Starting August 4, 2026, GitHub Spark no longer accepts new users or new app creation. Existing users can export their apps until August 31, 2026, after which the service winds down.
GitHub has retired the Copilot Billing Preview app as of August 4, 2026, since the standard billing settings now offer more detailed views, including user-level budgets and cost centers.
GitHub Copilot cloud agent now lets users set a reasoning level for models that support it when delegating a task, trading off response quality against token and credit consumption.
GitHub now lets enterprise administrators mark certain managed-settings keys as overridable per team, letting teams customize configuration like default AI model while enterprise policy stays in control.
GitHub Copilot cloud agent automations can now be triggered by specific comments posted on issues or pull requests, enabling workflows like auto-generating docs or investigating errors from a comment.
GitHub has released user-based model policy targeting in public preview for GitHub Enterprise customers with Copilot Business or Enterprise, letting admins control model access at the enterprise-team level.
GitHub has deprecated Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash across all GitHub Copilot experiences as of July 31, 2026, recommending Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview) and Gemini 3.6 Flash as replacements.
GitHub has published a changelog covering VS Code Copilot's v1.127 through v1.131 releases in July 2026, including a redesigned Agents window, multi-chat sessions within a single agent session, and general availability of Copilot Vision.
GitHub will deprecate six models across all Copilot experiences on September 1, 2026, including Gemini 3.1 Pro, Claude Opus 4.5/4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.5/4.6, and Raptor Mini.