow non-site-admin users to manage Slack, incoming webhook, and outbound webhook integrations
RBAC Add entitlement admin permissions

Non-site-admin users can now manage entitlements when explicitly granted ENTITLEMENT#{READ,WRITE} RBAC permissions.

Fixes

Deep Search Scope list_repos by search context id

Scoped listRepos to the active search context when a repo-defined search context is selected.
Deep Search Recover from failed conversation creation
Code Search Select suggestions by position

Fixed an issue where multiple suggestion rows could appear selected simultaneously during Query assist refreshes
Code Search Intersect identical rev:at.time revisions across repo patterns
Batch Changes Improve select all of changesets on batch changes preview page

The Select all button now appears consistently and is more responsive while selecting all changesets on the preview page.
Batch Changes Improve select all of changesets on batch changes detail page

Select All on the batch changes changeset details page will now lazy select all changesets.
Authentication Add sign out button to password reset page
GraphQL Restore repository createdAt field

Restored the GraphQL field Repository.createdAt to return the persisted repository timestamp instead of synthetic time.Now() data.
Licensing Fix config watcher to write license state to correct Redis key

Fixed license key changes taking up to an hour to take effect.
RBAC Improve RBAC permission error message formatting

Improved RBAC permission error message formatting for better readability (e.g. "missing READ permission for REPO_MANAGEMENT" instead of "user is missing permission REPO_MANAGEMENT#READ").
Security Upgrade github.com/go-jose/go-jose

Upgraded github.com/go-jose/go-jose to address CVE-2026-34986, a potential denial of service vulnerability in JSON Web Encryption decryption.
UI Polish web app UI components
- Adjusted core navigation popover positioning
- Fixed button shadows in icon variant
- Fixed code insights creation UI layout
- Removed pressed translation CSS rule to prevent layout shifts
- Fixed resizable panel bug when conditionally rendering panels
- Simplified search result UI by removing unnecessary headings
Frontend Handle /-/logout and guard middleware against nil next
Notifications Automatically clear repository sync failure notification

Repository sync failure notifications are automatically cleared after a successful sync
Searcher Count content matches when both path and content match

In non-indexed regex search, when both path and content matching are enabled, searcher now evaluates content even when paths match, ensuring content matches contribute to result counts and aligning counting semantics with indexed search.

Removed

Code Intel Remove squirrel callers from frontend

Hover tooltips, highlights, and basic code navigation in search-based mode are now powered by Syntactic code navigation.

April 20, 2026

Highlights

Smart hover summaries now in Beta

Smart hover summaries leverage precise code intelligence data to show key architectural details of your code on hover.

Smart hover summary demo

When precise code intelligence is available, you now get a summary of the meaning of the symbol, and usage of the symbol across the codebase. In combination with the precise code intelligence hover information, this often saves the need to jump to a symbol and back which interrupts the flow of reading, and simplifies understanding complex codebases. Linked citations can even serve as an alternative to traditional code navigation.

Summaries are powered by a small, fast model, but only compiler-grade precise code intelligence data is used to inform the LLM of actual usage patterns across your repositories, allowing the LLM to cite factual usage locations in its answers - even across repositories.

Smart hover summaries are a Beta feature. The feature may become billable with credits once it becomes generally available.

Please share feedback on this feature with us at [email protected] or via your customer success manager. For information, see the documentation

Search contexts in Deep Search

Use search contexts in Deep Search to ask questions within a set of repositories.

Search contexts are used to scope searches in code search. Now, you can do the same for Deep Search to guide the response to a specific domain. The users default search context is pre-selected.

This makes it easier to investigate a team area or large set of repositories without rewriting your prompt or repeating filters in every question. Teams can reuse the search contexts they already maintain in Code Search instead of redefining where Deep Search should look in every prompt. Follow-up questions keep the current scope by default, and you can change it directly from the follow-up composer when you need to investigate a different area.

Search your Git graph in Deep Search

Pinpoint where a commit or fix lives across branches, tags, and releases.

Deep Search can now search Git tags, ancestry, and commits on any branch to pinpoint where a change lives in your Git history.

For example, ask Deep Search: "In Kubernetes v1.29, a regression was introduced where the apiserver_watch_events_sizes metric stopped reporting total outgoing watch event traffic. How many versions shipped with the bug before it was resolved?"

