The new GitHub Copilot experience in Slack

PreviewAug 21, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

The GitHub integration in Slack now brings the agentic capabilities of GitHub Copilot CLI and the GitHub Copilot app into Slack in public preview. You can work with @GitHub to plan changes, investigate problems, and hand off coding tasks from the conversations where your team coordinates work.

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Read GitHub's release notes

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-21-the-new-github-copilot-experience-in-slack

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Shared agentic work with GitHub Copilot in Microsoft Teams

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GitHub CopilotAug 18, 2026

Enterprise managed settings in GitHub Copilot for JetBrains

GitHub Copilot for JetBrains now supports enterprise managed settings for plugin governance, MCP server access, OpenTelemetry, and permission modes. Administrators can now apply consistent controls for everyone on your enterprise’s Copilot plan.

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GitHub CopilotAug 25, 2026

GitHub Copilot app Customize tab is generally available

GitHub Copilot is more useful when it works with the tools, knowledge, and workflows your team already relies on. The new Customize tab in the GitHub Copilot app brings MCP servers, plugins, skills, and canvases together in one place. Explore featured customizations, browse by type, and find new ways to tailor Copilot to how you and your team work.

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GitHub CopilotAug 25, 2026

Copilot harness generally available in Copilot for JetBrains

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GitHub CopilotAug 26, 2026

Global model policy generally available

In July, we announced a default model policy for generally available GitHub Copilot models on Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise plans. Starting today, we’re gradually rolling out enforcement of the policy through September 1, so it will take effect at different times for different enterprises.

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GitHub CopilotAug 27, 2026

Copilot code review: Resolution reasons and expanded capabilities

Copilot code review can now review two types of pull requests it didn’t cover before: Reviews requested automatically on pull requests authored by bots, including Copilot cloud agent Very large pull requests Additionally, you can now submit the reason for why you’re resolving a particular Copilot code review comment.

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GitHub CopilotAug 27, 2026

Enterprise-managed settings now support autoUpdate for plugin marketplaces

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GitHub CopilotAug 28, 2026

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio , August update

August 2026 brought more control over how GitHub Copilot reasons, which models you use, how teams share specialized agents, and when you ask for a code review. Highlights Here’s what’s new with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2026.

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Snowflake Snowflake Cortex AIAug 21, 2026

Version targeting for Cortex Agent and Cortex Analyst evaluations (General availability)

Cortex Agent and Cortex Analyst evaluations now let you control the versioned configuration used for scoring: Version targeting pins the configuration under evaluation, not the agent behavior that gets evaluated: each run invokes the agent again and scores a newly generated trace.

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Snowflake Cortex CodeAug 21, 2026

CoCo automations in CLI and Snowsight (Preview)

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Databricks Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformAug 21, 2026

Upcoming end of life for the Supervisor API

The Supervisor API (Beta) reaches end of life on September 30, 2026. After that date, the API is no longer available. Databricks recommends migrating to custom agents on Databricks Apps . See Supervisor API (Beta) (deprecated) .

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Databricks Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIAug 21, 2026

Consumer access to query Unity Gateway services will become generally available

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Databricks Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIAug 21, 2026

Monitor all AI activity with the unified trace table (Beta)

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Databricks LakeflowAug 21, 2026

Default Python package repositories are GA for Lakeflow pipelines and classic compute

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