GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — April update
The April 2026 update to Visual Studio centers on agentic workflows: cloud agent sessions launch directly from the IDE, custom agents gain user-level support, and a new Debugger agent validates…
The April 2026 update to Visual Studio centers on agentic workflows: cloud agent sessions launch directly from the IDE, custom agents gain user-level support, and a new Debugger agent validates…
Starting today, in our Copilot Student plan, we are removing GPT-5.3-Codex from the model picker. It remains available through auto model selection. Auto model selection is built to match each…
Copilot cloud agent now starts up over 20% faster, thanks to optimized runner environments built with GitHub Actions custom images. When you assign an issue to Copilot, start a task…
Developers and engineering teams worldwide use GitHub Copilot for high-quality, agent-powered code reviews on every pull request. We understand that any change is significant to our customers, especially when it…
Starting June 1, your Copilot usage will consume GitHub AI Credits.
GPT-5.5, OpenAI’s latest GPT model, is now rolling out on GitHub Copilot. In our early testing, GPT-5.5 delivers its strongest performance on complex, multi-step agentic coding task and resolves real-world…
This update introduces inline agent mode in preview, enhancements to Next Edit Suggestions, global auto approve, and more flexible controls for terminal commands and file edits. It also includes several…
GitHub Copilot Chat now provides richer context and new capabilities when you’re working with diffs and pull requests. You can access this functionality by asking a question about a pull…
Following the Copilot coding agent to Copilot cloud agent rename, the Copilot usage metrics API now includes a new used_copilot_cloud_agent field in user-level reports. This boolean field mirrors the existing…
GitHub Copilot Chat in github.com helps you get to the root cause of an error faster when you paste a stack trace. Copilot recognizes stack traces more reliably and will…
As part of our ongoing efforts to ensure a reliable and sustainable Copilot experience for all users, we are pausing new self-serve signups for GitHub Copilot Business for organizations on…
Since our last update, we’ve continued to invest in making the GitHub Copilot cloud agent for Jira integration more powerful and customizable. These improvements give teams greater control over how…
We are migrating the download URLs for Copilot usage metrics reports from Azure Front Door domains to a stable, GitHub-owned custom domain. This change will improve URL stability and make…
Following the launch of Copilot code review active and passive user identification, enterprise and organization usage reports in the Copilot usage metrics API now include aggregated active and passive user…
The Microsoft C++ Language Server is now available in public preview for the Copilot CLI. Powered by the same IntelliSense engine used in Visual Studio and VS Code, it extends…
We’re making these changes to ensure a reliable and predictable experience for existing customers.
As shared in our recent blog post, we’re making the following changes to Copilot plans for individuals as part of our ongoing efforts to ensure service reliability and a sustainable…
Copilot auto model selection is now generally available in GitHub Copilot CLI for all Copilot plans. With auto, Copilot chooses the most efficient model on your behalf. How it works…
See how we created an emoji list generator during the Rubber Duck Thursday stream.
Enterprise and organization administrators can now bring their own MCP registry and enforce allowlist policies in Copilot CLI. This feature is in public preview and brings MCP governance controls to…
You can now selectively enable GitHub Copilot cloud agent (CCA) access on a per-organization basis. Previously, enterprise admins and AI managers could only enable the agent everywhere, disable it everywhere,…
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