What changed in August 2026

12 changes across 9 tools in August 2026. The busiest were Codex (2), Claude Code (2) and Cursor (2); most changes were release and pricing updates.

Friday, August 28, 2026

CopilotreleaseCopilot Chat, Mobile and the cloud agent merge on github.com; reviews default to BalancedGitHub announced one Copilot experience on github.com from no earlier than September 28, plus a change to code review's default effort.

Thursday, August 27, 2026

WarpreleaseWarp Factories enters early accessWarp opened early access to Warp Factories, its system for running fleets of coding agents.

Monday, August 24, 2026

CodexreleaseThe codex mcp-server command is deprecated in favour of the app serverOpenAI deprecated the command that runs Codex itself as an MCP server.

Friday, August 21, 2026

CodexpricingOpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Sol pricing by more than 20% for three monthsA temporary price cut on the flagship Sol model followed earlier permanent cuts to Terra and Luna.

Friday, August 14, 2026

Claude CodesecurityClaude Code 2.1.233 drops Todo tools on newer models and closes an NTLM leakBuilt-in task-tracking tools were switched off for current models, and a Windows path trick that could leak credentials was fixed.CursorreleaseSpaceX completes its acquisition of CursorCursor announced that SpaceX has formally acquired the company, completing a process that began with an April partnership with SpaceXAI.

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

CursormodelGrok 4.6 arrives in Cursor at $2 / $6 per million tokensCursor and SpaceXAI released Grok 4.6, aimed at long-running agents and more ambitious interactive and visual work.

Monday, August 10, 2026

Claude CodepricingSonnet 5's $2 / $10 price becomes permanent; the rise to $3 / $15 is cancelledAnthropic dropped a planned September 1 price increase and kept Sonnet 5 at its launch rate.

Friday, August 7, 2026

DevinreleaseLegacy Cascade switched off by default for Devin enterprise tiersCognition began phasing out the old Windsurf Cascade agent for enterprises in favour of Devin Local.FactorymodelFactory's Auto model can now route to Claude Opus 5Factory’s automatic model picker added Claude Opus 5.

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

ZedsecurityZed sandboxes the agent's terminal and fetch tools by defaultFrom Zed 1.14, the agent's terminal and fetch tools run inside an operating-system sandbox for all users.

Saturday, August 1, 2026

Replit AgentpricingReplit cuts hosting, storage and database pricesReplit lowered prices for deployments, storage and databases on every plan.