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1.0.71-0

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@copilot-cli-release-app copilot-cli-release-app released this 10 Jul 22:00

Added

  • Add a pinned prompts setting in /settings to control prompt pinning
  • Add Repo and Repo (local) scope tabs to the /settings dashboard

Improved

  • Use targeted validation commands and lighter install guidance by default
  • Use ctrl+x → x to close a session and ctrl+x → h to hide the split sidebar

Fixed

  • Interactive shell commands now fail with a retryable "reconfiguring" message instead of an "unknown shellManager handle" error after the shell manager is disposed, and a detached command's completion notification is no longer lost when the shell context is reconfigured while a read is in progress
  • Reject custom-agent names that would create hidden files
  • Reject malformed --allow-tool and --deny-tool patterns with an error message
  • Show retained shell output in /tasks Shell Details for finished tasks
  • Remove duplicate Error: prefixes from plugin command failures
  • Shell completions stop suggesting subcommands as flag values
  • Show singular message counts in /usage activity graph
  • Keep /cd from switching to files or inaccessible directories
  • Dismissing the quick-help overlay with ? no longer leaves a stray ? in the prompt
  • --sandbox and --no-sandbox now show their "ignored" warning during interactive startup when the sandbox feature is unavailable (previously it was only visible in non-interactive mode)
  • Show the full command with its arguments (not just the wrapper) in the /mcp server detail view
  • Hide the inert navigate and view-log hints in the empty /lsp logs (LSP Services) panel
  • Exit non-interactive prompt runs with a failure code when a prompt is blocked before responding
  • Show the Auto discount in the redesigned inline model picker
  • New sessions start in the default directory instead of the active session's cwd
  • Fish completion only offers enum values for closed-choice flags

1.0.70

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@copilot-cli-release-app copilot-cli-release-app released this 10 Jul 01:28

2026-07-09

  • Add GPT-5.6 model support
  • Show a single Error prefix for mcp and skill command failures
  • Show the real parse error when --agent selects a malformed custom agent
  • web_fetch works through mandatory HTTPS proxies
  • Hide / search on the Gists tab
  • Treat superseded subagent runs as cancellations instead of failures
  • Add paginated session.mcp.resources read/list/listTemplates RPCs for MCP server resources
  • preToolUse hooks that exit with code 2 deny tool calls
  • Create draft skills when Forge finds a clear workflow pattern
  • Hide the GitHub App install nudge in remote terminals
  • Pin plugins to an exact commit SHA using the sha field in plugin source configuration
  • Add --sandbox and --no-sandbox flags to turn the OS-level shell sandbox on or off for the current session only, without changing your saved sandbox setting (useful with -p)
  • Add /refine to rewrite a rough, stream-of-consciousness prompt into a clear one
  • Add --repo and --local flags to /settings and /model
  • Add a setting to show or hide timeline timestamps
  • Let a trusted repository pin the model, effort level, and context tier and extend the URL/MCP/skill deny lists via .github/copilot/settings.json
  • Expose SDK APIs to manage live MCP servers in running sessions
  • Show the active user's models after /user switch
  • Declining an extension's permission prompt no longer disables tool approvals for the rest of the session
  • Avoid redundant background agent notifications after a blocking read_agent returns its result
  • Startup auth errors recommend the real copilot login command
  • Keep merge-semantics settings editable in /settings
  • Re-sync managed plugins when their cache is missing or empty
  • Copy the last assistant response even after command echoes
  • Persist the last-logged-in user on every login so a restarted runtime client stays authenticated
  • Hide /agent picker navigation hints when there is nothing to select
  • Open the plan file or research report with Ctrl+Y in any mode
  • Keep terminal color scheme changes in sync over SSH and remote shells
  • Prefill /chronicle search so it can accept a query
  • Show a distinct scrollbar thumb glyph in the /model picker on the no-color path (--no-color, non-color terminals) so the scroll position stays visible
  • Skip launching a browser in remote terminals
  • Arrow keys in /search and reverse search stay in search instead of switching tabs
  • Restore tool event ordering so permission prompts appear after tool start
  • Show only one cancellation message when streaming is aborted
  • Keep /pr tables aligned in compact timeline view
  • Show clear validation errors for empty or non-ASCII skill and command names
  • Keep footer selection highlights aligned when the session bar is open
  • Fail fast when marketplace plugin git auth needs a terminal prompt
  • Dismiss other pending read and fetch sandbox-bypass prompts after you disable the sandbox
  • Fix a crash on Windows triggered by desktop toast notifications
  • Improve GPT-5.6 commentary guidance for tool-driven progress updates
  • Highlight the sidebar toggle hint in the input footer
  • Make markdown links and bare URLs in the timeline and tool output clickable
  • Reclaim the blank line under the home tab bar: the timeline (and Sessions+Current split) sits flush under the tabs when a prompt is pinned, keeping one breathing line only while nothing is pinned
  • Press Tab to switch the context window in /model
  • Long-running sessions refresh enterprise managed settings hourly
  • Mark locally-spawned MCP servers that run inside the sandbox in /mcp list (e.g. connected (sandboxed))

