Kimi K3, an open-weight model, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. The model shows frontier-level abilities on agentic coding with highly cost-effective pricing. Kimi K3 is hosted by GitHub…
We’ve retired the GitHub Copilot Billing Preview app, and it’s no longer available. You can review and manage your Copilot spend directly in your GitHub billing settings. The app helped…
Beginning August 3, 2026, GitHub Spark no longer accepts new users or allows the creation of new apps. Existing users can continue to access GitHub Spark until August 31, 2026…
You can now create Copilot cloud agent automations that run when an issue comment or pull request comment is created. Common use cases include: Generate documentation: Comment on a pull…
We will deprecate the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions), on September 1st, 2026: Model Deprecation date…
Timeline headers show how long each tool call took, right-aligned and ticking live while it runs (for calls of at least 5 seconds). On by default — disable with /settings showToolDurations.
First-party plugins automatically update to the latest version at session start
Add the experimental /new-worktree command to create a new worktree and start a new conversation in it
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Unconditional autopilot approval now disables sandbox for the current session when bypass is allowed
Ctrl+G opens your editor to edit ask_user freeform answers without closing the prompt
Add a browser-based (web) OAuth login flow, now the default for copilot login on local interactive terminals (device code remains the default on remote/headless terminals). Use --web-flow/--device-code to force a mode, or pick one in the interactive /login command
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Add enable/disable controls in /plugins for plugins, instructions, agents, LSP servers, and hooks
Add support for the grok-4.5 model
Sandbox denied paths are enforced for relative and symlinked entries on macOS and Linux (Windows cannot deny per path)
Unsent prompt text now stays with the session it was typed for (for the rest of the CLI session) instead of following you to the session you switch to
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