Releases: github/copilot-cli
Releases · github/copilot-cli
1.0.35-6
Improved
- Session sync prompt uses clearer labels and explains GitHub.com cross-device sync
1.0.35-5
Added
- Support COPILOT_GH_HOST environment variable for GitHub hostname, taking precedence over GH_HOST
- Press Ctrl+Y (in addition to Tab) to accept the highlighted option in completion popups (@-mentions, path completions, slash commands)
- Add /session delete, delete , and delete-all subcommands, and x-to-delete in the session picker
Improved
- --continue prefers resuming sessions from the current working directory instead of the most recently touched session
- Status line script now includes context window fields that match the model badge and /context output
- User settings are now stored in ~/.copilot/settings.json, separate from internal state in config.json
Fixed
- MCP server names with spaces and special characters are now supported
- Skill slash commands (e.g. /skill-name) passed as the initial prompt via -i are recognized correctly on startup
- Shell completion notifications are not duplicated when read_bash already returned the result
1.0.35-4
Added
- Name sessions with --name and resume them by name with --resume=
Improved
- LSP server entries in lsp.json support configurable spawn, initialization, and warmup timeouts
- Context window indicator in the statusline is now hidden by default
- Move MCP OAuth into the shared runtime flow and clear associated OAuth state when removing an MCP server.
Fixed
- Configure Copilot agent now has shell access on Windows
- Show a helpful error message with install instructions when clipboard utilities (wl-clipboard or xclip) are missing on Linux
1.0.35-3
Added
- Added a GitHub-style contribution graph to /usage that adapts to terminal color mode and falls back to distinct glyphs in no-color terminals
Improved
- Improve rendering performance when displaying large amounts of text in the timeline
- Sync task calls block until completion under MULTI_TURN_AGENTS instead of auto-promoting to background after 60s; sync no longer returns a reusable agent_id, use mode: "background" for follow-ups
- Tab navigation supports Home/End keys to jump to first and last tab
- Plugins take effect immediately after install without requiring a restart
Fixed
- Self-correcting custom tool calls in agentic loop
- Cursor movement, deletion, and rendering work correctly for emoji and multi-codepoint characters in the text input
- Tool availability detection works correctly on Windows
- Session token expiry during a turn is handled automatically without requiring you to resend your message
- Initial tab and arrow key navigation in /cwd and /add-dir path picker selects the correct item
- Transient I/O errors no longer appear as red error entries in the timeline when an IDE or extension disconnects
- Custom agents and skills in ~/.claude/ are no longer incorrectly loaded as Copilot project config
- Login command restores interactive input correctly after authentication
1.0.35-2
Added
- Add continueOnAutoMode config option to automatically switch to auto model on rate limit instead of pausing
Fixed
- Auto mode no longer fails with an error when switching to a model that doesn't support the configured reasoning effort
- Pattern-specific instruction files (.github/instructions/*.instructions.md) no longer include their full body in the system prompt on every session
- Extension shutdown errors no longer appear as error-level log noise on every session exit
- LSP refactoring tools now register correctly on the first turn when LSP configs are present
1.0.35-1
Pre-release 1.0.35-1
1.0.35-0
Added
- Add HTTP hook support, allowing hooks to POST JSON payloads to a configured URL instead of running a local command
Improved
- grep and glob tools now accept multiple search paths
Fixed
- Hide subagent thinking from the timeline
- Custom agent name is now visible in the statusline footer and can be toggled via /statusline
- Pressing Escape on startup dialogs no longer causes race conditions
1.0.34
1.0.34-0
Improved
- Rate limit error message now says "session rate limit" instead of "global rate limit"
1.0.33
2026-04-20
- Resuming a remote session with --resume or --continue automatically inherits the --remote flag without needing to re-specify it
- Add /bug, /continue, /release-notes, /export, and /reset as command aliases
- Slash command picker suggests similar commands when you type an unrecognized or misspelled slash command
- Add /upgrade as an alias for the /update command
- Grep no longer times out on large repositories when content exclusion policies are enabled
- Non-interactive mode waits for all background agents to finish before exiting
- Skill picker correctly truncates CJK/Japanese descriptions and long skill names without wrapping
- Slash command picker selects the highlighted command when pressing Enter
- ctrl+t to toggle reasoning display is now listed in the /help and ? overlay
- Sub-agents in auto mode now inherit the session model
- Show usage limit warnings at 50% and 95% capacity, giving earlier notice before hitting rate limits
- Use j/k for vim-style navigation and x to kill tasks in the tasks dialog