https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/welcome-to-the-eternal-september-of-open-source-heres-what-we-plan-to-do-for-maintainers/

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Original: https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/welcome-to-the-eternal-september-of-open-source-heres-what-we-plan-to-do-for-maintainers/

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Summary

A February 2026 GitHub blog post arguing that open source is experiencing its own “Eternal September”: generative AI has dropped the cost of producing pull requests, issues and security reports while the cost of reviewing them has not, straining maintainers and the trust open collaboration depends on. It lists features GitHub has shipped to reduce review overhead, directions it is exploring such as criteria-based gating and automated triage, community approaches such as invitation-only contribution and trust systems, and a call to surface non-code contributions as trust signals.

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• Welcome to the Eternal September of open source. Here’s what we plan to do for maintainers.
• Eternal September
• Vouch