Copilot News 09/02/2026 AI Rating: Low

GitHub Copilot's Content Exclusions Reach GA in the Copilot App and CLI

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GitHub Copilot’s content exclusion policies reached general availability in the Copilot app and Copilot CLI, letting administrators keep specific files out of Copilot’s context across agentic workflows.

Details

  • What it does: files marked for exclusion are never used as context by Copilot, protecting sensitive or proprietary code from being read during suggestions or agent tasks
  • Who can configure it: enterprise, organization, and repository administrators, using the same content exclusion policies already available on other Copilot surfaces
  • Where it now applies: the Copilot app and Copilot CLI, extending protections that previously covered other surfaces
  • Availability: Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise customers

What happened next

The GA rollout closes a gap where content exclusion rules configured elsewhere didn’t consistently follow users into the Copilot app or CLI, giving administrators one consistent policy that applies everywhere Copilot runs.

Source https://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-02-content-exclusions-generally-available-in-copilot-app-and-cli

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