Copilot - 6

2025 (12)

September (11)

github: Work with Copilot coding agent in Microsoft Teams

GitHub

2025-09-19

GitHub's new app for Microsoft Teams lets you invoke the Copilot coding agent from a Teams conversation to generate pull requests. The Copilot coding agent works asynchronously and autonomously to create PRs directly within Teams.

github: Assign Azure Boards work items to Copilot coding agent in public preview

GitHub

2025-09-18

GitHub announced a public preview that lets you assign Azure Boards work items to the Copilot coding agent. The agent works asynchronously and autonomously in the background to implement tasks and open draft pull requests for your review.

github: Copilot code review: Now in JetBrains IDEs and Visual Studio

GitHub

2025-09-18

GitHub announced that Copilot code review is now available directly inside most standard editors and IDEs, including Visual Studio and JetBrains IDEs (such as IntelliJ).

github: Upcoming removal of Copilot premium request $0 budgets for enterprise and team accounts

GitHub

2025-09-17

Starting November 18, 2025, GitHub will remove all $0 Copilot premium request budgets for enterprise and team accounts that were created before August 22, 2025.

github: Auto model selection for Copilot in VS Code in public preview

GitHub

2025-09-15

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code has a new Auto model selection option in public preview that automatically picks the model for you via the model picker.

github: Internal MCP registry and allowlist controls for VS Code Insiders

GitHub

2025-09-12

GitHub announced that enterprise and organization administrators can now configure internal MCP registries and test allowlist enforcement in VS Code Insiders to prepare for a forthcoming rollout across all Copilot environments. The changelog entry points admins to learn about MCP registries and allowlists and to try these controls in the Insiders build.

github: Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) support for JetBrains IDEs and Xcode in public preview

GitHub

2025-09-12

GitHub announced that Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) support is now in public preview for GitHub Copilot Chat within JetBrains IDEs and Xcode. Users with a supported API key can use their own key to access Copilot Chat in these IDEs.

github: Copilot code review: Independent repository rule for automatic reviews

GitHub

2025-09-10

GitHub announced a new standalone repository rule that lets you enable automatic Copilot code reviews independently; the feature is now generally available to Copilot users.

github: OpenAI GPT-5 and GPT-5 mini are now generally available in GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2025-09-09

GitHub announced that OpenAI’s GPT-5 and GPT-5 mini are now generally available in GitHub Copilot. The announcement explicitly states GPT-5 mini is available to all Copilot plans, including Copilot Free; the excerpt does not include full details about GPT-5 plan availability.

github: Manage Copilot and users via Enterprise Teams in public preview

GitHub

2025-09-04

GitHub Enterprise Cloud launched Enterprise Teams in public preview to simplify enterprise user management and Copilot license administration; enterprise owners can now add users directly to the enterprise and manage Copilot access at the enterprise level.

github: Copilot code review: Path-scoped custom instruction file support

GitHub

2025-09-03

GitHub announced that Copilot code review now supports path-scoped custom instruction files, letting repositories provide targeted review guidance for specific directories or files using existing instruction files.

August (1)

github: Create sub-issues with Copilot in public preview

GitHub

2025-08-27

GitHub Copilot now supports creating sub-issues and managing issue relationships via chat on github.com/copilot, available in public preview.