2026-06-05

• Tab completes .. parent traversal in slash-command path arguments instead of switching tabs
• Add the max reasoning effort level for Anthropic models and make all effort levels available on every plan
• Screen no longer stays blank after waking from sleep inside a terminal multiplexer
• Input fields render background color correctly inside highlighted frames
• Cursor renders in the correct position in plan approval and review feedback prompts
• Worktree directory uses a flat name when PR branch contains slashes (e.g. cli/foo → .worktrees/cli-foo)
• Queue hint correctly shows ctrl+enter instead of ctrl+q when kitty keyboard protocol is active
• Status line progressively stacks across rows at narrow terminal widths instead of truncating elements beyond recognition
• Clipboard operations on X11 no longer corrupt the terminal display
• Add builtInAgents.rubberDuckAutoInvoke setting to control automatic rubber duck agent invocation (disabled by default)
• On Windows, executables are no longer discovered in the working directory when invoking by bare name (e.g. git). Add the working directory to PATH to enable discovery.
• Interactive shell commands no longer hang when producing large amounts of output
• MCP tools glyph in /context legend displays at the correct size
• Skill and slash command picker rows correctly display multi-line descriptions as a single line
• IDE picker now hides entries whose editor connection has gone away, so selecting one no longer fails with a connection error, and appends a process id to entries that share the same editor and folder so git worktrees of the same repo can be told apart
• Model picker fits within small terminal windows and mouse scroll works in the picker
• Show cache write tokens alongside cache read tokens in /usage display
• Repurpose ctrl+s to stash and pop the current prompt (Claude Code parity); the slash-command picker is still available by typing /
• /context separates Custom Instructions from the system prompt and cross-references per-server MCP tool token costs with /mcp
• Add billing help topic with an overview of AI credit usage features
• Add vim-style navigation keys (g, G, Ctrl+D, Ctrl+U) to the /diff view
• Show the Mission Control sharing status of synced sessions in the /session info view
• Add -r as a shorthand for --resume
• LSP server config accepts bash, powershell, and cwd keys; command launch default cwd stays project-root unless cwd is set, and cwd expansion now supports plugin vars like PLUGIN_ROOT while shell launches keep hook-matching cwd/env behavior
• Rewind picker shows working-tree diff stats (+added −removed) at each checkpoint
• Create a git worktree for a pull request directly from the pull requests screen
• Remaining requests percentage no longer shows a negative value for over-limit users
• Extension permission prompts respect --yolo and pre-approved locations on startup
• Custom agent instructions are no longer duplicated each turn, reducing context window usage
• Linux sandbox no longer fails when allowedHosts or blockedHosts are configured
• Session completion signal (terminal beep, autopilot continuation) now waits for background shell commands to finish
• Cmd+Backspace deletes the line before the cursor on macOS prompt input
• web_fetch blocks loopback, private, and cloud metadata addresses and no longer silently follows redirects
• Trusted folders and other config keys are no longer dropped when experiment assignments are cached concurrently
• Rewind no longer deletes ignored files when rolling back to a previous snapshot
• ACP allow_all config option correctly applies unrestricted permissions for tools, paths, and URLs
• --available-tools, --excluded-tools, and --reasoning-effort flags apply correctly in ACP mode
• LSP workspace/configuration response returns the correct number of entries, preventing strict servers like ty from panicking
• Extensions linked via directory symlinks are now discovered and loaded correctly
• Typing "help" at the prompt opens the quick-help overlay instead of sending it as a chat message
• Wide characters (e.g. CJK) render correctly in the terminal diff view without visual corruption
• Folder trust persists across git worktrees without re-prompting
• Force-removing a marketplace no longer causes its plugins to reinstall on next launch
• MCP OAuth re-authentication no longer fails with an address-in-use error when a login is already in progress
• Repository plugin overrides no longer change globally enabled plugin settings
• MCP allowlist now matches npm scoped servers whose registry entry drops the leading @ from the package identifier
• MCP servers registered via Azure API Center are no longer incorrectly blocked by the allowlist
• Local MCP servers sharing a serialized token broker (e.g. M365) reliably start instead of intermittently failing
• Prompt for approval before running commands that set dynamic-loader or git-config env vars (e.g. LD_PRELOAD, GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF)
• MCP tools added or removed by a server mid-turn are now available immediately in the same turn
• BYOK file attachments larger than 5 MiB now send successfully via OpenAI Responses provider
• The /init suggestion is no longer shown when running outside a git repository
• Show session link in /session info table when remote exporting or steering
• /env command now shows hook counts and source provenance for active hooks
• Add missing keyboard shortcuts to /help content (?, ctrl+q, ctrl+r, ctrl+z, ctrl+y, shift+enter)
• Auto-link bare #number issue and PR references to the current git repository
• Error message for --cloud without experimental mode explains how to enable /experimental
• /tasks detail view shows the latest prompt after sending a follow-up to a background agent
• Enforce bypass permissions policy for --allow-all-tools, --allow-all-paths, and --allow-all-urls flags

