Summary
A single signal anchors today's roundup: GitHub's October 9 weekly Copilot release (covering the week of October 5). The update threads together three directions at once — bring-your-own-model flexibility, parallel agent workflows, and looser account coupling. The Copilot CLI can now list and select models from a running local Ollama instance via /model, VS Code 1.141 adds side-by-side agent sessions plus worktree cleanup, and the Copilot app can use a separate GitHub account for its license than for repository access.
Key themes
- Bring-your-own-model: the Copilot CLI's new /model listing of local Ollama instances lets developers route work to self-hosted models for cost or privacy, echoing a wider trend across the tooling landscape.
- Parallel agent workflows: side-by-side agent sessions in VS Code 1.141 reflect a shift toward running several coding agents at once, with worktree cleanup to manage the resulting branches.
- Account decoupling for enterprise and multi-account setups: allowing a separate GitHub account for the Copilot license versus repository access eases license management without entangling repo permissions.
Notable items
- Copilot CLI can list models from a running local Ollama instance via the /model command (GitHub weekly release, Oct 9, 2026): https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-09-github-copilot-weekly-releases-october-5/
- VS Code 1.141 adds side-by-side agent sessions and worktree cleanup for Copilot.
- The Copilot app can now use a separate GitHub account for the Copilot license than for repositories.
Source coverage
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