1.0.70-0

1.0.70-0 Pre-release
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@copilot-cli-release-app copilot-cli-release-app released this 09 Jul 11:10

Added

  • Pin plugins to an exact commit SHA using the sha field in plugin source configuration
  • Add --sandbox and --no-sandbox flags to turn the OS-level shell sandbox on or off for the current session only, without changing your saved sandbox setting (useful with -p)
  • Add /refine to rewrite a rough, stream-of-consciousness prompt into a clear one
  • Add --repo and --local flags to /settings and /model
  • Add a setting to show or hide timeline timestamps
  • Let a trusted repository pin the model, effort level, and context tier and extend the URL/MCP/skill deny lists via .github/copilot/settings.json
  • Expose SDK APIs to manage live MCP servers in running sessions

Improved

  • Improve GPT-5.6 commentary guidance for tool-driven progress updates
  • Highlight the sidebar toggle hint in the input footer
  • Make markdown links and bare URLs in the timeline and tool output clickable
  • Reclaim the blank line under the home tab bar: the timeline (and Sessions+Current split) sits flush under the tabs when a prompt is pinned, keeping one breathing line only while nothing is pinned
  • Press Tab to switch the context window in /model
  • Long-running sessions refresh enterprise managed settings hourly
  • Mark locally-spawned MCP servers that run inside the sandbox in /mcp list (e.g. connected (sandboxed))

Fixed

  • Show the active user's models after /user switch
  • Declining an extension's permission prompt no longer disables tool approvals for the rest of the session
  • Avoid redundant background agent notifications after a blocking read_agent returns its result
  • Startup auth errors recommend the real copilot login command
  • Keep merge-semantics settings editable in /settings
  • Re-sync managed plugins when their cache is missing or empty
  • Copy the last assistant response even after command echoes
  • Persist the last-logged-in user on every login so a restarted runtime client stays authenticated
  • Hide /agent picker navigation hints when there is nothing to select
  • Open the plan file or research report with Ctrl+Y in any mode
  • Keep terminal color scheme changes in sync over SSH and remote shells
  • Prefill /chronicle search so it can accept a query
  • Show a distinct scrollbar thumb glyph in the /model picker on the no-color path (--no-color, non-color terminals) so the scroll position stays visible
  • Skip launching a browser in remote terminals
  • Arrow keys in /search and reverse search stay in search instead of switching tabs
  • Restore tool event ordering so permission prompts appear after tool start
  • Show only one cancellation message when streaming is aborted
  • Keep /pr tables aligned in compact timeline view
  • Show clear validation errors for empty or non-ASCII skill and command names
  • Keep footer selection highlights aligned when the session bar is open
  • Fail fast when marketplace plugin git auth needs a terminal prompt
  • Dismiss other pending read and fetch sandbox-bypass prompts after you disable the sandbox
  • Fix a crash on Windows triggered by desktop toast notifications

1.0.69

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@copilot-cli-release-app copilot-cli-release-app released this 07 Jul 21:19

