Copilot News 10/02/2026 AI Rating: Medium

GitHub Copilot Weekly Releases, September 28: New Models, HydraFusion Preview, Azure Canvases

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GitHub published its weekly Copilot release roundup for the week of September 28, consolidating several model and workflow updates.

Details

  • New models: Claude Sonnet 5.5 became available across Copilot Pro through Enterprise tiers; GPT-6.1 Sol access extended to Pro+ and higher tiers
  • HydraFusion: a research preview letting Copilot select and coordinate multiple models for a task, now in VS Code and the Copilot app, with enhanced progress tracking
  • Dynamic Workflows: reusable automation that lets users record Copilot tasks for repeated execution, supporting release checks and failure investigation with review pauses
  • Computer use automation: desktop app automation on macOS and Windows via Copilot CLI and app, letting Copilot navigate and manipulate desktop applications with user approval controls
  • Azure Canvases: three interactive workspace tools for Azure resource exploration, cost analysis, and Functions management, installable via the Awesome Copilot marketplace
  • VS Code improvements: experimental multi-folder sessions enabling a single agent to work across multiple project directories, and worktree folder reuse to cut redundant dependency installs

What happened next

This roundup bundles several items — HydraFusion, Dynamic Workflows, and computer use — that this blog already covered individually when they shipped; the weekly digest format mainly adds the Azure Canvases and VS Code multi-folder/worktree improvements as genuinely new items, continuing GitHub’s cadence of weekly release summaries alongside standalone changelog posts for bigger features.

Source https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-02-github-copilot-weekly-releases-september-28

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