--- title: Upcoming deprecation of selected GitHub Copilot models description: GitHub will deprecate several Copilot models—Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Kimi K2.7 Code, and Claude Opus 4.7—on October 2nd, 2026, across all Copilot... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/upcoming-deprecation-of-selected-github-copilot-models-dawvbv51e copyright: © 2026 Daily Dev Ltd. terms: https://daily.dev/tos/ twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Upcoming deprecation of selected GitHub Copilot models | daily.dev og:description: GitHub will deprecate several Copilot models—Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Kimi K2.7 Code, and Claude Opus 4.7—on October 2nd, 2026, across all Copilot... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/upcoming-deprecation-of-selected-github-copilot-models-dawvbv51e og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dAwvBV51E.png og:image:alt: Upcoming deprecation of selected GitHub Copilot models 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. # Upcoming deprecation of selected GitHub Copilot models **[GitHub Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub will deprecate several Copilot models—Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Kimi K2.7 Code, and Claude Opus 4.7—on October 2nd, 2026, across all Copilot experiences including Chat, inline edits, ask/agent modes, and code completions. Suggested replacements are Gemini 3.8 Flash, Kimi K3, and Claude Opus 5 respectively. Enterprise and Business administrators may need to enable the alternative models via Copilot model policies before the deadline. No action is needed to remove deprecated models afterward. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Which GitHub Copilot models are being deprecated on October 2nd, 2026? Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Kimi K2.7 Code, and Claude Opus 4.7 are being deprecated across all GitHub Copilot experiences, including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions, effective October 2nd, 2026. Suggested replacements are Gemini 3.8 Flash, Kimi K3, and Claude Opus 5 respectively. _Teams migrating Copilot configs before a model cutoff can track changes like this on daily.dev._ ### What should Copilot Enterprise administrators do before their models are deprecated? Administrators should update workflows and integrations to use supported models before the deprecation date, and verify that the alternative model policy is enabled in their organization or enterprise Copilot settings. Once enabled, users see the new model in the Copilot Chat model selector. No action is required to remove deprecated models afterward. _Admins managing Copilot model policies can follow deprecation notices like this via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Selected models in GitHub Copilot deprecated](https://daily.dev/posts/selected-models-in-github-copilot-deprecated-mga7ktzgx) · GitHub Changelog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Upcoming deprecation of selected GitHub Copilot models in mid-October](https://daily.dev/posts/upcoming-deprecation-of-selected-github-copilot-models-in-mid-october-0ps4xzxpb) · GitHub Changelog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Upcoming deprecation of Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash](https://daily.dev/posts/upcoming-deprecation-of-gemini-2-5-pro-and-gemini-3-flash-dkgkyinhp) · GitHub Changelog · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Upcoming deprecation of Gemini 3 Pro and GPT-5.1 models](https://daily.dev/posts/upcoming-deprecation-of-gemini-3-pro-and-gpt-5-1-models-fobhu97ll) · GitHub Changelog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#claude](https://daily.dev/tags/claude), [#google-gemini](https://daily.dev/tags/google-gemini) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/upcoming-deprecation-of-selected-github-copilot-models-dawvbv51e) ```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":"Upcoming deprecation of selected GitHub Copilot models","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/upcoming-deprecation-of-selected-github-copilot-models-dawvbv51e","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/upcoming-deprecation-of-selected-github-copilot-models-dawvbv51e"},"datePublished":"2026-09-03T19:53:53.452Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T18:46:31.763Z","description":"GitHub will deprecate several Copilot models—Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Kimi K2.7 Code, and Claude Opus 4.7—on October 2nd, 2026, across all Copilot...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b13d97448be9665964776f3b85196dbe?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b13d97448be9665964776f3b85196dbe?_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/upcoming-deprecation-of-selected-github-copilot-models-dawvbv51e","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"llm,github,claude,google-gemini","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":"Upcoming deprecation of selected GitHub Copilot models"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/upcoming-deprecation-of-selected-github-copilot-models-dawvbv51e#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Which GitHub Copilot models are being deprecated on October 2nd, 2026?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Kimi K2.7 Code, and Claude Opus 4.7 are being deprecated across all GitHub Copilot experiences, including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions, effective October 2nd, 2026. 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