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GitHub Copilot adds project-level local sandboxing for agent sessions

The GitHub Copilot app now offers public-preview sandbox controls for local repository and working-tree sessions. Projects can request filesystem allow and deny lists, outbound and local network policy, and Git or GitHub CLI credentials; unsupported operating-system enforcement fails closed instead of silently running without a sandbox.

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