--- 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 the terminal interface itself remains built in TypeScript. This change also came alongside features like defaultMode and defaultPermissionMode settings and the ability to restore sessions that didn't exit cleanly, including ones interrupted mid-turn. _Track runtime and performance changes to CLI-based AI coding tools like Copilot CLI on daily.dev._ ### What is the Customize tab in the GitHub Copilot app? The Customize tab is a generally available feature in the GitHub Copilot app that brings MCP servers, plugins, skills, and canvases together in one place. It also lets users turn Azure DevOps issues and pull requests directly into Copilot sessions, alongside experimental Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) support for working in a Linux environment. _Developers configuring MCP servers and plugins across AI tools follow updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 10](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-weekly-releases-august-10-cpzjtuhwa) · GitHub Changelog · 0 upvotes · 0 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":"2026-08-28T21:42:32.470Z","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 the terminal interface itself remains built in TypeScript. 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