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.

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.

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.

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.

Gemini Code Assist stops new console purchases for billing accounts without a subscription

New Gemini Code Assist subscriptions can no longer be bought through the Google Cloud console by billing accounts that do not already have an active subscription.

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.

Gemini Code Assist discontinues first-month subscription credits

Google discontinues the credits for the first month of Gemini Code Assist usage; customers already receiving them are unaffected.

Cline launches ClinePass, a $9.99/month subscription for open-weight models

Cline introduces ClinePass, a monthly subscription bundling curated open-weight models with higher API rate limits across its IDE, CLI and SDK surfaces, priced at $9.99 per month.

Gemini Code Assist IDE extensions stop serving free and Google AI Pro/Ultra users

The IDE extensions stop serving requests for Google AI Pro and Ultra and free Gemini Code Assist for individuals; organizations on Standard or Enterprise licenses keep 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.

AWS announces Amazon Q Developer end of support and halts new sign-ups from May 15

AWS announces that Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins and paid subscriptions reach end of support on April 30, 2027, and that new sign-ups stop on May 15, 2026. Customers are directed to migrate to Kiro.

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.

Amazon Q Developer CLI is succeeded by Kiro CLI

AWS launches Kiro CLI, which carries over the Q Developer CLI's agent functionality; AWS documentation states the Amazon Q Developer CLI has been rebranded to Kiro.

Cline launches Enterprise and sets Teams pricing at $20 per user after 10 seats

Cline announces Cline Enterprise with sales-quoted pricing and a Teams tier that is free through 2025, then free for up to 10 users and $20 per user per month beyond that.

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.

Google AI Pro and Ultra plans gain higher Gemini Code Assist limits

Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers receive Gemini CLI and Gemini Code Assist with higher model request limits.

Cline becomes available natively in JetBrains IDEs

Cline announces a native extension for JetBrains IDEs including IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, Android Studio, GoLand and PhpStorm.

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.

Amazon Q Developer brings its agentic coding experience to VS Code

AWS makes an interactive agentic coding experience available in the Amazon Q Developer extension for Visual Studio Code, at no additional cost for both Free and Pro tier users.

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.

Google launches free Gemini Code Assist for individuals

Google makes Gemini Code Assist for individuals globally available at no cost, with up to 180,000 code completions per month.

Gemini Code Assist adds up to 50 free license credits for new customers' first month

Google applies up to 50 license credits for the first month to new billing accounts that have never had a Gemini Code Assist subscription.