# GitHub — Global default for Copilot features generally available

- Company: GitHub (github.com)
- Announced: 2026-10-22T20:44:28+00:00
- Category: availability-change
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-22-global-default-for-copilot-features-generally-available
- Record: https://forck.live/items/26874-global-default-for-copilot-features-generally-available
- Subject: Copilot

GitHub is starting to enforce a global default policy for generally available Copilot features and supported client capabilities on Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise plans. The company announced the policy in September and is now rolling out enforcement through October 26, so it may take effect at different times for different enterprises and organizations. Eligible features that administrators left unconfigured will be set according to the selected global default of Enabled, Disabled, or Let organizations decide. The change is one-time: later changes to the default policy will not alter feature policies that are already set. Explicit choices are preserved, so a feature an administrator enabled or disabled individually will not be changed by the rollout. Preview features remain opt-in, and a choice to opt into a preview that later becomes generally available is preserved. The policy covers eligible settings on "Features & clients" and "MCP servers in Copilot", which administrators can review under AI Controls, Copilot, Default policy for new features.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-22-global-default-for-copilot-features-generally-available:

> Eligible generally available features and capabilities left Unconfigured will be set according to the selected global default of Enabled , Disabled , or Let organizations decide . This is a one-time change. Subsequent changes to the default policy won’t change feature policies that are already set.

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