Copilot gains Agent Merge, Automations and agents in Dev Containers with VS Code 1.137

Oct 26, 2026 · Issue 13 · 5 sources, 8 articles

GitHub's Agent Merge feature watches a pull request and automatically fixes blockers such as failing Actions runs and merge conflicts. VS Code 1.137 runs agents in Dev Containers and adds automations and a voice mode.

Who is affected and how

senior developer

Agent Merge could replace manual fixing of pull requests, but the changes still need to be reviewed.

Sources

• Agent Merge watches and fixes pull requests in the cloudgithub.blog · Oct 26, 2026
• Create and manage Copilot Automations in Visual Studio Codethe github blog · Oct 28, 2026
• GitHub Copilot Lets VS Code Developers Dial AI Suggestions Up or Downvisual studio magazine · Oct 28, 2026
• New Relic Change Tracking Brings Headless Intelligent Observability Directly into GitHub Copilot, Empowering Developers to Ship Code with Confidencecxo digitalpulse · Oct 30, 2026
• VS Code 1.137 Puts AI Agents in Dev Containers [2026]shattered.io · Oct 26, 2026

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