Releasesby GlyphGitHub 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.
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Genie One enhancements
- Share chats with account users : You can now share Genie One chats with all users in your account as read-only. See Share a chat . New external source connections (Beta) : Chat in Genie One now supports connecting to Gmail and additional Microsoft 365 apps (Teams, Outlook, and Calendar). See Connect to external tools and sources .
Fast mode for Claude Opus 4.7 deprecated, removal on July 24, 2026
After July 24, 2026, requests to claude-opus-4-7 with speed fast will return an error. Anthropic recommends migrating to fast mode on Claude Opus 4.8.
Smart load balancing for deployment set routing is generally available
Smart load balancing, a routing mechanism available with deployment set routing, is now generally available in Starburst Galaxy.
Palantir MCP is generally available
Beginning the week of June 22, Palantir MCP is available across all Foundry enrollments. It enables AI IDEs and agents to design, build, edit, and review end-to-end applications within the Palantir platform.
Ontology MCP is generally available
Ontology MCP is generally available across all Foundry enrollments. It exposes an application's Ontology resources (object types, action types, and functions) as MCP tools for MCP-compatible agents.
Flink UDF external connectivity generally available
UDFs can call external systems such as REST APIs through Connection objects bound with USING CONNECTIONS. Public endpoints on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud; private endpoints on AWS only.
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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.
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.
Changes 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.
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.