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August 2026 brought more control over how GitHub Copilot reasons, which models you use, how teams share specialized agents, and when you ask for a code review. Highlights Here’s what’s… The post GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — August update appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
This week’s updates give you more control over how Copilot runs, from team sessions in Slack and Teams to customization across the app, CLI, and your IDE. GitHub Copilot in… The post GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 24 appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
To provide a strong, consistent Copilot experience, we’re making three separate, upcoming changes to Copilot policies and billing. Please review the upcoming updates to understand what may impact you. Reopening… The post Upcoming changes to GitHub Copilot policies and billing appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
We’re making it easier to keep labels organized and find the right one, especially in repositories with long and growing label lists. Suggested Labels You can now find the right… The post Better label management on issues is generally available appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Copilot code review can now review two types of pull requests it didn’t cover before: Reviews requested automatically on pull requests authored by bots, including Copilot cloud agent Very large… The post Copilot code review: Resolution reasons and expanded capabilities appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
As of August 28, 2026, GitHub Classroom is now deprecated in favor of our selected partner solutions. The GitHub Classroom website, APIs, and related services have now been decommissioned. However,… The post GitHub Classroom deprecated appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Starting October 1, 2026, checks, workflow runs, and statuses will be governed by the same Actions retention setting that already controls how long artifacts and logs are kept, with a… The post Actions retention will cover checks, workflow runs, and statuses appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
You can now automatically close all open issues, discussions, and pull requests authored by a user when you block them from your personal account or organization. To use this option,… The post Close all open contributions authored by a blocked user appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
You can now opt individual plugin marketplaces into automatic updates by setting autoUpdate: true on an extraKnownMarketplaces entry in enterprise managed settings. Supported clients automatically check the marketplace and update… The post Enterprise-managed settings now support autoUpdate for plugin marketplaces appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
In July, we announced a default model policy for generally available GitHub Copilot models on Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise plans. Starting today, we’re gradually rolling out enforcement of the… The post Global model policy generally available appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
