GitHub· Copilot

Upcoming deprecation of GitHub Spark on github.com

Beginning August 4, 2026, GitHub Spark no longer accepts new users or allows the creation of new apps. Existing users can continue to access GitHub Spark until August 31, 2026 to export apps they’ve already created. Apps you’ve already deployed will continue to work after GitHub Spark is retired. GitHub Spark was created to help people quickly move from an idea to a working application. Since its launch, AI models and agentic development tools have advanced significantly. Builders can now build and refine these experiences through GitHub Copilot in the environments where they already work, including VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the GitHub Copilot app. We’ve seen builders increasingly choose these integrated workflows for application development, and we’re aligning our experiences accordingly. This change applies specifically to the current GitHub Spark experience on github.com. Separately, GitHub Models, the inference service used by Spark’s llm() function, retired on July 30, 2026 . As of that date, calls to llm() no longer work. Apps that don’t use llm() aren’t affected by the GitHub Models retirement. What this means for you …

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If your app uses llm(), replace it with your own inference provider to keep AI features working.

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04 Aug 2026 15:54 UTC