Deep Search can also handle the same kind of questions across any repository you have access to:

"Which version introduced feature X?"
"Which releases shipped with the vulnerable dependency?"
"Has this refactor landed on any branch yet?"
"Did we cherry-pick this fix into our release branch?"

Try it today, and please share feedback with us at [email protected] or via your customer success manager!

Details

Improvements

Deep Search Add list_refs, check_ancestry tools for improved versioning searches

Deep Search can now more efficiently answer questions about which versions and releases contain a specific commit or fix.
Deep Search Update sharing notice to clarify code visibility

Clarified Deep Search sharing notice to explicitly indicate that code will be visible to anyone with the link.
Deep Search Convert history sidebar to inline layout

Converted Deep Search history sidebar from fixed overlay to inline layout that persists state across reloads
Analytics Add service account field to user metadata export

Include whether a user is a service account in opt-in user metadata exports.
Inference Add support for Opus 4.7

Added support for Opus 4.7 model in Cody with adaptive thinking.
Inference Normalize stop reasons across LLM providers

Normalized LLM provider stop reasons into a consistent enum, enabling provider-agnostic error handling for refusal and content filter cases in deep search and subagents.
Licensing Allow AI features for plans including Cody

The Code Intelligence Platform and Cody Enterprise plans no longer require a separate license key to use AI features beyond Cody. Deep Search, AI query assist, and future AI features are now automatically enabled on these plans.
RBAC Implement Batch Changes read-only permission

Implemented the BATCH_CHANGES#READ permission. This enables administrators to create a role where users can view, but not edit or create Batch Changes.
Notices Add adminOnly attribute to hide banners from non-admins

Added adminOnly attribute to notices configuration, allowing site administrators to create banners visible only to other admins.
Objects Lsif-uploads, search-jobs fall back to unified sourcegraph bucket

Self-hosted Sourcegraph no longer requires separate buckets for LSIF uploads and search jobs: a single SOURCEGRAPH_UPLOADS_ bucket can now be used for all features. Existing configurations for AWS S3 and GCS object storage will be respected for LSIF uploads and search jobs. To learn more, refer to https://sourcegraph.com/docs/self-hosted/external-services/object-storage
Objects Add check for soft-required new 'sourcegraph' bucket

Added warning to administrators when the new sourcegraph bucket requirement is not fulfilled. Self-hosted customers using GCS or AWS S3 will soon need to manually prepare this bucket - see https://sourcegraph.com/docs/self-hosted/external-services/object-storage for more details.

Fixes

Deep Search Drop buggy NEW IS NOT NULL guard in search-queue trigger

Fixes a bug where some deep search conversations were not indexed for conversation search. This change triggers a full rebuild of the search index for conversation search, which happens in the background.
Deep Search Fix conversation search after title changes

Conversation search now correctly finds conversations after their titles have been changed.
Deep Search Surface tool call errors in UI

Deep search now displays tool call errors instead of silently showing no results.
Code Search Fix inverted logic in commit date filter suggestions

Fixed incorrect commit date filter suggestions for "Last week" and "Last month" options, which were using before: instead of after:.
Code Search Fix symbol and conversation search in command palette

Fixed symbol search and conversation search not returning results in the command palette.
Code Intel Remove deprecated PRECISE_CODE_INTEL_UPLOAD_TTL environment variable

Removed deprecated PRECISE_CODE_INTEL_UPLOAD_TTL environment variable. Configure CODEINTEL_UPLOADSTORE_EXPIRER_MAX_AGE on the worker container instead.
Authentication DCR ignores ports for loopback redirect URIs

MCP clients using random ports in redirect URIs no longer require reauthentication when the port changes.
GitLab Update GitLab native integration for compatibility and dark mode
- Fixed GraphQL API requests by adding required Content-Type header
- Fixed code intelligence hover popovers by updating permalink selector for modern GitLab versions
- Added dark mode support for code intelligence hover overlays
- Updated Sourcegraph logo in hover overlay
MCP Accept Bearer token on API for MCP spec compliance

MCP endpoints now accept Personal Access Tokens using the standard Authorization: Bearer <token> format for compliance with the MCP authorization specification (RFC 6750).
Security Fix cross-site scripting via unescaped repository file paths

Fixed cross-site scripting vulnerability where repository file paths containing HTML metacharacters could execute arbitrary scripts when viewing file diffs.
Webhooks Fix GitHub icon visibility in dark mode

April 15, 2026

No major updates this time.

