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GitHub Copilot cloud agent

A coding agent on GitHub that takes an issue or prompt, works in its own GitHub Actions environment, runs builds and tests, and opens a pull request for people to review.

by GitHub · last checked Oct 19, 2026

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What has been shown

Generally available since September 25, 2025.

Evidence support Company-reported

Public availability GitHub includes Copilot cloud agent in every paid Copilot plan, from Copilot Pro at $10 a month. Individual sign-ups for Pro, Pro+ and Max reopened from June 17, 2026 after a pause. GitHub, Plans for GitHub Copilot, GitHub Changelog

As of Oct 19, 2026 · GitHub (company source), GitHub Changelog (company source)

Can you get it?

Available now

Included in every paid Copilot plan; not in Copilot Free. Business and Enterprise need an admin to turn it on.

As of Oct 19, 2026 · GitHub (company source), GitHub Changelog (company source)

Is it still alive?

Active
  • Human involvement: User-directed — Only people with write access can start it. It can't approve, merge or mark its own pull requests ready for review, the person who asked for the pull request can't approve it, and Actions workflows wait until someone with write access approves them. GitHub
As of Oct 19, 2026 · GitHub (company source), GitHub Changelog (company source)

Included in every paid GitHub Copilot plan (Pro, Pro+, Max, Business and Enterprise) for repositories hosted on GitHub; not in Copilot Free or on GitHub Enterprise Server. Sold where GitHub trade controls allow.

What the evidence says

  1. Documented by company source

    GitHub says the cloud agent researches the repository, can draft a plan for approval, then works in its own development environment powered by GitHub Actions: it builds and tests on a copilot/ branch and opens a pull request, or leaves the branch for you.

    Observed Oct 19, 2026 · GitHub (company source), GitHub Changelog (company source)
  2. Documented by company source

    GitHub says each run works in one repository and on one branch, opens at most one pull request per task, and stops after 59 minutes.

    Observed Oct 19, 2026 · GitHub (company source)
  3. Documented by company source

    GitHub says the agent can push only to its own copilot/ branch, works behind a firewall, and cannot approve or merge pull requests; another reviewer must approve where approvals are required.

    Observed Oct 19, 2026 · GitHub (company source)
  4. Independently verified

    A Queen's University study found 16,531 Copilot pull requests by 1,916 developers in 3,097 public GitHub repositories between January and June 2025. In repositories with more than 500 stars, its table reports 38.2% accepted and its text 35%.

    Observed Oct 19, 2026 · arXiv (Queen's University) (independent reporting)
  5. Independently verified

    A January 2026 study of more than 33,000 agent-authored pull requests on public GitHub found Copilot had the lowest merge rate of five coding agents, 43.04%.

    Observed Oct 19, 2026 · arXiv (independent reporting)

Price

  • Copilot Pro$10/monthIncludes 1,500 GitHub AI credits a month. Cloud agent sessions use AI credits and GitHub Actions minutes. Checked Oct 22, 2026. GitHub (company source)
  • Copilot Pro+$39/monthIncludes 7,000 AI credits a month. Checked Oct 22, 2026. GitHub (company source)
  • Copilot Max$100/monthIncludes 20,000 AI credits a month. Checked Oct 22, 2026. GitHub (company source)
  • Copilot Business (per seat)$19/month1,900 AI credits per user, pooled; an admin must enable the cloud agent. Checked Oct 22, 2026. GitHub (company source)
  • Copilot Enterprise (per seat)$39/month3,900 AI credits per user, pooled; an admin must enable the cloud agent. Checked Oct 22, 2026. GitHub (company source)

What we don't know yet

  • Where it can be bought or used is not stated in the cited sources.

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