# Defense of third-party claims added for volume licensing customers

DevFeed: [Defense of third-party claims added for volume licensing customers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/defense-of-third-party-claims-added-for-volume-licensing-customers-72403.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/changelog/2025-08-08-defense-of-third-party-claims-added-for-volume-licensing-customers>)

Author: Allison

Published: 2025-08-08T16:05:36Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Changelog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-changelog.md>)

Topics: [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Service-Level Agreements](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/service-level-agreements.md>), [software supply-chain attack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-supply-chain-attack.md>)

Tags: [defense](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/defense.md>), [enterprise](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/enterprise.md>), [licensing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/licensing.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [third-party](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/third-party.md>), [volume](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/volume.md>)

## AI overview

GitHub updated its Pre-release License Terms to cover volume licensing customers with indemnity protections for pre-release software and its outputs. The change removes the prior blanket exclusion and liability cap for those protections. It applies to customers using GitHub under a GitHub Customer Agreement or Microsoft volume licensing agreement, effective July 9, 2025; individual users and other plan types are unaffected.

## Source excerpt

We've updated our Pre-release License Terms to make it easier for our enterprise customers to try out GitHub preview features. Indemnity now included: Volume licensing customers are now covered by...