April 13, 2026

Highlights

Rename Deep Search conversations

Deep Search conversations can now be renamed by clicking the title or using the rename option in the menu.

You can now rename your Deep Search conversations to keep your workspace organized! Click directly on the conversation title to edit it inline, or use the rename option from the conversation's options menu.

Bulk sync changesets available in Batch Changes

Batch Changes now supports bulk syncing all changesets at once, making it easy to refresh state across large batch changes without loading each changeset individually.

While syncing individual changesets was already possible, Batch Changes now supports syncing changesets as a bulk action. For batch changes with hundreds or thousands of changesets, this means you can refresh the state of all changesets from the code host in a single click—without having to load and sync each one individually.

This is especially useful when changesets have been updated externally (e.g., merged or closed on the code host) and you want Sourcegraph to reflect the latest state immediately across the entire batch change.

Learn more about Batch Changes in our docs.

Details

Improvements

Deep Search Add state transition to fork divider

Improved visual feedback when forking conversations
Deep Search Add fork identity indicators to sidebar and thread header

Forked conversations display a fork indicator in the sidebar and thread header, with a "View parent conversation" option in the menu
Deep Search Add copy button for citation file paths

Added a copy button next to file paths in the Deep Search citations panel for easier copying to clipboard.
Deep Search Rename conversation titles

Conversation titles can now be renamed by clicking the title or using the rename button in the options menu.
Code Search Pass date filters to git log for commit search

Commit searches with date filters (after: / before:) are now significantly faster on large repositories.
Code Nav Add Alt+B keyboard shortcut to toggle git blame

Added Alt+B keyboard shortcut to toggle git blame view in file viewer
Batch Changes Add sync changesets bulk action to batch change detail page

Batch change admins can now select changesets and trigger a high-priority status sync from the code host using the "Sync changesets" bulk action on the batch change detail page.
Administration Add user metadata to usage export

Usage export now includes user metadata, eliminating the need for additional lookups based on user_id.
Azure DevOps Add repos field to Azure DevOps external service

Add repos field to Azure DevOps external service for explicit repository selection
Executors Add retries for git operations

Retry git operations on executors to improve reliability during gitserver pod shutdowns.
Executors Update docker-client package
RBAC Add site config admin permission

Added granular SITE_CONFIG#{READ,WRITE} RBAC permissions for site administration endpoints, allowing non-admin users with the appropriate role to view or modify site configuration options.
Prometheus Update node-exporter package

Fixes

Deep Search Cancel question when creation is still in-flight

Fixed an issue where clicking "Cancel" while a Deep Search conversation or follow-up question was being created would be silently ignored. The cancel now executes once the server responds with the conversation/question ID.
Deep Search Don't suggest forking when first question hits token limit

Fixed token limit error incorrectly suggesting to fork on the first question when there's no prior context.
Deep Search Treat end of stream as unexpected error
Deep Search Fix unequal padding around copy button

Adjusted copy button positioning in deep search code blocks for more balanced spacing.
Deep Search Resolve proper modelRef for summarization

Fixed summarization failures in Deep Search when token limits are exceeded.
Code Search Hoist timeout and count fields

count and timeout fields now apply consistently across OR expressions in search queries.
Code Search Clarify search context tooltip vs @ references
Code Search Make all citations and sources always visible

All citations and sources are now always visible for Deep Search conversations, with consistent counts between the conversation header and the right sidebar.
Code Intel Fix hover and go-to-definition for local import definitions
Administration Allow deleting all GitHub App kinds

All GitHub Apps, including ones used for Batch Changes, can now be deleted from the /admin/github-apps page.
Administration Provide a value for the oauth scopes checkboxes

Fixed OAuth client scope selection for admin-created clients
Authentication Advertise correct oauth device authorization endpoint

Fixed OAuth device authorization endpoint advertisement to match the actual registered endpoint path, preventing 404 errors for clients using metadata-based discovery.
Bitbucket Remove broken user profile link
Documentation Use correct URL for add Github App docs
RBAC Grandfather MCP#ACCESS to service account roles

Grandfathered in the MCP#ACCESS RBAC role to all existing service account roles to avoid restricting access if your system role previously used MCP.
Repositories Skip scheduling repo updates for repos with only suspended external services
Repositories Handle edge-case when zero repos are currently on the primary

Fixed edge-case in gitserver where zero repos on the primary shard caused database errors when syncing repo status
Security Update vulnerable dependencies