Claude Sonnet 5.5 becomes available in GitHub Copilot

GitHub Enterprise now includes Copilot for every licensed user

Enterprises working with a GitHub or Microsoft account team can get Copilot included with GitHub Enterprise, with AI usage metered against an enterprise budget; users without a GitHub Enterprise license can use Copilot Standalone at $10 per user per month. Self-serve availability is coming in stages.

GitHub Copilot Fusion becomes generally available

Copilot Fusion routes and orchestrates models per task at Standard, High or Max effort, on all Copilot plans, with a limited-time 30% discount on model costs for paid plans.

GitHub Agentic Workflows become generally available

Agentic Workflows, which run coding agents inside GitHub Actions from natural-language Markdown definitions, reach general availability; the default Copilot CLI engine requires a Copilot license.

Cline begins rolling out Cline Cloud sessions

Cline 4.1.25 starts a gradual rollout of Cloud sessions: tasks run in a hosted sandbox on a chosen GitHub repo and branch and keep running after the editor closes.

Google ends sales of new Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise subscriptions

From October 9, 2026, new Standard and Enterprise subscriptions can no longer be purchased; existing subscriptions auto-renew through 2026, auto-renewal ends in 2027, and Google points customers to Antigravity.

Cline for Desktop cloud sessions get the same models as Cline on the web

Cloud sessions can use Cline Usage-Billing, ClinePass, and ClineFree models, and a new cloud session waits until a model is ready before sending.

Cline releases Cline Desktop, an open-source app for open-weight models

Cline releases an early version of Cline Desktop, an open-source desktop app focused on open-weight models, available for Mac with a Windows beta.