New Release - Admins can now disable comments on individual commits

[moraesc]

Today, we're introducing a new repository setting that gives admins greater control over commit activity: the ability to disable comments on individual commits.

Commit comments have long been a source of noise for maintainers. Popular repositories, especially those with long commit histories, can attract spam, off-topic questions, and low-quality commentary on commits long after the code has moved on. As open source projects continue to see an increase in low-quality interactions, our goal is to give maintainers better tools to manage their repositories. Disabling commit comments is one step in that direction.

How it works

A new Commits section in your repository's Settings includes the option Allow comments on individual commits, which is enabled by default to preserve existing behavior for all repositories.

When unchecked:

• The comment form, inline diff comment affordance, and inline thread reply capability are hidden on commit pages
• Comment creation via the REST and GraphQL APIs is blocked
• Existing commit comments are not affected — they can still be viewed, edited, and deleted

To try it out, navigate to your repository's Settings, scroll to the Commits section, and uncheck Allow comments on individual commits.

You can check out more details in the changelog.

We’d love to hear your thoughts

We'd love to hear how this setting works for your project in practice. Drop a comment below to share your experience!

[Stanzilla]

Already posted it on Twitter but would love a third setting where this is only disabled for non-contributors. I like the feature but I do not like random spam on my commits.

[jsoref]

Afaict, the knob exists. In practice, I have thousands of repositories, is there an api to turn it off?

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In https://github.blog/changelog/2026-03-25-disable-comments-on-individual-commits/

Repository admins can now disable comments on individual commits, a small but meaningful improvement for maintainers dealing with unwanted noise on old commits.

A new “Commits” section in repository settings includes the option Allow comments on individual commits, which is enabled by default to preserve existing behavior across all repositories.

The Commits section in repository settings, showing a checkbox labeled 'Allow comments on individual commits'

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When this option is unchecked:

[jsoref]

(The stray a was fixed, although probably because someone else reported it in a private forum.)

[moraesc]

Thanks @jsoref !

There's not an api to turn it off, but we're looking into providing admins with the ability to toggle commit comments off on the org-level. We'll keep you updated on progress.

[jsoref]

• 📢 New Improvement: Disable Commit Comments at the Org Level #193350

[Fdawgs]

It'd be great if there was this option at the org level under Settings > Code, planning, and automation > Repository > General.
Having to individually set this across 100+ repos is painful.

[moraesc]

We're looking into following up with the ability to disable commit comments on an org-level. Will keep you posted on progress @Fdawgs