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GitHub has released Project HydraFusion as a research preview in GitHub Copilot, an orchestration system that routes coding tasks across multiple models. GitHub claims selective workflows matched or exceeded an evaluated Opus 5 baseline in offline testing while cutting estimated workflow cost.

GitHub has released Project HydraFusion as a research preview in GitHub Copilot, an orchestration system that routes coding tasks across multiple models. GitHub claims its selective workflows matched or exceeded an Opus 5 baseline in offline evaluations while cutting estimated workflow cost.

GitHub has published a beginner-focused guide explaining how to run multiple agents simultaneously in the GitHub Copilot app. The guide targets developers unfamiliar with parallel agent workflows, framing the shift from single-agent to multi-agent use as a key productivity unlock.

GitHub has published a beginner-focused guide explaining how to run multiple Copilot agents concurrently within the GitHub Copilot app. The post walks new users through the workflow of parallel agent execution rather than announcing a new model or feature.

GitHub published an engineering breakdown of how Copilot reduces cost per coding task by targeting wasted work across the full task lifecycle, not just shortening model outputs. The post argues that shorter responses alone don't guarantee lower cost or better efficiency.

GitHub published details on how it approaches cost efficiency in Copilot, arguing that optimizing for shorter individual outputs can backfire by increasing retries and wasted work elsewhere in a coding task. The company frames efficiency as a full-task metric rather than a per-response one.

GitHub has released a new integration bringing GitHub Copilot's agentic CLI and app capabilities into Slack via public preview. Users can now interact with @GitHub directly in Slack channels to trigger Copilot actions.

GitHub Copilot for JetBrains now supports enterprise managed settings, letting administrators enforce consistent policies for plugin governance, MCP server access, OpenTelemetry, and permission modes across their organization.

GitHub published a blog post arguing that canvas-style interfaces—rather than chat logs—are better suited for tracking and steering agentic coding workflows in Copilot. The post frames canvases as a way to keep long-running agent work visible and controllable without re-running expensive steps.

GitHub published guidance on using four Agent Apps to manage software delivery workflow stages—scoping, security, rollout, and shipping—directly within GitHub. The post positions Agent Apps as a way to consolidate SDLC tasks into a single platform.

GitHub published a guide showing how four Agent Apps can handle scoping, security review, rollout, and shipping of features directly inside GitHub, without switching tools. The post frames Agent Apps as a way to consolidate software delivery workflow steps into the GitHub platform.

GitHub has released a Copilot SDK for Java, giving enterprise developers a way to integrate GitHub Copilot directly into JVM-based applications using annotations and virtual threads. The SDK targets Java shops that want programmatic control over Copilot rather than relying solely on IDE integrations.

GitHub has released a Copilot SDK for Java, allowing enterprise developers to programmatically drive GitHub Copilot using idiomatic Java constructs like annotations and virtual threads. The release extends Copilot's SDK ecosystem beyond its existing language support.

GitHub Models, the unified LLM API and playground that let GitHub Actions workflows make free AI calls using existing GitHub credentials, has been fully retired. GitHub has not disclosed a reason, though rising inference costs from coding-agent usage are the likely driver.

GitHub has updated its Copilot usage metrics API to include activity data from agent apps such as Claude and Codex operating within GitHub workflows. The change gives organizations visibility into third-party agent usage alongside native Copilot metrics.

GitHub has published a guide covering slash commands available in the GitHub Copilot app, designed to extend Copilot beyond simple chat into planning, team collaboration, task automation, and workflow customization. The guide targets developers looking to get more structured, repeatable value out of Copilot's interface.

GitHub has retired the Copilot Billing Preview app, removing it from availability entirely. Copilot spend tracking and management now happens directly within GitHub's standard billing settings.

GitHub has published a walkthrough of stacked sessions and pull requests in the Copilot app, a workflow feature that lets developers chain multiple AI-assisted coding sessions and PRs together. The post uses a real-world example: modernizing an old codebase.

GitHub has added stacked sessions and pull requests to the GitHub Copilot app, allowing developers to break large coding tasks into a sequence of dependent Copilot sessions that each produce their own PR. GitHub demonstrated the feature by using it to modernize an old codebase.

GitHub has expanded its Copilot usage metrics API so that individual Copilot app activity is now attributed to users in enterprise-user and organization-user report rollups. The change gives admins more granular visibility into how Copilot apps are used across their organizations.