Verified Answers for Discussions now generally available!

[jricciardi]

GitHub Discussions now supports verified answers — a new answer state that sits above "Marked as answer" to signal exceptional community contributions.

Repository administrators can now verify answers to indicate they've been reviewed for accuracy and trustworthiness.

This verification badge helps community members quickly identify authoritative solutions while ensuring community-generated content meets responsible AI standards for safer integration with LLMs and GitHub Copilot.

Verified answers solve a critical trust problem in community-driven knowledge. While any discussion author can mark an answer as accepted, only repository administrators can apply the verified badge. This creates a higher standard of quality assurance. This is especially valuable on community.github.com, where GitHub users seek reliable answers about product features, troubleshooting, and bug reports.

Access and requirements

To verify an answer:

• You must have admin permissions on the repository.
• The repository must have discussions enabled.
• An answer must already exist in the discussion thread.

The verification option appears under the 3-dot menu for managing an existing answer.

Look for the new "Verified answer" badge when reviewing community responses in your repository's discussions.