AI Coding change log

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.

GPT-6.1 Sol becomes available in GitHub Copilot

OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol is added to the models available in Copilot.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 becomes available in GitHub Copilot

Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 is added to the models available in Copilot.

New default policy for Copilot features arrives for Business and Enterprise

Admins can set a global default policy for generally available Copilot features; for 28 days it is configurable without affecting user access.

Copilot Business and Enterprise sign-ups reopen with upfront seat payment

GitHub began gradually reopening Business and Enterprise sign-ups for card and PayPal customers, now requiring payment per seat before access.

GitHub Copilot desktop app becomes generally available

The GitHub Copilot app for agent-driven development is now generally available on macOS, Windows and Linux.

Sign-ups for Copilot individual plans reopen

New sign-ups for individual Copilot plans, paused at the June 1 billing transition, reopen.

Usage-based billing goes live for all Copilot plans; Max launches

Usage-based billing is active for every Copilot plan, Copilot code review also consumes Actions minutes, and Copilot Max launches for power users.

New Max plan and flex allotments announced for individual plans

GitHub announces a new Max plan and flex allotments for Pro and Pro+, effective with the June 1 lineup.

Copilot announces a move to usage-based billing from June 1

All Copilot plans transition to usage-based billing, with usage consuming GitHub AI Credits.

GitHub pauses self-serve Copilot Business sign-ups

New self-serve Copilot Business sign-ups were paused for organizations on GitHub Free and Team plans; existing customers were unaffected.

GitHub pauses new sign-ups for Copilot Pro, Pro+ and Student

New sign-ups for the Student, Pro and Pro+ plans were paused to prioritize service for existing customers; Copilot Free stayed open.

Copilot tightens individual plan limits and removes Opus from Pro

GitHub tightened usage limits on individual plans, with Pro+ offering more than 5x Pro's limits, and removed Opus models from the Pro plan.

GitHub pauses new Copilot Pro free trials

Citing abuse of the trial system, GitHub paused new Copilot Pro trials; an April 13 update extended the pause to existing trials.

Copilot coding agent becomes generally available

GitHub's asynchronous Copilot coding agent, which works via GitHub Actions and opens draft pull requests, is now generally available to all paid Copilot subscribers.

GitHub to remove $0 premium request budgets for enterprise and team accounts

GitHub announced removal of account-level $0 Copilot premium request budgets for older enterprise and team accounts, later scheduled to begin December 2, 2025.

Copilot begins enforcing monthly premium request allowances

Premium request allowances for Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business and Enterprise are now enforced, with optional pay-per-request spending beyond the allowance.

GitHub launches Copilot Pro+ individual tier

GitHub introduced Copilot Pro+, an individual tier with access to the latest models, priority previews, and 1,500 premium requests per month.