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GitHub Copilot

GitHub's AI coding assistant and agent, in your editor and on GitHub.

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GitHub
Category
Coding
Last change
Oct 21, 2026
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Changelog

October 2026

  1. New feature

    GitHub and Microsoft Research released Chopin and the Proof-Driven Development Kit in research preview, letting teams check AI-generated code against a formal spec.

  2. New feature

    GitHub Copilot app now integrates directly with the Logitech MX Keypad, letting users run agentic workflows, map repeated prompts, and start or resume sessions.

  3. New feature

    GitHub added a context-aware classifier to secret push protection that checks candidate secrets in under 2 milliseconds and could more than double the secrets it blocks.

  4. New feature

    GitHub Copilot local sandboxing is now generally available, running commands in an isolated environment with controlled access, in the CLI, app and VS Code, with central policies for enterprises.

  5. New model

    GitHub Copilot made Anthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5 generally available, a lightweight model for subagents, quick edits and terminal tasks, in the Copilot app, CLI and VS Code.

September 2026

  1. Launch

    GitHub Copilot made Project HydraFusion available in the Copilot app and VS Code, a model option that routes tasks across multiple models and returns one result.

  2. New model

    GitHub Copilot made OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol generally available for agentic coding and terminal workflows in the Copilot app, CLI and VS Code.

  3. New model

    GitHub Copilot now offers Claude Sonnet 5.5 from Anthropic, generally available in the Copilot app, CLI, and VS Code, for everyday coding tasks.

  4. New model

    GitHub Copilot now offers OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna, generally available in the Copilot app and VS Code.

  5. Pricing

    GitHub Copilot is offering GPT-5.6 Sol at 30% off for Pro+ and Max subscribers until September 13 at 00:00 UTC.

  6. New feature

    GitHub Copilot can now give a pull request an approval as soon as Copilot reviews it, so authors no longer wait for a human sign-off.

  7. New feature

    GitHub added Suggested Labels and Archive Labels so repository maintainers can organize long issue label lists and find the right label faster.

  8. New feature

    GitHub Copilot added Canvases, a shared surface for tracking what agents ran, changed, and what needs review.

  9. Launch

    GitHub Copilot introduced Project HydraFusion, a research preview that orchestrates models and workflow per coding task and is selected like any other model.

  10. New model

    GitHub Copilot now offers OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, a model for long-running autonomous coding tasks, in the Copilot app, CLI, and VS Code.

  11. New model

    GitHub Copilot now offers Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 as generally available in the Copilot app, CLI, and VS Code.

August 2026

  1. New feature

    GitHub Copilot in VS Code now dictates in multiple languages using an on-device multilingual model that keeps audio on the user's device.

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