This week’s updates across GitHub Copilot in the desktop app, CLI, and VS Code help you resume and organize work, review changes, and ask questions without losing context. GitHub Copilot… The post GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 3 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
The Copilot impact dashboard now includes a “Potential return on investment” section that connects what you spend on Copilot to the pull request output you get back. What’s new Two… The post Copilot impact dashboard adds a return on investment section appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Lite and Balanced effort levels for GitHub Copilot code review are now generally available. They let you match the depth of a review to the complexity and risk of a… The post Copilot code review effort levels are generally available appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Since agent apps arrived on GitHub, teams have been able to run agents from partners like Claude and Codex directly in their GitHub workflows. The Copilot usage metrics API now… The post Copilot usage metrics API adds agent app activity appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Enabling GitHub Code Quality on a repository no longer creates a ruleset that automatically requests a code review from GitHub Copilot on your pull requests. In repositories that already have… The post GitHub Code Quality no longer adds Copilot as a reviewer appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Enterprise owners can now centrally control which Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers GitHub Copilot clients are allowed to run by using the new allowedMcpServers and deniedMcpServers keys in enterprise managed… The post MCP allowlists in enterprise managed settings appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Kimi K3, an open-weight model, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. The model shows frontier-level abilities on agentic coding with highly cost-effective pricing. Kimi K3 is hosted by GitHub… The post Kimi K3 is now available in GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
We’ve retired the GitHub Copilot Billing Preview app, and it’s no longer available. You can review and manage your Copilot spend directly in your GitHub billing settings. The app helped… The post Retiring the Copilot Billing Preview app appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Beginning August 4, 2026, GitHub Spark no longer accepts new users or allows the creation of new apps. Existing users can continue to access GitHub Spark until August 31, 2026… The post Upcoming deprecation of GitHub Spark on github.com appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
When you delegate a task to GitHub Copilot cloud agent, you can now set the reasoning level for models that support it. This allows you to control how much the… The post Customize the reasoning level for Copilot cloud agent appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Enterprise administrators can now customize managed settings by targeting enterprise teams with itemized configuration files. Large enterprises can scale governance without bottlenecking every configuration change through central administrators or one-size-fits-all… The post Enterprise team specialization for managed settings appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
You can now create Copilot cloud agent automations that run when an issue comment or pull request comment is created. Common use cases include: Generate documentation: Comment on a pull… The post Trigger Copilot automations with comments appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
We will deprecate the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions), on September 1st, 2026: Model Deprecation date… The post Upcoming August 2026 model deprecations in GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
As of today, July 31, 2026, we have deprecated the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions). Model… The post Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash deprecated appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
![A configuration window for an enterprise team called Data team with the “Default models” tab selected, listing AI models and showing a status menu with “Enabled” selected and “Optional” as… The post Enterprise teams model policy targeting in public preview appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
July 2026 brought a new agent based on the Copilot SDK, built-in expertise from the .NET and Azure teams, and more ways to tailor GitHub Copilot to how you and… The post GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — July update appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Enterprises and organizations can now restrict which devices are eligible to host remotely controlled Copilot sessions, giving administrators fine-grained control over where remote control access is permitted. The new remoteControl… The post Limit remote control to managed devices appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
This changelog covers VS Code v1.127 through v1.131, shipped throughout July 2026. These releases improve how you work with agents, review changes, use chat, and navigate VS Code. They also… The post GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, July 2026 releases appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Copilot code review support for agent skills and MCP servers is now generally available for all Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users. Previously announced in public preview, these capabilities… The post Copilot code review: Agent skills and MCP now generally available appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
We’re introducing a global default enablement policy for generally available Copilot models on Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise plans. Instead of requiring admins to manually turn on each new model… The post Default model enablement for Copilot Business and Enterprise appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Copilot app usage is now reported across much more of the Copilot usage metrics API. Individual Copilot app activity is now attributed to users in the enterprise-user and organization-user reports.… The post GitHub Copilot app usage metrics now expand across report rollups appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Grok 4.5, xAI’s latest reasoning model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for fast, agentic coding and complex multi-step workflows, with a context window of up… The post Grok 4.5 is now available in GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
This update brings more control and clarity to your GitHub Copilot for JetBrains workflows. You can now connect MCP servers and custom agents in Claude agent flows, tune telemetry and… The post GitHub Copilot for JetBrains adds improved OpenTelemetry configuration and model management appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
The GitHub Copilot app now has its own policy, so you can control who has access to it at the enterprise and organization levels. Until now, access to the Copilot… The post Manage GitHub Copilot app access with a dedicated policy appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
You can now govern the GitHub Copilot app and Copilot cloud agent with enterprise managed settings, the same centrally managed policies you use to control Copilot across your enterprise. With… The post Enterprise managed settings in the GitHub Copilot app and Copilot cloud agent appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Claude Opus 5, Anthropic’s newest Opus model, is now available in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for complex, long-running coding tasks that require careful reasoning, effective tool use, and reliable… The post Claude Opus 5 is now available in GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
You can now assign issues in Linear to Copilot cloud agent, our asynchronous, autonomous background agent. When you assign a Linear issue to Copilot, it will: Analyze the issue contents… The post Copilot cloud agent for Linear is now generally available appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
The MCP protocol is going stateless on 28th July 2026, and the GitHub MCP Server supports the latest spec ahead of the official release. What’s changing The new stateless core… The post GitHub MCP Server supports the next MCP specification appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Agent automations increasingly label, type, assign, and close issues for you. GitHub Issues now shows the reason behind each change and lets you review them before they’re applied, so you… The post Agent automation controls in GitHub Issues in public preview appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
We’ve released a new Copilot metrics impact dashboard for enterprise administrators and organization owners. This dashboard helps you tell a deeper Copilot impact story by sharing not just who is… The post New Copilot usage metrics impact dashboard appeared first on The GitHub Blog.