Kimi K3 is now available in GitHub Copilot

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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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https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-06-kimi-k3-is-now-available-in-github-copilot

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