Upcoming deprecation of GitHub Spark on github.com

DeprecationAug 4, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Beginning August 4, 2026, GitHub Spark no longer accepts new users or allows the creation of new apps. Existing users can continue to access GitHub Spark until August 31, 2026 to export apps they’ve already created. Apps you’ve already deployed will continue to work after GitHub Spark is retired.

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https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-04-upcoming-deprecation-of-github-spark-on-github-com

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GitHub CopilotAug 4, 2026

Retiring the Copilot Billing Preview app

We’ve retired the GitHub Copilot Billing Preview app, and it’s no longer available. You can review and manage your Copilot spend directly in your GitHub billing settings. The app helped you understand your bill during the move to usage-based billing.

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GitHub CopilotAug 3, 2026

Customize the reasoning level for Copilot cloud agent

When you delegate a task to GitHub Copilot cloud agent, you can now set the reasoning level for models that support it. This allows you to control how much the model reasons before it responds. A higher level can improve answers to complex problems, but it consumes more tokens, and therefore more credits.

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GitHub CopilotAug 3, 2026

Enterprise team specialization for managed settings

Enterprise administrators can now customize managed settings by targeting enterprise teams with itemized configuration files. Large enterprises can scale governance without bottlenecking every configuration change through central administrators or one-size-fits-all policies.

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GitHub CopilotAug 3, 2026

Trigger Copilot automations with comments

You can now create Copilot cloud agent automations that run when an issue comment or pull request comment is created. Common use cases include: Generate documentation : Comment on a pull request to automatically generate or update documentation based on your code changes.

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GitHub CopilotAug 6, 2026

Kimi K3 is now available in GitHub Copilot

Editor’s note (August 6, 2026): We have resumed rolling out Kimi K3 in GitHub Copilot. This model is billed at provider list pricing under usage-based billing. See GitHub Copilot’s pricing for models and requests for details. Editor’s note (August 6, 2026): We have temporarily paused the roll-out of Kimi K3 while we mitigate an incident with GitHub Actions.

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GitHub CopilotAug 7, 2026

GitHub Copilot weekly releases , August 3

This week’s updates across GitHub Copilot in the desktop app, CLI, and VS Code help you resume and organize work, review changes, and ask questions without losing context. GitHub Copilot app Auto now shows which model handled each completed request, plus AI credit and cache details when they’re available.

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GitHub CopilotAug 7, 2026

Copilot impact dashboard adds a return on investment section

The Copilot impact dashboard now includes a “Potential return on investment” section that connects what you spend on Copilot to the pull request output you get back.

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GitHub CopilotAug 7, 2026

Copilot code review effort levels are generally available

Lite and Balanced effort levels for GitHub Copilot code review are now generally available. They let you match the depth of a review to the complexity and risk of a pull request. Not every pull request needs the same scrutiny.

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Also shipped on Aug 4, 2026

Snowflake Snowflake Native Apps and MarketplaceAug 4, 2026

Workspace sharing in Declarative Native Apps (Public Preview)

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Snowflake SnowflakeAug 4, 2026

Gateway Monitoring & A/B Testing (General availability)

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Snowflake SnowflakeAug 4, 2026

Multi-party Approval (General availability)

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Unity Gateway is now generally available

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Databricks Unity CatalogAug 4, 2026

Sharing Delta tables with Iceberg reads enabled is now generally available

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Databricks Unity CatalogAug 4, 2026

Sharing Delta tables with deletion vectors and column mapping is now generally available

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