# GitHub — GitHub Copilot in VS Code, Universe releases

- Company: GitHub (github.com)
- Announced: 2026-10-28T15:33:00+00:00
- Category: capability-change
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: no
- Group: routine
- Source: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-28-github-copilot-in-vs-code-universe-releases
- Record: https://forck.live/items/28904-github-copilot-in-vs-code-universe-releases
- Subject: Copilot

GitHub is expanding how developers work with Copilot in Visual Studio Code, adding cloud agent sessions that continue across clients and machines. Session continuity lets a developer start a cloud agent session from a phone, steer it from VS Code, and check on it from github.com while the agent keeps working in the cloud. The new Agent Host isolates Copilot sessions from individual VS Code windows, so work continues in the background after a project folder or window is closed. Remote SSH and dev tunnels now extend to the Agents window, letting agents run on a separate machine, though that machine and its Agent Host must remain running. The Copilot harness, built on the Microsoft Copilot SDK, is now the default for new sessions in the editor and the Agents window. Computer use, which lets Copilot read and interact with desktop apps, is experimental, requires approval for each application, and can be disabled by organizations through policy. The open Agent Host Protocol lets developers build clients that connect to an Agent Host and share the same live sessions as VS Code.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-28-github-copilot-in-vs-code-universe-releases:

> This year, we focused on giving you more choice in how you work with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code: which models you use, where your agents run, and how you stay involved.
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> Keep work moving without staying at your desk or in one tool. With GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, start a cloud agent session from your phone at standup, steer it from VS Code at your desk, and check on it from github.com at lunch. Session continuity lets you pick up the same session across these clients while your agent keeps working in the cloud.
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> Hand off work without keeping your computer on. Start a cloud agent session from the Agents window in VS Code. The work runs on GitHub’s infrastructure, so closing your laptop doesn’t stop it.
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> Find and continue the same session in VS Code, the GitHub Copilot app, GitHub Mobile, github.com, or Copilot CLI. Sessions started in a Slack or Microsoft Teams DM can also be continued in these clients.
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> Move on to another task or project without worrying about losing your session. The new Agent Host isolates your Copilot sessions from individual VS Code windows, so work continues in the background after you close the project folder or window.

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