Retirement - 2

2026 (5)

July (5)

github: GitHub Models is now retired

GitHub

2026-07-30

GitHub Models was retired on July 30, 2026. The playground, model catalog, inference API, and bring-your-own-key (BYOK) access are no longer available to customers.

aks: Release 2026-07-17

Release notes from AKS

2026-07-24

AKS v20260717 adds Artifact Streaming GA, new preview networking and scheduling features, and multiple behavior changes and bug fixes. It also updates Kubernetes patch versions, core add-ons, node images, and includes several retirement notices and upcoming defaults.

azure: Retirement: Support for Python-2.7; 3.8 and PowerShell- 7.1; 7.2 will be retired on September 30, 2026

Azure Updates

2026-07-10

Azure Automation will stop supporting Python 2.7, Python 3.8, and PowerShell 7.1/7.2 starting October 1, 2026. Runbooks may still run, but these runtimes will no longer receive security updates or bug fixes.

github: Copilot Billing Preview app will be retired on August 3

GitHub

2026-07-07

GitHub will retire the Copilot Billing Preview app on August 3, 2026. Users who rely on it for Copilot spend review are directed to use built-in GitHub visibility instead.

github: GitHub Models is being fully retired on July 30, 2026

GitHub

2026-07-01

GitHub Models will be fully retired on July 30, 2026. GitHub had already announced in June that it was closing the service to new customers.