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Available contexts by development environment<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
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Update your APIs to handle new reference types and account for certain references only being available in certain contexts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Available contexts by development environment<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/p>\nLocal context is not<\/strong> passed to extensions by default.<\/p>\nRequirements for developers<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n\nAccess to GitHub Copilot Extensions<\/li>\n

Requirements for developers<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n\nAccess to GitHub Copilot Extensions<\/li>\n