2026-07-07

  • Label built-in file edits with a (sandbox policy) badge instead of (sandboxed), since they follow the sandbox policy on a best-effort basis rather than running in the OS-level sandbox
  • Reload installed plugin extensions without restarting a session
  • Add a /plugins dashboard to manage installed plugins
  • Open quick help from an empty prompt without leaving a stray ?
  • Add minimal reasoning effort for gemini-3.5-flash
  • Show a scrollbar in the /model picker list
  • Show disabled servers as disabled in /lsp test
  • Let built-in file edits bypass the sandbox when you approve it
  • web_fetch now follows the active sandbox network policy (denying outbound or local targets the policy blocks) and, when the host opts in via sandbox.allowBypass, lets you approve a one-time bypass from the fetch prompt
  • Show exact local assistant usage in Chronicle and session SQL
  • Confirm before resuming a remote session from a different repository
  • Delay read-only remote session creation until you send the first message
  • Display reasoning-effort labels in the CLI footer
  • Show descriptions for sandbox userPolicy settings in /settings
  • Reject explicitly empty --name= values when starting a session
  • Create delegate PRs against the current branch by default, with /delegate --base to choose another PR target branch
  • Make /copy fall back to wl-copy on Wayland
  • Improve /sandbox add-path suggestions so they open only when you ask for them
  • Improve /chronicle cost-tips with more precise evidence-backed recommendations
  • Hold Alt (Option on macOS) while scrolling to move one line at a time
  • Resume and switch large sessions faster
  • Speed up /diff rendering and scrolling on large diffs
  • Keep the full /model picker on screen when the timeline is full, re-snapping as its details banner grows so the search box and hint bar are no longer clipped below the terminal
  • Hide transient console windows when the CLI starts helper processes on Windows
  • Auto-approval timeline entries now include the request subject, such as the command, path, URL, or tool name
  • /allow-all auto now requires experimental mode (/experimental on or --experimental) instead of the AUTO_APPROVAL env var or feature flag
  • Show /rubber-duck in pre-auth help and self-documentation
  • Include files inside new untracked directories in /diff local edits
  • A prompt taller than the screen stays scrollable when its top scrolls off, instead of collapsing to a pinned header
  • Require Copilot login before ACP authenticate returns success
  • Show the full assistant response in prompt mode when --stream is off
  • Disconnect a repo-scoped plugin's MCP server when the repo disables it or the session leaves the declaring repository
  • Prevent copilot init from hanging in non-interactive mode
  • Reject empty --session-id= values instead of ignoring them
  • Reject empty --resume= values instead of starting a new session
  • Preserve emoji in truncated timeline tool arguments
  • Show plain Shift+Enter in /terminal-setup output
  • Keep session resume working when token timing includes fractional milliseconds
  • Complete @-mentions for files whose names start with [DIR]
  • Sign in to MCP servers through the CLI OAuth callback flow
  • Reveal the full /user switch picker when the timeline is full so its hint bar is no longer clipped below the terminal
  • Add /mcp list to show attached MCP servers and their status, and allow /mcp list and /plugin list to run while the agent is working
  • Allow opening the /mcp manager while the agent is working to enable or disable servers mid-turn; add, edit, delete, and re-auth stay paused until the turn finishes
  • Add auto allow-all mode that auto-approves requests an LLM judge evaluates as acceptable
  • Add a stayInAutopilot setting (default false) that keeps the CLI in autopilot mode after an autopilot task completes
  • Pinned prompts keep their full frame aligned while scrolling
  • Suppress macOS pasteboard stderr during clipboard reads and writes
  • Keep colons intact in rendered markdown output
  • Warn when multiple plugins define the same MCP server
  • Collect debug logs without truncating large files or dropping multiline secrets
  • Find PRs from worktree branches when the local branch name differs from the PR head ref
  • Skip the autopilot permission prompt when bypass mode is disabled by policy
  • Allow WSL UNC paths for local files in the CLI
  • Apply --reasoning-effort reliably when the CLI starts
  • Keep slash-command picker rows intact in tab-expanding terminals
  • Keep model switches working when tool call IDs include punctuation
  • Double-press Esc now interrupts the running main turn (flushing queued messages), or stops background agents when the main agent is idle
  • Prevent benign Windows crash reports when the CLI exits
  • Wrap clipboard writes in tmux passthrough so copy reaches the outer terminal
  • OAuth-gated MCP servers now register their tools after reconnect
  • Keep CLI authentication working in one-shot sessions
  • Ctrl+C dismisses ask_user and elicitation prompts like Escape
  • Show Authenticate for cancelled MCP OAuth requests
  • Keep /help from listing rewind/undo twice
  • Keep MCP servers in needs-auth after OAuth cancellation
  • Hide staff-only commands from pre-auth help and self-documentation
  • Surface skill loading errors and warnings in skill list
  • Browse and filter models more easily in the CLI model picker
  • Resume sessions faster by removing quadratic work when rebuilding the timeline
  • Warn when static context uses most of the prompt budget and block requests when little conversation room remains
  • Improve CLI responsiveness when reading and writing session databases
  • Improve slash-command and theme picker option descriptions
  • Remove inert sandbox host lists and the Clear policy on exit toggle
  • Add file and folder completion to /sandbox path entries
  • Update a backgrounded session's branch label in the Sessions split view when its working directory changes
  • Skip unnecessary MCP reloads when returning to an already-loaded session
  • Prevent the tgrep indexer from running out of memory on large monorepos, and fall back to ripgrep if the indexer is killed instead of repeatedly restarting it

