{"slug": "github-copilot-weekly-releases-october-5", "title": "GitHub Copilot weekly releases — October 5", "summary": "GitHub's October 5 Copilot weekly release made Claude Haiku 5.5 available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users and brought local sandboxing — which limits agents' access to files, networks, and credentials — to general availability in Copilot CLI, the Copilot app, and VS Code sessions using Agent Host at no extra cost. The Copilot app now supports separate GitHub accounts for a Copilot license and repositories, Copilot CLI adds a /model command to discover models from a running local Ollama instance, and VS Code 1.141 adds side-by-side agent sessions in the Agents window plus an Open worktree cleanup option in chat.", "body_md": "# GitHub Copilot weekly releases — October 5\n\nThis week’s updates make Copilot easier to use across accounts and environments, with more control over what agents can access and how you manage their work.\n\n### [GitHub Copilot](#github-copilot)\n\n- Claude Haiku 5.5 is available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users.\n- Limit agents’ access to files, networks, and credentials with local sandboxing, now generally available in Copilot CLI, the Copilot app, and VS Code sessions using Agent Host. This is included with Copilot at no extra cost. Learn more about [local sandboxing](https://docs.github.com/copilot/concepts/security-governance-and-network-settings/about-cloud-and-local-sandboxes) .\n\n### [GitHub Copilot app](#github-copilot-app)\n\nThe Copilot app now lets you use separate GitHub accounts for your Copilot license and your repositories. For example, use an enterprise-provided Copilot license while accessing repositories through another account.\n\nDownload the [Copilot app](https://github.com/features/ai/github-app?utm_source=download-app-09-07&utm_medium=changelog&utm_campaign=weekly-copilot-launches-aug-2026).\n\n### [GitHub Copilot CLI](#github-copilot-cli)\n\nGitHub Copilot CLI makes it easier to choose a local model without leaving your existing workflow. Use `/model` to discover supported models from a running local Ollama instance, alongside your configured models and cloud models provided by GitHub Copilot. [Discover local models in GitHub Copilot CLI](https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-07-discover-local-models-in-github-copilot-cli/).\n\n### [GitHub Copilot in VS Code (1.141 release)](#github-copilot-in-vs-code-1-141-release)\n\n- View agent sessions side by side in the Agents window. Arrange them in a grid to compare results or follow multiple tasks.\n\n- Free up disk space with “Open worktree cleanup” in chat. See how much space inactive session worktrees use and choose which to remove.\n\nExplore everything that’s new in the [full VS Code release notes](https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_141).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-weekly-releases-october-5", "canonical_source": "https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-09-github-copilot-weekly-releases-october-5", "published_at": "2026-10-09 22:58:23+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-09 23:29:28.221395+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "developer-tools", "ai-tools", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["GitHub", "GitHub Copilot", "Claude Haiku 5.5", "Copilot CLI", "VS Code", "Ollama", "Agent Host"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-weekly-releases-october-5", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-weekly-releases-october-5.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-weekly-releases-october-5.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-weekly-releases-october-5.jsonld"}}