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- Z.ai Debuts ZCode to Compete With GitHub Copilot, Cursor and Anthropic
- Z.ai launches ZCode to challenge Cursor, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot in AI coding
- GitHub Models is being fully retired on July 30, 2026
- Restrict issue creation to collaborators only
- Microsoft launches MAI-Code-1-Flash on GitHub Copilot
- Track total merges by adoption phase in enterprise and organization reports
- Evaluating performance and efficiency of the GitHub Copilot agentic harness across models and tasks
- GitHub removes model selection in free Copilot
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Change history
- Deprecation Jul 2, 2026, 11:07 PM
Upcoming deprecation of Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash
We will deprecate Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions) on July 31st,… The post Upcoming deprecation of Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- Deprecation Jul 1, 2026, 9:30 PM
GitHub Models is being fully retired on July 30, 2026
In June, we announced that we are retiring GitHub Models and closed it to new customers. We’re now sharing the timeline for the next step: GitHub Models will be fully… The post GitHub Models is being fully retired on July 30, 2026 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- Deprecation Jun 23, 2026, 3:46 PM
Deprecation of Python 3.9 for Dependabot
Dependabot no longer supports Python version 3.9, which has reached its end-of-life. If you continue to use Python 3.9, there’s a risk that Dependabot will not create pull requests to… The post Deprecation of Python 3.9 for Dependabot appeared first on The GitHub Blog.