GitHub scheduled Copilot deprecation of Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Terra for November 16, 2026. Claude Opus 4.8 remains available to individual subscribers on annual plans.
GitHub introduced HydraFusion Max and updated HydraFusion's model pool and orchestration workflows. Both remain research previews in VS Code, the Copilot app and Copilot CLI, available on Pro, Pro+, Business and Enterprise plans with experimental or preview features enabled, subject to organization model policies.