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GitHub added local sandboxing to Copilot. Does this make you more comfortable letting agents run unattended?

GitHub just added local sandboxing to the Copilot app. My first thought was that this probably should’ve been the default for coding agents from the start. But I’m not sure it changes the trust problem that much. A sandbox limits the blast radius, but the agent can still make bad changes, misunders…

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  1. 2026-09-24 03:32 · r/AI_Agents
    GitHub added local sandboxing to Copilot. Does this make you more comfortable letting agents run unattended?

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