1.0.69-3

1.0.69-3 Pre-release
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@copilot-cli-release-app copilot-cli-release-app released this 07 Jul 17:45

Added

  • Let built-in file edits bypass the sandbox when you approve it
  • web_fetch now follows the active sandbox network policy (denying outbound or local targets the policy blocks) and, when the host opts in via sandbox.allowBypass, lets you approve a one-time bypass from the fetch prompt
  • Show exact local assistant usage in Chronicle and session SQL

Improved

  • Improve /sandbox add-path suggestions so they open only when you ask for them
  • Improve /chronicle cost-tips with more precise evidence-backed recommendations
  • Hold Alt (Option on macOS) while scrolling to move one line at a time
  • Resume and switch large sessions faster
  • Speed up /diff rendering and scrolling on large diffs
  • Keep the full /model picker on screen when the timeline is full, re-snapping as its details banner grows so the search box and hint bar are no longer clipped below the terminal
  • Hide transient console windows when the CLI starts helper processes on Windows
  • Auto-approval timeline entries now include the request subject, such as the command, path, URL, or tool name

Fixed

  • Confirm before resuming a remote session from a different repository
  • Delay read-only remote session creation until you send the first message
  • Display reasoning-effort labels in the CLI footer
  • Show descriptions for sandbox userPolicy settings in /settings
  • Reject explicitly empty --name= values when starting a session
  • Create delegate PRs against the current branch by default, with /delegate --base to choose another PR target branch
  • Make /copy fall back to wl-copy on Wayland

Removed

  • /allow-all auto now requires experimental mode (/experimental on or --experimental) instead of the AUTO_APPROVAL env var or feature flag

1.0.69-2

1.0.69-2 Pre-release
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@copilot-cli-release-app copilot-cli-release-app released this 06 Jul 12:00

Added

  • Show /rubber-duck in pre-auth help and self-documentation

Improved

  • Sign in to MCP servers through the CLI OAuth callback flow
  • Reveal the full /user switch picker when the timeline is full so its hint bar is no longer clipped below the terminal

Fixed

  • Include files inside new untracked directories in /diff local edits
  • A prompt taller than the screen stays scrollable when its top scrolls off, instead of collapsing to a pinned header
  • Require Copilot login before ACP authenticate returns success
  • Show the full assistant response in prompt mode when --stream is off
  • Disconnect a repo-scoped plugin's MCP server when the repo disables it or the session leaves the declaring repository
  • Prevent copilot init from hanging in non-interactive mode
  • Reject empty --session-id= values instead of ignoring them
  • Reject empty --resume= values instead of starting a new session
  • Preserve emoji in truncated timeline tool arguments
  • Show plain Shift+Enter in /terminal-setup output
  • Keep session resume working when token timing includes fractional milliseconds
  • Complete @-mentions for files whose names start with [DIR]

1.0.69-1

1.0.69-1 Pre-release
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@copilot-cli-release-app copilot-cli-release-app released this 04 Jul 23:38

Added

  • Add /mcp list to show attached MCP servers and their status, and allow /mcp list and /plugin list to run while the agent is working
  • Allow opening the /mcp manager while the agent is working to enable or disable servers mid-turn; add, edit, delete, and re-auth stay paused until the turn finishes
  • Add auto allow-all mode that auto-approves requests an LLM judge evaluates as acceptable
  • Add a stayInAutopilot setting (default false) that keeps the CLI in autopilot mode after an autopilot task completes

Improved

  • Browse and filter models more easily in the CLI model picker
  • Resume sessions faster by removing quadratic work when rebuilding the timeline
  • Warn when static context uses most of the prompt budget and block requests when little conversation room remains
  • Improve CLI responsiveness when reading and writing session databases
  • Improve slash-command and theme picker option descriptions

