GitHub adds Copilot Chat and VS Code agent usage to Copilot impact dashboard
Overview
GitHub's Copilot impact dashboard now includes Copilot Chat and the VS Code Agents window in its Agent adoption chart, bringing the total to nine Copilot features, according to a GitHub Copilot changelog post dated 2026-11-06.
The "Passive users" cohort is renamed "Chat-first users," and enterprise and organization 28-day usage reports add chat and vscode_agent entries.
The two new features are reported only in enterprise and organization 28-day reports, and reports for periods before the change include only the original seven features. Access is limited to enterprise owners and billing managers, organization owners, and users with a custom role granting the View Copilot Metrics permission, and the Copilot usage metrics policy must be enabled.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Nov 6, 5:34 PM ET
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- GitHub Copilot ChangelogOfficialGitHub adds Copilot Chat and VS Code agent usage to Copilot impact dashboard
AIGitHub's Copilot impact dashboard now includes Copilot Chat and the VS Code Agents window in its Agent adoption chart, showing engagement across nine Copilot features. The "Passive users" cohort is renamed "Chat-first users," and enterprise and organization 28-day usage reports add chat and vscode_agent entries. Reports for periods before the change include only the original seven features.
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