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Launch Copilot cloud agent sessions from Visual Studio

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April 2026

Updates

• GPT-5.4 mini model now available for Copilot Student
• Copilot cloud agent can now work on branches directly
• Codespaces with data residency now GA for Enterprise Cloud
• Organization custom instructions for Copilot now GA
• Security tab renamed to "Security & quality"
• Copilot in Visual Studio adds support for custom agents
• Copilot cloud agent now signs all commits
• Manage Copilot cloud agent firewall org-wide
• Set a default runner for Copilot cloud agent
• Prioritize Kubernetes alerts with Dynatrace runtime context
• Batch fix code scanning alerts in pull requests
• Dependabot adds support for the Nix ecosystem
• Copilot cloud agent on Mobile supports tasks beyond PRs
• Secret scanning adds new API filters and webhook payloads
• New signing key for GitHub CLI Linux packages
• Classify hidden comments as "Low Quality"
• Access Copilot from security assessment results
• Issue sidebar and project fields enhancements
• Copilot cloud agent validation tools run 20% faster
• Copilot CLI activity added to usage metrics
• GitHub Actions workflows now have a 50 rerun limit
• Fix merge conflicts with a new Copilot button
• Remotely manage Copilot CLI sessions
• Link code scanning alerts to GitHub Issues for tracking
• Deployment context in repository properties and security alerts
• OIDC auth for private registries in Dependabot & Code Scanning
• Selectively enable Copilot cloud agent access per organization
• CodeQL adds Kotlin 2.3.20 support and improves query accuracy
• Configure multiple private registries per ecosystem
• Manage AI agent skills with new 'gh skill' CLI commands
• Copilot CLI adds automatic model selection
• Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Student signups paused
• Deprecating SHA-1 for HTTPS connections
• Define custom sanitizers and validators in CodeQL
• C++ code intelligence in public preview for Copilot CLI
• Bring your own language model keys to Copilot in VS Code
• Copilot user counts added to usage metrics API
• Usage metrics API adds 'used_copilot_cloud_agent' field
• Global pull requests dashboard is now on by default
• Copilot Chat understands pull request context
• App installation tokens adopt new stateless format
• Web notification and watch retention policies updated
• GPT-5.5 model now available in Copilot
• GPT-5.3-Codex removed from Copilot Student model picker
• Copilot code reviews to consume GitHub Actions minutes
• Copilot cloud agent starts up over 20% faster