GitHub Copilot for JetBrains Gets Cross-Session Memory and Ollama as a BYOK Provider
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The 2026-08-11 release adds Copilot memory, which retains and recalls information across agent chat sessions so you stop restating project conventions, toggleable in the Copilot settings portal. The same release adds Ollama as a BYOK provider with full provider configuration and model selection inside the IDE, plus automatic Copilot CLI installation from integrated terminals and MCP reliability fixes. No version number was published, which makes pinning a specific build difficult for teams that need to gate rollout.