GPT-6 Astra Reaches General Availability in GitHub Copilot
GitHub made OpenAI’s newly launched GPT-6 Astra generally available in GitHub Copilot, arriving the same week as the model’s own public release.
Details
- Supported surfaces: nine platforms — Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Copilot CLI, the coding agent, the Copilot app, github.com, GitHub Mobile (iOS/Android), JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse
- Eligibility: Copilot Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise subscribers, with gradual rollout meaning availability may vary initially
- What makes it different: GitHub highlights that Astra “plans and validates as it goes, batches diagnosis with verification, and independently confirms its results before declaring a task done,” aimed at stronger long-horizon coding with fewer steps
- Admin controls: Business and Enterprise administrators manage availability through model policies and default-enablement settings; new models are enabled automatically unless explicitly disabled
- Pricing: billed at provider list pricing under Copilot’s usage-based billing model
What happened next
Astra’s same-week arrival in Copilot after its consumer ChatGPT launch continues GitHub’s pattern of fast-following major new frontier models across its full platform lineup, giving Copilot users access to OpenAI’s newest flagship almost immediately rather than after a lag.