# GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 24

> Source: <https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-28-github-copilot-weekly-releases-august-24>
> Published: 2026-08-28 20:13:22+00:00

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# GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 24

This week’s updates give you more control over how Copilot runs, from team sessions in Slack and Teams to customization across the app, CLI, and your IDE.

[GitHub Copilot in Slack and Microsoft Teams](#github-copilot-in-slack-and-microsoft-teams)

- Turn team conversations into shared agent sessions. Mention @GitHub to investigate problems, plan work, and make changes your team can follow and guide together.

[GitHub Copilot app](#github-copilot-app)

- The
**Customize** tab is now generally available, bringing MCP servers, plugins, skills, and canvases together in one place. - Turn Azure DevOps issues and pull requests into Copilot sessions from the
**Customize** tab. - Work in your Linux environment with experimental support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
- Split and move any tab to keep related work side by side.
- Send any browser preview straight to your external browser from the tab’s context menu.

Try the [Copilot app](https://github.com/features/ai/github-app?utm_source=app-download&utm_medium=changelog&utm_campaign=weekly-copilot-launches-aug-2026).

[GitHub Copilot CLI](#github-copilot-cli)

- Start every new session with your preferred execution and permission modes using
`defaultMode`

and`defaultPermissionMode`

. - Manage plugins, MCP servers, and skills more easily with new experiences in
`/plugin`

,`/mcp`

, and`/skills`

. - Pick up where you left off by restoring sessions that did not exit cleanly, including sessions interrupted mid-turn.
- Get significantly faster performance now that Copilot CLI runs on a native Rust runtime, while its terminal interface remains built in TypeScript.

Install the [Copilot CLI](https://github.com/features/copilot/cli?utm_source=cli-install&utm_medium=changelog&utm_campaign=weekly-copilot-launches-aug-2026).

[GitHub Copilot for JetBrains](#github-copilot-for-jetbrains)

- Apply consistent enterprise controls for Copilot in JetBrains, including plugins, MCP servers, telemetry, and agent permission modes.

[VS Code 1.135 release updates](#vs-code-1-135-release-updates)

- Continue recent Copilot or Claude agent sessions from other applications in VS Code.
- Get a second opinion from a complementary model to surface missed details and edge cases.
- Stay focused on your work with a new single-pane Agents layout, simpler session controls, and session details that are easier to find.
- See detailed chat usage by model for every chat turn.

Explore everything that’s new with VS Code 1.135 in the full [release notes](https://aka.ms/VSCode/135).

[GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio](#github-copilot-for-visual-studio)

- Pin favorite models, hide unused ones, compare capabilities and costs, and adjust reasoning effort for each task.
- Share custom agents across your organization to standardize workflows and improve discovery.
- View Copilot plan consumption and manage premium model usage before reaching limits.
- Review uncommitted changes or individual commits with the Git agent before opening a pull request.

Install the latest version of [Visual Studio](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) with GitHub Copilot.