Commercial software intelligenceEvidence checked · 8 September 2026
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SK-2026-061 · Entitlements & feature gating

Claude Opus 5 is gated to Copilot Pro+, Max, Business and Enterprise

GitHub made Claude Opus 5 available through a gradual rollout to named paid Copilot plans and managed surfaces, subject to administrator policy.

Gradual rollout

Commercial transition

Previous stateClaude Opus 5 was not selectable through GitHub Copilot.
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New stateEligible Copilot Pro+, Max, Business and Enterprise users can select Claude Opus 5 across named IDE, CLI, cloud-agent, app, web and mobile surfaces; managed-plan administrators must enable the policy.

Who is affected

Eligible GitHub Copilot paid-plan users and Business or Enterprise administrators.

Action required

Verify plan eligibility, enable the model policy where required and preserve gradual-rollout uncertainty in user guidance.

Evidence boundary

Copilot Free, Pro and Education are not listed as eligible. Gradual rollout does not prove immediate visibility for every eligible user.

Timeline

  1. Gradual rollout announced

    GitHub began making Claude Opus 5 available to the listed plans and surfaces.

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