ST-2026-006 · API endpoints & versions
GitHub schedules full GitHub Models retirement for 30 July 2026
GitHub will fully retire GitHub Models on 30 July 2026, removing the playground, model catalog, inference API and bring-your-own-key endpoints for all customers after two scheduled July brownouts.
Previous state
Existing customers could continue using the GitHub Models playground, model catalog, inference API and BYOK endpoints after access closed to new customers in June 2026.
Current state
The full GitHub Models service and related API and BYOK surfaces become unavailable to every customer after 30 July 2026.
Affected users
Who needs to care
Organizations and developers using GitHub Models for interactive evaluation, inference API calls, model catalog access or bring-your-own-key workflows.
Required response
What to do
Inventory GitHub Models usage, move model-access workloads to a supported alternative, test failure handling during the announced brownouts, and remove dependencies on the inference API and BYOK endpoints before retirement.
Evidence boundary
What the source does not prove
GitHub states the full service and named surfaces will be retired. It does not promise automated workload migration, equivalent model availability or commercial parity in Microsoft Foundry or GitHub Copilot.
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Related evidence across the network
Curated because the records share a publisher, platform, control, sector or procurement context. Each destination keeps its own evidence boundary.
GitHub Copilot AI Credit billing transition
GitHub Models retirement changes the technical surface; SkuTrace tracks GitHub's separate move to usage-based Copilot billing.
Lifecycle history
Dated event sequence
- Closed to new customers
GitHub stopped new organizations and enterprises from starting GitHub Models usage while existing active customers remained able to use it.
- First brownout
GitHub scheduled a short service interruption to expose dependent workloads before final retirement.
- Second brownout
GitHub scheduled a second temporary interruption before shutdown.
- Full retirement
Playground, model catalog, inference API, BYOK endpoints and related UI are scheduled to become unavailable to all customers.
Evidence ledger
First-party sources
- 01GitHub Changelog — GitHub Models is being fully retired on July 30, 2026
Official product retirement notice · 2026-07-01
Open official source ↗ - 02GitHub Changelog — GitHub Models is no longer available to new customers
Official first-stage retirement notice · 2026-06-16
Open official source ↗