---
title: "GitHub Scheduled code scanning skips inactive repositories: 2026-10-01 | Harbyn"
description: "GitHub Scheduled code scanning skips inactive repositories, announced Oct 1, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-01-scheduled-code-scanning-skips-inactive-repositories"
last-updated: 2026-10-02
---

# GitHub Scheduled code scanning skips inactive repositories

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-01-scheduled-code-scanning-skips-inactive-repositories>.

Behavior change - GitHub. low severity. In effect.

Weekly scheduled scans for code scanning default setup and GitHub Code Quality now start only after a push or pull request has triggered an analysis; initial validation and language detection scans no longer mark a repository as active. Live on GitHub Enterprise Cloud, planned for GitHub Enterprise Server 3.24.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [GitHub](https://harbyn.com/vendors/github.md) |
| Kind | Behavior change |
| Severity | low |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Vendor page | <https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-01-scheduled-code-scanning-skips-inactive-repositories> |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a deterministic parser |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses GitHub, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://github.blog/changelog/feed/> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-02 01:24 UTC, sha256 `bd3af8219f8faeee6a202b99e6ef1e4a28e8f6eefd2ed6c5c13ce910603301e0`)

## Related changes

### More from GitHub

- [GitHub Actions: retention setting now deletes old checks, workflow runs and statuses](https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-01-actions-retention-now-covers-checks-runs-and-statuses.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 1, 2026)
- [Code coverage uploads no longer fail CI for new branches](https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-01-code-coverage-uploads-no-longer-fail-ci-for-new-branches.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 1, 2026)
- [GitHub Actions: macOS 14 runner image retired on November 2, 2026](https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-01-github-actions-macos-14-runner-image-retirement.md) (Retirement, effective Nov 2, 2026)
- [Structured forms for private vulnerability reports](https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-01-structured-forms-for-private-vulnerability-reports.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 1, 2026)

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- [Jira / Atlassian Cloud: New IP address ranges in use from January 1, 2027](https://harbyn.com/changes/atlassian-jira/2026-10-16-atlassian-cloud-adds-new-ip-address-ranges.md) (effective Jan 1, 2027)
- [Let's Encrypt: Default certificate lifetime changes to 64 days](https://harbyn.com/changes/letsencrypt/2026-10-07-64-day-certificate-lifetimes-coming-feb-2027.md) (effective Feb 10, 2027)

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