Head to head

GitHub Copilot vs GPT-5.6-Sol

Comparing 6 documented GitHub Copilot incidents against 3 for GPT-5.6-Sol.

Verdict

GitHub Copilot has the lower average failure severity (7.8/10 vs 9.0/10), making it the statistically safer choice of the two — though both agents have documented critical incidents.

Reliability metrics for GitHub Copilot and GPT-5.6-Sol
MetricGitHub CopilotGPT-5.6-Sol
Documented incidents63
Average severity7.89.0
Critical32
High11
Verified62

Severity at a glance

GitHub Copilot
7.8high
GPT-5.6-Sol
9.0critical

Failure modes

GitHub Copilot
Distribution of failure modes across all documented incidents.
GPT-5.6-Sol
Distribution of failure modes across all documented incidents.

The incidents behind these numbers