GitHub
2026-03-17
GPT-5.4 mini is now generally available in GitHub Copilot and is rolling out to users. GitHub says early tests show it as OpenAI’s highest-performing mini agentic coding model.
GitHub Copilot usage metrics now includes organization-level GitHub Copilot CLI activity. Organization admins can view CLI-specific activity and usage totals in 1-day usage metrics, completing telemetry coverage across enterprise, user, and organization levels.
.NET
2026-03-12
Microsoft introduced the modernize-dotnet agent to help assess apps, generate upgrade plans, and modernize .NET projects. It is available in Visual Studio, VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, and GitHub.
2026-03-06
GitHub Copilot in VS Code can now connect to the Figma MCP server to use Figma design context while coding and to export rendered UI back to Figma as editable frames.
Changelog entry for GitHub Copilot in VS Code v1.110 (February 2026) indicates improvements that make Copilot agents more practical for longer-running, more complex tasks, with more control over agent execution and new extensibility options.
2026-03-05
GitHub Copilot is rolling out general availability of the GPT-5.4 model.
2026-03-04
GitHub Copilot Free’s auto model selection now includes Grok Code Fast 1, which is generally available.
2026-03-02
GitHub Copilot will deprecate the Gemini 3 Pro and GPT-5.1 models across all Copilot experiences on a specified deprecation date, with replacement models recommended.
Copilot usage metrics reports now return a consistent `user_login` value for Enterprise Managed Users. This addresses cases where reports previously included a suffixed `user_login`, complicating analysis.
2026-02-26
GitHub Copilot Business and Copilot Pro customers can now use Anthropic Claude and OpenAI Codex as coding agents. Copilot Enterprise and Pro+ customers got access earlier in February 2026.
Visual Studio Code
VS Code describes extending GitHub Copilot Next Edit Suggestions so they can propose edits across an entire file rather than only nearby locations.
2026-02-19
GitHub Copilot is rolling out public preview access to Google’s Gemini 3.1 Pro model.