GitHub Apps can now access enterprise billing data

Enterprise owners can now grant a GitHub App the enterprise billing permission, available at read or read/write level.

Previously, pulling billing data into finance systems, reconciling invoices, or managing budgets and cost centers required a personal access token belonging to a specific enterprise owner or billing manager. That tied your billing automation to one person — it broke when they changed roles or left. Now an app installation access token with the enterprise billing permission can call the enterprise billing REST API endpoints directly, with higher rate limits than a PAT.

Why a builder cares: If you maintain billing automation for a GitHub Enterprise account, this is the infrastructure you've been waiting for. One app, no single points of failure, better rate limits.