Commercial transition
Previous stateThe public preview was initially unavailable across the full named set of paid Copilot plans.
→New stateEligible Business, Enterprise, Pro, Pro+ and Max users can programmatically start and track Copilot cloud agent tasks with the documented token types.
Who is affected
Users and integrations on the named GitHub Copilot paid plans.
Action required
Confirm plan eligibility, implement supported personal access or OAuth authentication and preserve preview-status controls.
Evidence boundary
The cited announcements do not establish Free-plan access or the later GitHub App installation-token support described as coming soon.
Timeline
- Business and Enterprise preview
The Agent tasks API entered public preview for Copilot Business and Enterprise.
- Individual paid-plan expansion
The preview expanded to Copilot Pro, Pro+ and Max.
Official sources
- Start Copilot cloud agent tasks via the REST APIGitHub Changelog · 2026-05-13 · Official public-preview entitlement announcement
- Agent tasks REST API now available for Copilot Pro, Pro+ and MaxGitHub Changelog · 2026-06-04 · Official entitlement-expansion announcement