What's New in CodeRabbit: October 2025 Edition

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October was packed with improvements, from a streamlined GitHub integration onboarding experience to powerful updates in custom reports. Here's everything we shipped this month.

We're proud to announce that our CEO, Harjot Gill, took the stage at OpenAI's DevDay 2025 to showcase CodeRabbit's innovations in AI-powered code review. It was an incredible opportunity to share our vision with the AI community!

We're also launching a Startup Program for funded startups, get 50% off CodeRabbit Pro for 3 months if you're VC- or accelerator-backed, with $25 million or less in funding. Learn more and apply here.

Here's everything we shipped in October 2025:

Improved GitHub Integration Onboarding (Oct 14)

We've streamlined the GitHub integration onboarding experience to make setup faster and easier to follow, getting you from signup to your first code review in record time.

What's new:

Organization selection: If you belong to multiple organizations, you'll now select which organization to install CodeRabbit in directly during the onboarding flow
Combined repository and permissions setup: Repository selection and permissions review now happen together in a single step
Optional first review: After setup completes, you can immediately trigger a code review on an existing pull request to see CodeRabbit in action, or skip ahead to configure settings

See the GitHub integration documentation for setup instructions.

CLI v0.3.4 (Oct 10)

The CLI now updates automatically in the background. You no longer need to run coderabbit update, your CLI stays on the latest version without interrupting your workflow.

What you can do:

Get automatic background updates that keep your CLI current without manual intervention
Experience better integration support based on detected agent usage patterns
Receive faster fixes and features based on real-world usage data

We're rolling out v0.3.4 incrementally. To upgrade to this version immediately, run:

curl -fsSL https://cli.coderabbit.ai/install.sh | sh

See the CLI documentation for more details.

Organization Statistics in Custom Reports (Oct 7)

Custom reports now include organization statistics for executive summaries and team analysis. Add <include_org_stats> to your report prompt to pull metrics directly from your dashboards.

What you can track:

Developer activity: PRs created, reviews performed, CodeRabbit reviews triggered per contributor
Code quality trends: Issues found, refactor suggestions, tool findings by category
Team velocity: Active repositories, PRs merged, suggestions accepted, learnings applied

This gives engineering leaders and managers the high-level insights they need to make data-driven decisions about team performance and code quality trends across the entire organization.