So you've finally been plucked off the GitHub Copilot chat waitlist. Now what? The eagerly awaited coding assistant/chat integration-- Copilot meets ChatGPT -- in Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio ...

Visual Studio 2022 17.10 Preview 2 integrates Copilot-generated pull request descriptions and Copilot-powered explanations of commits.

The original AI-powered code completion tool stemming from early OpenAI technology, GitHub Copilot, now comes in a free tier for the Visual Studio IDE and Visual Studio Code, along with other editors.

It is currently in open beta and available for all GitHub Copilot individual users across Visual Studio and VS Code.

GitHub Copilot is an OpenAI-powered Visual Studio Code extension that can suggest lines of code or entire functions as you type.

GitHub releases Copilot Free for Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code. Developers can use programming help free of charge.

If GitHub Copilot is not working or is not responding in Visual Studio or VS Code, it's most likely facing an authentication, network, or compatibility issue.

Microsoft has announced that it is retiring Visual Studio Codespaces - previously Visual Studio Online - and consolidating it into GitHub Codespaces, which is in limited public beta right now.

GitHub Copilot first launched as a technical preview last June, and Visual Studio 2022 was the most requested IDE by the community.