Commercial software intelligenceEvidence checked · 8 September 2026
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SK-2026-042 · Entitlements & feature gating

GitHub Models is fully retired for all customers

The GitHub Models playground, catalogue, inference API and bring-your-own-key endpoints became unavailable to all customers on 30 July 2026.

Retired

Commercial transition

Previous stateExisting customers retained access after the earlier closure to new customers.
→
New stateNo customer retains the playground, model catalogue, inference API or BYOK endpoints.

Who is affected

All GitHub Models customers and integrations.

Action required

Remove GitHub Models dependencies and migrate to a separately supported model platform.

Evidence boundary

The retirement is specific to GitHub Models and does not retire GitHub Copilot or Microsoft Foundry.

Timeline

  1. New-customer closure

    GitHub Models closed to new customers.

  2. Full retirement

    All customer access ended.

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