#33893 [Feature]: add support GPT-5.6 on GitHub Copilot
### Check for existing issues
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### The Feature
## Summary Please support direct upstream `/responses` calls for `github_copilot` in `litellm.responses(...)` instead of falling back to the Chat API or a hardcoded endpoint.
## Current behavior With `github_copilot`, `litellm.responses(...)` currently routes GPT-5.6 models through the Chat API (`/chat/completions`) and uses a hardcoded internal endpoint instead of the URL returned during OAuth authentication.
## Requested behavior If the model is a GPT-5.6 variants (or if the endpoint returned during authentication supports `/responses`), please route `litellm.responses(...)` directly to the upstream `/responses` endpoint.
### Motivation, pitch
I'm using `github_copilot` with LiteLLM.
I found that, to call models such as GPT-5.6 on GitHub Copilot, the Responses API is required. However, when I use the `github_copilot` provider through LiteLLM, I found that `litellm.responses(...)` does not route to the actual upstream `/responses` endpoint and instead falls back to Chat API behavior.
Additionally, the endpoint URL is hardcoded and does not…