GitHub Copilot for JetBrains Adds Enterprise Controls for MCP, Plugins, Telemetry, and Permissions
GitHub announced on August 18, 2026 that Copilot for JetBrains now supports enterprise managed settings for plugin governance, MCP server access, OpenTelemetry, and permission modes. Administrators can restrict plugin marketplaces, define allowed and denied MCP servers, route telemetry to an approved collector, and set permissions.disableBypassPermissionsMode to prevent the agent from using Bypass Approvals or Autopilot. Managed values take precedence over developer settings. JetBrains users should therefore verify which enterprise policy is applied before treating a local option as effective. Teams should test blocked MCP connections, telemetry content capture, and approval prompts with a managed test account before rolling the policy out broadly.

