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GitHub Copilot

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Enterprise-scale coding assistant across IDE, CLI, PR review, agents, and GitHub.

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GitHub CopilotAug 11, 2026

Copilot memory and Ollama in GitHub Copilot for JetBrains

This update brings persistent memory, local model access, and more enterprise controls to GitHub Copilot for JetBrains. · It also improves everyday chat workflows and resolves reliability issues across MCP servers, terminals, customizations, and cloud agents. · What's new · Enterprise managed settings · Administrators have more server-based controls for managing GitHub Copilot across their organizations. · These enterprise managed settings cover plugin availability, MCP server access, permission bypass behavior, and OpenTelemetry settings. · Read more about enterprise managed settings . · +75 more changes
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This update brings persistent memory, local model access, and more enterprise controls to GitHub Copilot for JetBrains. It also improves everyday chat workflows and resolves reliability issues across MCP servers, terminals, customizations, and cloud agents. What's new Enterprise managed settings Administrators have more server-based controls for managing GitHub Copilot across their organizations. These enterprise managed settings cover plugin availability, MCP server access, permission bypass behavior, and OpenTelemetry settings. Read more about enterprise managed settings . Copilot memory across chat sessions Copilot memory can now retain and recall useful information across agent chat sessions. This helps you maintain context between conversations instead of repeatedly providing the same project details or preferences. You can manage the feature with the Copilot Memory toggle in the Copilot settings portal. For more information, see About Copilot memory . Ollama as a BYOK provider You can now use Ollama as a BYOK provider in GitHub Copilot for JetBrains. The integration supports provider configuration and model selection throughout the JetBrains experience, giving you another

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[copilot-whats-new] Copilot What’s New

Product page · last read Oct 24, 2026

https://github.com/features/copilot/whats-new

[github-blog-copilot] GitHub Changelog (Copilot label)

Product page · last read Oct 24, 2026

https://github.blog/changelog/label/copilot/

[copilot-cli-releases] gh-copilot extension releases (archived; replaced by GitHub Copilot CLI)

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https://github.com/github/gh-copilot/releases