Fixed

  • Pinned prompts keep their full frame aligned while scrolling
  • Suppress macOS pasteboard stderr during clipboard reads and writes
  • Keep colons intact in rendered markdown output
  • Warn when multiple plugins define the same MCP server
  • Collect debug logs without truncating large files or dropping multiline secrets
  • Find PRs from worktree branches when the local branch name differs from the PR head ref
  • Skip the autopilot permission prompt when bypass mode is disabled by policy
  • Allow WSL UNC paths for local files in the CLI
  • Apply --reasoning-effort reliably when the CLI starts
  • Keep slash-command picker rows intact in tab-expanding terminals
  • Keep model switches working when tool call IDs include punctuation
  • Double-press Esc now interrupts the running main turn (flushing queued messages), or stops background agents when the main agent is idle
  • Prevent benign Windows crash reports when the CLI exits
  • Wrap clipboard writes in tmux passthrough so copy reaches the outer terminal
  • OAuth-gated MCP servers now register their tools after reconnect
  • Keep CLI authentication working in one-shot sessions
  • Ctrl+C dismisses ask_user and elicitation prompts like Escape
  • Show Authenticate for cancelled MCP OAuth requests
  • Keep /help from listing rewind/undo twice
  • Keep MCP servers in needs-auth after OAuth cancellation
  • Hide staff-only commands from pre-auth help and self-documentation
  • Surface skill loading errors and warnings in skill list

Removed

  • Remove inert sandbox host lists and the Clear policy on exit toggle

1.0.69-0

1.0.69-0 Pre-release
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@copilot-cli-release-app copilot-cli-release-app released this 02 Jul 01:34

Added

  • Add file and folder completion to /sandbox path entries

Fixed

  • Update a backgrounded session's branch label in the Sessions split view when its working directory changes
  • Skip unnecessary MCP reloads when returning to an already-loaded session
  • Prevent the tgrep indexer from running out of memory on large monorepos, and fall back to ripgrep if the indexer is killed instead of repeatedly restarting it

1.0.68

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@copilot-cli-release-app copilot-cli-release-app released this 01 Jul 21:17

2026-07-01

  • Add support for the kimi-k2.7-code model
  • The focused field in the /mcp config form is marked with a "❯ " chevron, not color alone
  • Keep IDE tools available during transient IDE disconnects, returning a clear error while disconnected and recovering automatically when the IDE reconnects
  • Tab completion shows slash command aliases inline (e.g. /pr automerge|agentmerge)
  • Stop hooks from erroring and denying every tool when a session's working directory or git worktree has been deleted
  • Keep the footer model status in sync when reasoning effort or context tier changes
  • Avoid duplicate skill and command parse errors from symlinked scan roots
  • Update the Sessions sidebar branch after /cd and /worktree
  • Find agents and instructions under Win32 extended-length paths on Windows
  • Show descriptions for slash-command input choices
  • Prevent terminal corruption when copying selected timeline text on macOS
  • Fold symlinked sandbox paths into a single row
  • Browse, resume, and switch between sessions from the agents screen
  • Code review retries transient git failures when gathering changes
  • Skip malformed plugin manifests and keep loading valid plugins
  • Show plan budget details in the statusline and /usage for supported plans
  • Render Thai and Devanagari text correctly in clipped output
  • Keep file edits and patches within the sandbox filesystem policy
  • Preserve wrapped OSC 8 hyperlink IDs in terminal output
  • Let device-managed settings override server-managed settings
  • Keep embedded /skill tokens in skill prompt context
  • Let git commands work from repo subdirectories in the sandbox
  • PowerShell variable references no longer trigger content-policy refusals
  • Tell the agent when the working directory changes between turns so it uses the new directory for commands and relative paths
  • Default to a steady vertical-bar cursor in interactive sessions
  • Disable cursor blinking at startup without changing cursor shape
  • Reject sandbox path edits that conflict with symlinks in other lists
  • Keep the status line visible when the slash-command picker opens
  • Custom agents keep their tool filters in nested subagents
  • Preserve multibyte characters (emoji, accents, non-Latin text) in the /diagnose session log excerpt

1.0.67

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@copilot-cli-release-app copilot-cli-release-app released this 30 Jun 22:18

2026-06-30

  • Disabling the sandbox for the rest of the session now takes effect immediately, so shell and search commands stop re-prompting to bypass it mid-turn
  • Subagent sessions keep parent tool restrictions
  • Show warnings and errors when host custom agents fail to load
  • Require session limits to be at least 30 AI credits
  • Add Claude Sonnet 5 as a supported model
  • Allow tool calls to continue when hooks time out
  • Ctrl+Q now enqueues the highlighted slash-command argument completion
  • MCP OAuth against Microsoft Entra servers behind a tenant vanity domain (e.g. Copilot Studio) no longer fails to refresh or re-authenticate (AADSTS9010010 / AADSTS90023)
  • Prompt mode exit summary shows a resume hint to continue the session