GitHub Copilot

GitHub announced that all Copilot plans will transition from premium request units to usage-based billing measured in GitHub AI Credits, effective June 1, 2026. Credits are consumed based on token usage (input, output, and cached tokens) at the published API rates for each model, making cost scale directly with the age Base subscription pricing remains unchanged (Pro $10/month, Pro+ $39/month, Business $19/user/month, Enterprise $39/user/month), while code completions and Next Edit suggestions continue to not consume AI Credits. Fallback experiences for users who previously exhausted their PRUs are eliminated, and a preview bill expe

The Visual Studio C++ Team Blog (Augustin Popa, Senior Product Manager, September 14, 2026) recaps Visual Studio 2026 versions 18.7 through 18.10, with the headline being that GitHub Copilot modernization for C++ is now generally available. The agent assesses a codebase, builds an upgrade plan, updates MSBuild and CMak To use the C++ modernization agent, developers must select the GitHub Copilot modernization optional component in the Visual Studio Installer, hold an active GitHub Copilot subscription, and target an MSBuild or CMake C++ project; from there, right-clicking a solution or project in Solution Explorer starts the upgrade

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The Visual Studio 2026 18.10 release notes (released September 8, 2026, with hotfix 18.10.1 on September 15, 2026) introduce Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio, available in preview and enabled by default across Community, Professional, and Enterprise SKUs. Developers can connect to a Microso The BYOK preview is positioned as a model-routing enhancement within Copilot's Visual Studio integration rather than a new Copilot model release, so this summary describes the Copilot-side capability (Agent Preview in VS 2026) and the BYOK configuration step (connect to a Microsoft Foundry deployment or another support

Releasebot's aggregation of GitHub release notes surfaces Copilot CLI 1.0.87-0 (dated September 18, 2026), which adds smarter prompt recall, faster session resume, and broader MCP reliability, alongside improvements to worktree path customization, live subagent timing, Windows sandbox proxies, and auth and plugin handl Behavioral fixes in Copilot CLI 1.0.87-0 include Ctrl+C stopping the running turn instead of removing pending prompts one at a time, Ctrl+Q queued prompts remaining separate, and Up in an empty chat input recalling the last message for editing with attachments; number-key selection in the question dialog now works for

The GitHub Changelog index lists multiple concrete September 2026 GitHub Copilot updates with explicit dates and labels: on September 18, an improved Copilot code review experience and the weekly Copilot release (September 14) shipped, alongside a retirement notice flagging an upcoming mid-October deprecation of select Several entries point to operational and developer-facing behavior changes worth tracking: a Copilot impact dashboard improvement on September 17 now shows feature engagement; agentic CLI customizations surfaced in the usage metrics API on September 17; VS Code Agents were added to Copilot usage metrics on September 11