Added

• Add billing help topic with an overview of AI credit usage features
• Add vim-style navigation keys (g, G, Ctrl+D, Ctrl+U) to the /diff view
• Show the Mission Control sharing status of synced sessions in the /session info view
• Add -r as a shorthand for --resume
• LSP server config accepts bash, powershell, and cwd keys; command launch default cwd stays project-root unless cwd is set, and cwd expansion now supports plugin vars like PLUGIN_ROOT while shell launches keep hook-matching cwd/env behavior
• Rewind picker shows working-tree diff stats (+added −removed) at each checkpoint
• Create a git worktree for a pull request directly from the pull requests screen

Improved

• Show session link in /session info table when remote exporting or steering
• /env command now shows hook counts and source provenance for active hooks
• Add missing keyboard shortcuts to /help content (?, ctrl+q, ctrl+r, ctrl+z, ctrl+y, shift+enter)
• Auto-link bare #number issue and PR references to the current git repository
• Error message for --cloud without experimental mode explains how to enable /experimental
• /tasks detail view shows the latest prompt after sending a follow-up to a background agent
• Enforce bypass permissions policy for --allow-all-tools, --allow-all-paths, and --allow-all-urls flags

Fixed

• Remaining requests percentage no longer shows a negative value for over-limit users
• Extension permission prompts respect --yolo and pre-approved locations on startup
• Custom agent instructions are no longer duplicated each turn, reducing context window usage
• Linux sandbox no longer fails when allowedHosts or blockedHosts are configured
• Session completion signal (terminal beep, autopilot continuation) now waits for background shell commands to finish
• Cmd+Backspace deletes the line before the cursor on macOS prompt input
• web_fetch blocks loopback, private, and cloud metadata addresses and no longer silently follows redirects
• Trusted folders and other config keys are no longer dropped when experiment assignments are cached concurrently
• Rewind no longer deletes ignored files when rolling back to a previous snapshot
• ACP allow_all config option correctly applies unrestricted permissions for tools, paths, and URLs
• --available-tools, --excluded-tools, and --reasoning-effort flags apply correctly in ACP mode
• LSP workspace/configuration response returns the correct number of entries, preventing strict servers like ty from panicking
• Extensions linked via directory symlinks are now discovered and loaded correctly
• Typing "help" at the prompt opens the quick-help overlay instead of sending it as a chat message
• Wide characters (e.g. CJK) render correctly in the terminal diff view without visual corruption
• Folder trust persists across git worktrees without re-prompting
• Force-removing a marketplace no longer causes its plugins to reinstall on next launch
• MCP OAuth re-authentication no longer fails with an address-in-use error when a login is already in progress
• Repository plugin overrides no longer change globally enabled plugin settings
• MCP allowlist now matches npm scoped servers whose registry entry drops the leading @ from the package identifier
• MCP servers registered via Azure API Center are no longer incorrectly blocked by the allowlist
• Local MCP servers sharing a serialized token broker (e.g. M365) reliably start instead of intermittently failing
• Prompt for approval before running commands that set dynamic-loader or git-config env vars (e.g. LD_PRELOAD, GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF)
• MCP tools added or removed by a server mid-turn are now available immediately in the same turn
• BYOK file attachments larger than 5 MiB now send successfully via OpenAI Responses provider
• The /init suggestion is no longer shown when running outside a git repository

