{"id":99075,"date":"2026-09-25T09:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T16:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-09-25-github-copilot-weekly-releases-september-21"},"modified":"2026-09-25T10:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T17:09:02","slug":"github-copilot-weekly-releases-september-21","status":"publish","type":[3521],"link":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-09-25-github-copilot-weekly-releases-september-21","title":{"rendered":"GitHub Copilot weekly releases \u2014 September 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>This week&rsquo;s releases add new models to Copilot, local sandboxing in the Copilot app, and updates to Copilot in Slack, Microsoft Teams, JetBrains, and VS Code.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"github-copilot\" id=\"github-copilot\" ><a class=\"heading-link\" href=\"#github-copilot\">GitHub Copilot<span class=\"heading-hash pl-2 text-italic text-bold\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Claude Opus 5.5 is available to Copilot Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise plans.<\/li>\n<li>GPT-6 Sol is available to Copilot Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise plans.<\/li>\n<li>GPT-6 Luna is available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise plans.<\/li>\n<li>Grok 4.7 is available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise plans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"github-copilot-app\" id=\"github-copilot-app\" ><a class=\"heading-link\" href=\"#github-copilot-app\">GitHub Copilot app<span class=\"heading-hash pl-2 text-italic text-bold\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Limit agents&rsquo; access to files, networks, and credentials with local sandboxing, now in public preview.<\/li>\n<li>Track agent activity in your existing monitoring tools with OpenTelemetry, configured through enterprise-managed settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/features\/ai\/github-app?utm_source=download-app-09-07&amp;utm_medium=changelog&amp;utm_campaign=weekly-copilot-launches-aug-2026\">the Copilot app<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"github-copilot-in-slack-and-microsoft-teams\" id=\"github-copilot-in-slack-and-microsoft-teams\" ><a class=\"heading-link\" href=\"#github-copilot-in-slack-and-microsoft-teams\">GitHub Copilot in Slack and Microsoft Teams<span class=\"heading-hash pl-2 text-italic text-bold\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose the best model for each task. Switch models mid-conversation, and Copilot keeps your choice for the rest of the thread. In Slack, you can also set channel defaults.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid duplicate issues since Copilot now checks for similar existing issues before creating a new one.<\/li>\n<li>Follow longer-running tasks more easily with clearer implementation-plan status, better recovery from interrupted or stale replies, and more predictable reconnection when a conversation goes idle.<\/li>\n<li>Give Copilot more context in Slack by sharing supported files, attachments, and message links.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about GitHub Copilot public previews in <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.github.com\/copilot\/how-tos\/copilot-integrations\/integrate-cloud-agent-with-slack\">Slack<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.github.com\/copilot\/how-tos\/copilot-integrations\/integrate-cloud-agent-with-teams\">Teams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"github-copilot-in-jetbrains\" id=\"github-copilot-in-jetbrains\" ><a class=\"heading-link\" href=\"#github-copilot-in-jetbrains\">GitHub Copilot in JetBrains<span class=\"heading-hash pl-2 text-italic text-bold\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Assisted approvals, now in public preview for Copilot agent sessions, automatically approve low-risk tool calls while prompting you for higher-risk actions.<\/li>\n<li>Edit an earlier message to redirect an agent session and Copilot rewinds both the conversation and file changes before sending the replacement request.<\/li>\n<li>Shared organization and enterprise skills, along with organization-managed custom instructions, now work in local and Copilot agent sessions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more in the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-09-22-new-features-and-improvements-in-copilot-for-jetbrains\/\">full Copilot in JetBrains changelog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"github-copilot-in-vs-code-1-139-release\" id=\"github-copilot-in-vs-code-1-139-release\" ><a class=\"heading-link\" href=\"#github-copilot-in-vs-code-1-139-release\">GitHub Copilot in VS Code 1.139 release<span class=\"heading-hash pl-2 text-italic text-bold\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Run agents in Dev Containers on SSH, Tunnel, and WSL hosts, using your remote project&rsquo;s tools and dependencies. 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