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- GitHub Copilot becomes available in JetBrains Air via Agent Client Protocol
GitHub’s changelog says GitHub Copilot is now available inside JetBrains Air. Users can pick Copilot in Air’s agent picker with an existing Copilot subscription, run parallel agent sessions with IDE/project context, review changes in place, and launch cloud tasks on fresh VMs through Air Teams (IDE or browser) that bill the Copilot plan rather than JetBrains AI credits. The integration uses the Agent Client Protocol (ACP); cloud tasks run in sandboxed Docker VMs with no state between jobs. Air admins can disable Copilot via governance policy but cannot set Copilot spend limits inside Air.
- GitHub Copilot in VS Code adds Create Images
The VS Code / GitHub Copilot account @code announced Create Images with GitHub Copilot in VS Code.
- GitHub Enterprise can include Copilot for every licensed user
GitHub Changelog says enterprises working with a GitHub or Microsoft account team can get Copilot included with GitHub Enterprise for every licensed user, so usage against the enterprise budget is the main meter. Self-serve availability is staged; Copilot Business/Enterprise remain available.
- GitHub Copilot SDK is becoming Microsoft Copilot SDK
GitHub Changelog says the GitHub Copilot SDK is transitioning to Microsoft Copilot SDK as the programmable interface for the shared Microsoft Copilot harness. The repo is moving to the Microsoft org in phases; some package names may still say GitHub Copilot SDK during migration.
- GitHub Copilot in JetBrains gets Fusion, sandboxes, and next-edit suggestions
GitHub Changelog’s Universe update for JetBrains brings Copilot Fusion model orchestration, local sandboxes, and next edit suggestions (NES) to Copilot in JetBrains IDEs.
- GitHub Copilot Fusion adds intelligent local-model routing in experimental preview
GitHub Changelog says Copilot Fusion can now choose between supported on-device models and cloud models in CLI, the Copilot app, and VS Code, with managed download/setup on supported Windows devices.
- GitHub Copilot app adds Projects to coordinate multi-repo agent work
GitHub Changelog’s Universe release for the Copilot app introduces Projects that give multi-repo and non-repo work one home with context, agents, and results. Copilot runs agents toward a goal and returns pull requests and other outputs for review, with project automations for repeatable tasks.
- VS Code Agents window can create and manage cloud Copilot Automations
GitHub Changelog says Copilot Automations in Visual Studio Code can now run in the cloud, created and managed from the Agents window, extending beyond personal local scheduled automations.
- GitHub Copilot code review adds Max effort preview and GA approvals
GitHub Changelog says Copilot code review’s Max review-effort level is in public preview and Copilot approvals are generally available on Pro through Enterprise plans, so Copilot can run a thorough review and approve ready PRs.
- GitHub Copilot adds verified MCP connectors in public preview
GitHub Changelog says GitHub-verified MCP servers (connectors) are in public preview so you can connect Slack, Figma, Sentry and similar tools once and reuse them across Copilot surfaces without per-tool MCP setup.
- GitHub ships a security extension for the Copilot app
GitHub announced a security extension for the GitHub Copilot app, per the official @github account.
- GitHub Copilot adds server-to-server authentication for org-installed GitHub Apps (public preview)
GitHub says Copilot now supports server-to-server authentication so services and agents built with the Copilot SDK can call Copilot with a GitHub App installation token instead of a signed-in user. Usage is billed to the org, model policies and budgets apply, and owners can audit app_client_id usage or suspend the app.
- GitHub Copilot assisted permissions are generally available
GitHub’s changelog says assisted permissions are generally available in Copilot CLI, the Copilot app, and Visual Studio Code. When Copilot requests a command, path, or URL, an LLM classifies clearly safe requests to auto-proceed; other requests still need approval. Enterprise admins can block Allow All while keeping Assisted, or disable Assisted, and set the default mode for new sessions.
- GitHub Copilot makes GPT-6.1 Terra generally available for agentic coding
GitHub's changelog says GPT-6.1 Terra, OpenAI's newest model, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for everyday agentic coding and terminal work at a lower cost than GPT-6.1 Sol.
- GitHub Copilot in Microsoft Teams can turn issue notifications into pull requests
GitHub’s changelog says the consolidated GitHub app in Microsoft Teams (formerly GitHub notifications) lets teams @mention GitHub on an issue notification so Copilot can investigate, open a fix PR, and keep review in the chat. The legacy GitHub app is marked deprecated and set to retire on November 16, 2026.
- GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio adds PR exploration, custom models and vulnerable-package fixes
GitHub's September update for Copilot in Visual Studio lets the Git agent explore a pull request from chat with navigable links to comments and files, brings team-chosen AI models into the IDE, and can fix vulnerable packages when Visual Studio flags them. The changelog points Insiders users to the latest channel for the features.
- GitHub Copilot usage metrics now name custom skills, agents, MCP servers, slash commands and plugins
GitHub's Copilot usage metrics API and enterprise/organization reports now show the configured names of customer-defined skills, custom agents, MCP servers, slash commands and plugins instead of grouping them under other or custom. The change builds on the agentic CLI customization metrics from September and applies to per-user and aggregated day reports.
- GitHub Copilot lets enterprise admins force clients to fetch current managed settings at startup
GitHub says enterprise administrators can now set forceRemoteSettingsRefresh so supported Copilot clients (Copilot CLI, VS Code and the GitHub Copilot app) must retrieve current server-managed settings at startup instead of relying on a cached policy. If a client cannot confirm the current policy, it fails closed. GitHub is also adding minimum client version requirements to governance-focused managed settings keys, starting with the sandbox key that backs the generally available local sandbox.
- GitHub Copilot lets enterprise admins attribute telemetry to users without capturing prompts
A new telemetry.capture.identity managed setting adds user.name, process.user.name and host.name to Copilot's OpenTelemetry data, so enterprise administrators can attribute activity to a user without collecting prompts, responses or tool content. Admins can also separately enable five capture classes (prompts, responses, toolArguments, toolOutput, policyDetail) in Copilot CLI, the GitHub Copilot app and VS Code Agent Host sessions. Everything is off by default, and managed values override local settings, SDK configuration and environment variables.
- GitHub Copilot for JetBrains adds enterprise default-model controls, diagnostic Fix, and MCP startup toggle
GitHub's Copilot for JetBrains changelog says enterprise managed settings can set any available Copilot agent model as the default for new chats, diagnostic menus gain a Fix action that opens inline chat (agent mode when available), and a new MCP setting can disable automatic server startup. The release also refreshes account/chat navigation, groups messages by turn, and drops support for JetBrains IDE 2025.1 (2025.2+ required).