{"slug": "claude-sonnet-5-is-generally-available-for-github-copilot", "title": "Claude Sonnet 5 is generally available for GitHub Copilot", "summary": "Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5, a new Sonnet-class model with strong coding performance, is now generally available for GitHub Copilot. The model excels in CLI-style tasks and offers competitive latency, available to Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users across multiple IDEs and platforms.", "body_md": "# Claude Sonnet 5 is generally available for GitHub Copilot\n\nClaude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic’s latest Sonnet-class model, now available in GitHub Copilot. It brings strong coding performance to everyday development and agentic workflows, giving developers a new Sonnet-class option for tasks across the IDE and CLI.\n\nIn our internal testing, Claude Sonnet 5 showed strong results across a range of coding scenarios, including particularly strong performance on CLI-style tasks. It also demonstrated excellent prompt-cache utilization and competitive latency at lower effort levels, making it a strong choice for developers who want fast, capable Sonnet-class performance in Copilot.\n\nThis model is billed at provider list pricing under Usage Based Billing. See GitHub [Copilot’s pricing for models and requests](https://docs.github.com/copilot/reference/copilot-billing/models-and-pricing) for details.\n\n[Availability in GitHub Copilot](#availability-in-github-copilot)\n\nClaude Sonnet 5 will be available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users.\n\nYou’ll be able to select the model in the model picker in:\n\n- Visual Studio Code\n- Visual Studio\n- Copilot CLI\n- GitHub Copilot cloud agent\n- GitHub Copilot App\n- github.com\n- GitHub Mobile iOS and Android\n- JetBrains\n- Xcode\n- Eclipse\n\nRollout will be gradual. Check back soon if you don’t see it yet.\n\n[Enabling access](#enabling-access)\n\nCopilot Enterprise and Copilot Business plan administrators can enable Claude Sonnet 5 for their organization through the model policy settings in Copilot. Like other Sonnet models in GitHub Copilot, Claude Sonnet 5 operates under Zero Data Retention (ZDR).\n\n[Learn more](#learn-more)\n\nTo explore all models available in GitHub Copilot, see our [documentation on models](https://docs.github.com/copilot/reference/ai-models/supported-models) and get started with Copilot.\n\n[Share your feedback](#share-your-feedback)\n\nJoin the [GitHub Community](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/categories/copilot-conversations) to share your feedback.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-sonnet-5-is-generally-available-for-github-copilot", "canonical_source": "https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-30-claude-sonnet-5-is-generally-available-for-github-copilot", "published_at": "2026-06-30 17:25:51+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-01 12:31:10.279518+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "ai-tools", "developer-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Claude Sonnet 5", "GitHub Copilot", "Visual Studio Code", "Visual Studio", "JetBrains", "Xcode", "Eclipse"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-sonnet-5-is-generally-available-for-github-copilot", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-sonnet-5-is-generally-available-for-github-copilot.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-sonnet-5-is-generally-available-for-github-copilot.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-sonnet-5-is-generally-available-for-github-copilot.jsonld"}}