GitHub Copilot for JetBrains Adds Enterprise Sandbox Controls and CLI Integration

Enterprise administrators can now centrally configure sandbox behavior for GitHub Copilot in JetBrains IDEs. Managed policies control filesystem, network, proxy, and developer-tool access, with these restrictions taking precedence over user settings. This helps enforce consistent development environment boundaries.

Next edit suggestions can now move the cursor across multiple files, enabling developers to navigate and apply coordinated code changes throughout a project. This allows direct jumps to relevant locations when a suggested change continues in another file.

Users can now add global files and folders to the chat context, making it faster to include project-wide information. This reduces repetitive context setup and helps Copilot provide more relevant responses for changes spanning multiple areas.

A new public preview feature allows connecting terminal Copilot CLI sessions to JetBrains IDE context using `/ide`. This integration includes selections, diagnostics, and file references, grounding terminal-based workflows in the IDE's view.

New enterprise policy diagnostics enable users to verify that organizational policies are correctly detected and enforced on their device. This simplifies confirming that the Copilot configuration adheres to organizational requirements.

This release includes several interaction and navigation enhancements for common workflows, refined model selection behavior, and improved reliability across MCP servers and agent sessions. Various bug fixes address issues like blank chat sessions, incorrect working-set counts, and read-only file editing.