2026-06-02

• Add the /voice command to dictate prompts using local speech-to-text models

• Rubber Duck is now enabled by default
• Remote JSON RPC is now enabled by default
• /experimental schedule prompts with /every and /after
• /experimental new GitHub /theme
• /experimental new UI with easy access to issues, pull requests, and gists

2026-06-01

• Actionable error message shown when GitHub API rate limit is hit during copilot update
• Plugin slash commands (/plugin install, uninstall, update, marketplace add/remove/browse) now show immediate feedback while the operation is in progress
• Canceling a running shell command (Ctrl+C on a !command, or aborting an agent command — including in sandboxed and background-promoted shells) now terminates the whole process tree instead of leaving orphaned processes running
• Canvas providers can return file:// URLs in open results for local file previews
• Symlinked directories appear in /cwd completion suggestions
• In Azure DevOps-only repositories, the built-in GitHub MCP server now exposes only the web_search tool instead of being fully disabled
• Quota footer shows remaining requests as a rounded percentage
• /lsp show, /lsp test, and /lsp reload correctly discover project LSP config when the CLI is launched from a subdirectory
• MCP server timeout configuration is preserved after tools list changes
• /skills add and /skills remove correctly handle paths wrapped in quotes (e.g., from Windows Explorer "Copy as path")
• Running copilot with an unquoted multi-word prompt now shows a helpful "quote your prompt" hint instead of a raw commander error
• Default networking transport is now HTTP/1.1, improving reliability on some network paths. Opt into HTTP/2 with COPILOT_ENABLE_HTTP2=1.
• Plugins auto-installed from repository settings no longer leak into user global config
• Grep tool correctly handles tsx and jsx as file type filters
• COPILOT_HOME is honored for the server discovery registry directory
• Click a diff line with the mouse to select it in diff mode
• Ctrl+C and other modified keys work correctly inside tmux
• @-mention file search matches files regardless of query letter casing
• copilot plugin marketplace list now honors repo-level extraKnownMarketplaces settings from .github/copilot/settings.json
• Queued prompts in the footer are capped to a single line, preventing them from pushing session messages off screen
• MCP servers configured with npx --registry are no longer incorrectly blocked by policy
• Session no longer hangs indefinitely after an error occurs during internal event processing
• Installed plugins no longer include the .git directory from the plugin source repository
• New reasoning after tool calls appears at the bottom of the timeline instead of above earlier output
• Pasting text copied from a browser, editor, or terminal no longer leaves a stray empty line, broken box-drawing lines, or a misplaced cursor in the prompt
• preToolUse hook errors now deny the tool call instead of silently allowing execution
• Session resume works correctly after a crash that left partial data in the session log
• High-contrast diff backgrounds use darker colors to improve text readability
• Add showTipsOnStartup setting to control whether startup tips are shown
• Surface the underlying reason (e.g. GitHub API rate limit) when SDK auth-token validation fails, instead of the misleading "Session was not created with authentication info or custom provider" message.
• /diff defaults to branch diff when there are no unstaged changes

Fixes and changes

Added

• Click a diff line with the mouse to select it in diff mode

Improved

• preToolUse hook errors now deny the tool call instead of silently allowing execution

Fixed

• Ctrl+C and other modified keys work correctly inside tmux
• @-mention file search matches files regardless of query letter casing
• copilot plugin marketplace list now honors repo-level extraKnownMarketplaces settings from .github/copilot/settings.json
• Queued prompts in the footer are capped to a single line, preventing them from pushing session messages off screen
• MCP servers configured with npx --registry are no longer incorrectly blocked by policy
• Session no longer hangs indefinitely after an error occurs during internal event processing
• Installed plugins no longer include the .git directory from the plugin source repository
• New reasoning after tool calls appears at the bottom of the timeline instead of above earlier output
• Pasting text copied from a browser, editor, or terminal no longer leaves a stray empty line, broken box-drawing lines, or a misplaced cursor in the prompt

Improved

• High-contrast diff backgrounds use darker colors to improve text readability

Fixed

• Session resume works correctly after a crash that left partial data in the session log

Fixes and changes

Added

• Add showTipsOnStartup setting to control whether startup tips are shown