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Organization runner controls for Copilot cloud agent - GitHub Changelog
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Each time Copilot cloud agent works on a task, it starts a new development environment powered by GitHub Actions.
Key facts
- Each time Copilot cloud agent works on a task, it starts a new development environment powered by GitHub Actions
- Until now, the runner was configured at the repository level with a copilot-setup-steps.yml file
- To learn more, see “Configuring runners for GitHub Copilot cloud agent in your organization” in the GitHub Docs
Summary
By default, this runs on a standard GitHub-hosted runner, but teams can also customize the agent environment to use large runners or self-hosted runners for faster performance, access to internal resources, and more. Until now, the runner was configured at the repository level with a copilot-setup-steps.yml file. Set a default runner to be used automatically across all repositories, without requiring each repository to be individually configured. Lock the runner setting so individual repositories can’t override the organization default.