Developers caught VS Code adding Copilot as a co‑author without permission and forced a rollback

VS Code credited Copilot for human work after a default change that bypassed user settings.

Microsoft fixes VS Code after app gives Copilot credit for human's work

Imagine working your butt off on a project, only to have VS Code put an attribution into your commit that says Copilot helped ...

'That is unacceptable in a professional development workflow': Microsoft acts after VS Code gives Copilot credit for work a human developer did

Copilot' started appearing widely in VS Code The company has reversed this decision effective with version 1.119 Developers ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code Curbs Token Use Ahead of Copilot's Controversial Usage-Based Billing Switch

Just two days after GitHub announced usage-based billing for Copilot, Microsoft shipped VS Code 1.118 -- under its new weekly release cadence -- with significant token efficiency improvements designed ...

Claude Code, Copilot and Codex all got hacked. Every attacker went for the credential, not the model.

Six teams exploited Claude Code, Copilot, Codex, and Vertex AI in nine months. Every attack hit runtime credentials that IAM ...
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Microsoft reverses VS Code Copilot auto-credit after backlash

Microsoft has rolled back a VS Code change that automatically attributed GitHub commits to its Copilot AI, even when ...
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Visual Studio Code Update Adds Remote Copilot Control and Enterprise AI Restrictions

VS Code 1.118 adds remote Copilot control, enterprise AI restrictions, and smarter caching while improving developer ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Devs Sound Off on Usage-Based Copilot Pricing Change: 'You Will Get Less, but Pay the Same Price'

GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026, prompting user concerns about predictability, model access, monthly credit limits and whether unchanged plan prices will translate into ...