--- title: GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 24 | daily.dev description: GitHub Copilot's weekly release roundup covers new capabilities across Slack/Teams, the Copilot app, CLI, JetBrains, VS Code 1.135, and Visual Studio.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-weekly-releases-august-24-q1s4blgdv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 24 | daily.dev og:description: GitHub Copilot's weekly release roundup covers new capabilities across Slack/Teams, the Copilot app, CLI, JetBrains, VS Code 1.135, and Visual Studio.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-weekly-releases-august-24-q1s4blgdv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Q1S4BLGdV.png og:image:alt: GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 24 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 24 **[GitHub Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub Copilot's weekly release roundup covers new capabilities across Slack/Teams, the Copilot app, CLI, JetBrains, VS Code 1.135, and Visual Studio. Highlights include shared agent sessions in Slack and Teams via @GitHub mentions, a generally available Customize tab bringing MCP servers, plugins, skills, and canvases together, experimental WSL support in the Copilot app, a Copilot CLI rewrite on a native Rust runtime for faster performance, restorable interrupted CLI sessions, enterprise controls for JetBrains, and VS Code 1.135 updates including a single-pane Agents layout and per-model chat usage tracking. Visual Studio users get model pinning, cost comparison, plan consumption visibility, and Git agent review before PRs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did GitHub Copilot CLI get faster recently? GitHub Copilot CLI now runs on a native Rust runtime instead of its previous implementation, delivering significantly faster performance, while its terminal interface remains built in TypeScript. The update also adds session restore for interrupted sessions and new /plugin, /mcp, and /skills commands for managing plugins, MCP servers, and skills. _Developers tracking CLI tooling changes can follow Copilot CLI updates like this on daily.dev._ ### What's new in VS Code 1.135 for Copilot agent sessions? VS Code 1.135 introduces a single-pane Agents layout with simplified session controls, the ability to continue recent Copilot or Claude agent sessions started in other applications, a second-opinion feature from a complementary model to catch missed details, and detailed chat usage breakdowns by model for every chat turn. _Anyone customizing their AI coding workflow can keep up with VS Code agent updates via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [GitHub Copilot weekly releases — September 14](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-weekly-releases-september-14-udjgsozym) · GitHub Changelog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [GitHub Copilot app: The agent-native desktop experience](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-app-the-agent-native-desktop-experience-wcmfud14a) · GitHub Blog · 2 upvotes · 2 comments - [GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, June 2026 releases](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-in-visual-studio-code-june-2026-releases-8zjjjsajh) · GitHub Changelog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, May releases](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-in-visual-studio-code-may-releases-ljrce3spo) · GitHub Changelog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode), [#jetbrains](https://daily.dev/tags/jetbrains) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-weekly-releases-august-24-q1s4blgdv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 24","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-weekly-releases-august-24-q1s4blgdv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-weekly-releases-august-24-q1s4blgdv"},"datePublished":"2026-08-28T21:42:11.888Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T09:34:38.575Z","description":"GitHub Copilot's weekly release roundup covers new capabilities across Slack/Teams, the Copilot app, CLI, JetBrains, VS Code 1.135, and Visual Studio....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3dc55e697f06601dce6837810558c213?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3dc55e697f06601dce6837810558c213?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"GitHub Changelog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"GitHub Changelog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/15004b7835da4d89b02b115871f0f6dc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-weekly-releases-august-24-q1s4blgdv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"github,rust,vscode,jetbrains","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"GitHub Changelog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 24"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-weekly-releases-august-24-q1s4blgdv#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why did GitHub Copilot CLI get faster recently?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"GitHub Copilot CLI now runs on a native Rust runtime instead of its previous implementation, delivering significantly faster performance, while its terminal interface remains built in TypeScript. 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