Releasesby GlyphChanges to model selection for Free and Student plans
Copilot Free and Student plans will now use Copilot auto model selection as the default and only model selection experience. Auto dynamically selects the best model for each task, removing the need for manual choice. Auto provides access to models across multiple model families, subject to plan restrictions.
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Computer Use
Launched public preview support for the Computer Use tool in Gemini 3.5 Flash. This release includes simplified actions with intents, built-in support for browser, mobile, and desktop environments, configurable safety policies, and advanced prompt injection detection.
Cloudflare One Client for macOS (version 2026.6.782.1)
A new Beta release for the macOS Cloudflare One Client is now available on the beta releases downloads page . This beta release introduces upgraded security of device registration to be hardware-backed. Registration tokens can now be generated in the Secure Enclave whenever available to provide stronger protection against device impersonation.
Single sign-on (SSO) with OIDC for DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) clusters is now in general availability
Single sign-on (SSO) with OIDC for DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) clusters is now in general availability. You can authenticate users to your Kubernetes clusters through an identity provider like Auth0, authentik, JumpCloud, Keycloak, or …
Storefront MCP cart tools are being deprecated in favour of UCP Cart MCP
What's changing The cart tools on the Storefront MCP server are being deprecated in favour of the UCP-conforming Cart MCP tools: get_cart and update_cart on https://{shop}.myshopify.com/api/mcp are deprecated.
OpenAI updates chat-latest to the latest ChatGPT Instant model
The chat-latest snapshot now points to the latest Instant model used in ChatGPT and will be updated regularly. OpenAI recommends GPT-5.5 for production API usage.
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Copilot code review: Analysis depth and efficiency updates
Copilot code review now uses the built-in file exploration tools available in the Copilot CLI and SDK, significantly improving review cost efficiency with no change to your existing workflow. If you’re in the Medium analysis depth public preview, you’ll also see some new updates centered around configurability and visibility of review depth.
Enterprise-managed settings now support strictKnownMarketplaces in VS Code and GitHub Copilot CLI
Enterprises can now control which plugins their users can install in GitHub Copilot CLI and VS Code. This setting is now available in public preview. Add strictKnownMarketplaces to your enterprise-managed settings.json , and Copilot will only allow plugins to be installed from the marketplaces you’ve explicitly defined.
GitHub Copilot for Jira is now generally available
GitHub Copilot for Jira is now generally available. Since launching the public preview in March 2026, we have shipped a series of enhancements based on your feedback, including model selection, Confluence context via MCP, custom agents, custom fields, space-level guidance, and review request notifications in Jira.
Track total merges by adoption phase in enterprise and organization reports
Building on the AI adoption phase cohorts added to the Copilot usage metrics API , organization and enterprise reports now report the total number of pull requests merged by each adoption phase. What’s new The totals_by_ai_adoption_phase breakdown previously reported per-user averages only.
MAI-Code-1-Flash for Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise
MAI-Code-1-Flash, Microsoft AI’s in-house coding model, is now generally available for GitHub Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise, building on its recent expansion across Copilot surfaces .
GitHub Desktop 3.6: Worktrees and deeper Copilot integration
GitHub Desktop 3.6 brings more of your day-to-day Git flow into one place with GitHub Copilot now powering commit authoring and merge conflict resolution, plus new Git worktree support. The problem More and more development happens with the help of AI and coding agents, which raises the bar for the everyday Git moments in between.
Claude Opus 4.8 (fast mode) is now in preview for GitHub Copilot
Claude Opus 4.8 (fast mode) is now rolling out in preview on GitHub Copilot. Fast mode delivers significantly faster output token speeds while maintaining the same intelligence as Claude Opus 4.8, making it well suited for interactive coding and agentic workflows where responsiveness matters.
Claude Sonnet 5 is generally available for GitHub Copilot
Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic’s latest Sonnet-class model, now available in GitHub Copilot. It brings strong coding performance to everyday development and agentic workflows, giving developers a new Sonnet-class option for tasks across the IDE and CLI.