GitHub introduced stacked pull requests to help developers and coding agents break large AI-generated changes into smaller, reviewable layers. The feature addresses the challenge of reviewing massive …
GitHub will retire GitHub Spark on github.com, ceasing new user sign-ups and app creation on August 4, 2026, with full shutdown on August 31, 2026. Existing users can export their apps before the shut…
GitHub has introduced code coverage automatic enablement in Code Quality settings, now in public preview for all GitHub Code Quality users on github.com. The feature uses AI to generate a coverage wor…
GitHub has released a new feature for its Copilot cloud agent that allows users to customize the reasoning level for supported AI models, controlling how much the model reasons before responding. High…
GitHub announced enterprise team specialization for managed settings, allowing administrators to customize Copilot governance per team via itemized configuration files. The feature, now enforced in VS…
GitHub has released a new feature allowing users to trigger Copilot cloud agent automations with issue or pull request comments, enabling tasks such as generating documentation, investigating errors, …
GitHub will deprecate six AI models across all GitHub Copilot experiences on September 1st, 2026, including Gemini 3.1 Pro, Claude Opus 4.5, Claude Opus 4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Claude Sonnet 4.6, and …
GitHub deprecated Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash across all GitHub Copilot experiences as of July 31, 2026, with Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview) and Gemini 3.6 Flash suggested as alternatives. Copilot Ent…
GitHub has launched a public preview of user-based model policy targeting for GitHub Enterprise customers with Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise licenses, allowing AI administrators to set a base…
GitHub Models was retired on July 30, 2026, removing the playground, model catalog, inference API, and bring your own key (BYOK) for all customers. GitHub announced the retirement on July 1, 2026, and…
A developer used the GitHub Copilot app to modernize a decade-old personal app, upgrading from React 15 and Less CSS to modern dependencies, after multiple failed attempts pre-AI. The Copilot app hand…
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2026 introduces a new agent in public preview, built on the Copilot SDK, that reduces back-and-forth and delivers shorter responses. The update also adds built-in .NET …
GitHub has introduced a new enterprise managed setting called `remoteControl` that lets administrators restrict remote control of Copilot sessions to managed devices, with options to require SSO autho…
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code released July 2026 updates (versions 1.127–1.131) featuring a redesigned Agents window with multi-chat support for Claude, generally available Copilot vision for i…
GitHub has made Copilot code review support for agent skills and MCP servers generally available for all Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users. The features, previously in public preview, …
GitHub is introducing a global default enablement policy for generally available Copilot models on Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise plans, making new models on by default instead of requiring m…
GitHub has expanded Copilot app usage metrics across its API, now attributing individual Copilot app activity to users in enterprise-user and organization-user reports and breaking out coding activity…
XAI's Grok 4.5 reasoning model is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot, supporting up to 500,000 tokens and text/image inputs for agentic coding and complex multi-step workflows. The model is available t…
GitHub released an update to GitHub Copilot for JetBrains that adds improved OpenTelemetry configuration, model management controls, and support for MCP servers and custom agents in Claude agent flows…
GitHub has introduced a dedicated policy for the GitHub Copilot app, allowing enterprise and organization admins to control access independently from the Copilot CLI. The policy, set to Enabled everyw…