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github: Grok 4.6 is now available in GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2026-08-14

Grok 4.6 is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot as a new reasoning model from xAI. GitHub says it is intended for agentic coding and complex multi-step workflows.

github: GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 10

GitHub

2026-08-14

GitHub Copilot’s August 10 weekly release adds new models, portable plugins, and workflow improvements for agents. The updates are aimed at making Copilot more flexible across editors, the command line, and the Copilot app.

dotnet: Routing and Failover for Microsoft.Extensions.AI

.NET

2026-08-13

Microsoft.Extensions.AI adds experimental routing primitives for model/provider selection and failover: RoutingChatClient, SemanticRoutingChatClient, and FailoverChatClient. These support content-based routing, failover handling, and custom routing policies.

github: License data quality improvements

GitHub

2026-08-13

GitHub now sources license information for dependency graph software components from package registries such as npmjs.org and PyPI. This is intended to improve the accuracy and completeness of displayed license data.

github: Block users from comments in personal repositories

GitHub

2026-08-13

GitHub now lets you block or unblock users directly from comments on pull requests and issues in repositories owned by personal accounts. The action can be performed from the comment interface.

commandline: Who spent all the tokens? Real-time, run-scoped cost control for AI agents

Microsoft Command Line Blog

2026-08-13

TokenOps is presented as a run-scoped cost control mechanism for AI agents that enforces a shared budget in real time. The stated goal is to stop runaway runs before costs accumulate and invoices arrive.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Control plane metrics collection for AKS with Managed Prometheus

Azure Updates

2026-08-13

Control plane metrics collection for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus is now generally available. It provides native observability into key managed control plane components.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Live Resize for Shared Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Data Disks

Azure Updates

2026-08-13

Live Resize is now generally available for shared Premium SSD v2 and Ultra data disks. It lets you expand disk capacity dynamically without application disruption.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Pre-upgrade validation checks for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2026-08-13

Pre-upgrade validation checks for Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server are now generally available. They let you verify major version upgrade readiness before starting the upgrade.

github: Gemini 3.7 Flash is now available in GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2026-08-13

GitHub Copilot is rolling out Gemini 3.7 Flash, Google’s latest Flash model. GitHub says early testing showed improvements in web and app development and agentic tasks.

azure: Retirement: Containerized data connector agent for the Microsoft Sentinel solution for SAP applications

Azure Updates

2026-08-12

Microsoft will retire the containerized data connector agent for the Microsoft Sentinel solution for SAP applications on September 14, 2026. After that date, the agent will be permanently disabled and will stop sending SAP logs to Microsoft Sentinel.

ai: From Sync APIs to support for the GPT-5 model series and agentic workflows: What’s new in Azure Content Understanding – August 2026

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-08-12

Azure Content Understanding gained support for the GPT-5 model series and agentic workflows, along with Sync APIs. The release focuses on helping developers extract structured, grounded data from enterprise content across documents, forms, tables, images, audio, and video.