Some users may be unable to select "Allow editing" when using Microsoft 365 Copilot through Word or Excel

Update timeline

1. monitoring May 05, 2026, 04:59 PM UTC

   User impact: Users may be unable to select "Allow editing" when using Copilot through Word or Excel. More info: Affected users may be unable to click on the drop-down menu to select "Allow editing" and may only be able to utilize "Chat mode" for Copilot queries through Word or Excel. Current status: We've received reports from a subset of users who have stated they are unable to select "Allow editing" when using Copilot through Word or Excel. We've isolated that a recent update intended to add additional agent functionality for Copilot premium users incorrectly marked "Allow editing" and other agent mode functionalities to be unavailable to non-premium users. We're deploying a code fix to address this and we anticipate the code fix to be fully deployed by our next scheduled update. Start time: Friday, May 01, 2026, at 4:17 PM UTC Next update by: Tuesday, May 05, 2026, at 6:00 PM UTC

2. monitoring May 05, 2026, 05:41 PM UTC

   User impact: Users may be unable to select "Allow editing" when using Copilot through Word or Excel. More info: Affected users may be unable to click on the drop-down menu to select "Allow editing" and may only be able to utilize "Chat mode" for Copilot queries through Word or Excel. Current status: Our fix deployment is currently at 90 percent saturation but is taking longer than expected to complete. We're working to expedite the remainder of our deployment, and we anticipate the code fix to be fully deployed by our next scheduled update. Start time: Friday, May 01, 2026, at 4:17 PM UTC Next update by: Wednesday, May 06, 2026, at 12:00 AM UTC