1.0.20

2026-04-07

• Add copilot help monitoring topic with OpenTelemetry configuration details and examples
• Spinner stays active until background agents and shell commands finish, and user input remains available throughout
• Azure OpenAI BYOK defaults to the GA versionless v1 route when no API version is configured
• Reduce UI sluggishness during live response streaming
• /yolo and --yolo now behave identically and /yolo state persists across /restart

1.0.20-1

Pre-release 1.0.20-1

1.0.20-0

Added

• Add copilot help monitoring topic with OpenTelemetry configuration details and examples

Improved

• Spinner stays active until background agents and shell commands finish, and user input remains available throughout
• Azure OpenAI BYOK defaults to the GA versionless v1 route when no API version is configured
• Reduce UI sluggishness during live response streaming
• /yolo and --yolo now behave identically and /yolo state persists across /restart

1.0.19

2026-04-06

• /mcp enable and /mcp disable now persist across sessions
• OpenTelemetry monitoring: subagent spans now use INTERNAL span kind, and chat spans include a github.copilot.time_to_first_chunk attribute (streaming only)
• Plugin hook scripts with missing execute permissions now run correctly on macOS
• Custom agent is properly restored when resuming a session where the agent display name differs from its filename
• Skip IDE auto-connect when session is already in use by another client
• Slash command timeline entries now include the command name (e.g., "Review", "Plan") for better context

1.0.19-0

Improved

• Skip IDE auto-connect when session is already in use by another client
• Slash command timeline entries now include the command name (e.g., "Review", "Plan") for better context

Fixed

• Plugin hook scripts with missing execute permissions now run correctly on macOS
• Custom agent is properly restored when resuming a session where the agent display name differs from its filename

1.0.18

2026-04-04

• New Critic agent automatically reviews plans and complex implementations using a complementary model to catch errors early (available in experimental mode for Claude models)
• Session resume picker correctly groups sessions by branch and repository on first use
• preToolUse hook permissionDecision 'allow' now suppresses the tool approval prompt
• Add notification hook event that fires asynchronously on shell completion, permission prompts, elicitation dialogs, and agent completion

1.0.17

2026-04-03

• Built-in skills are now included with the CLI, starting with a guide for customizing Copilot cloud agent's environment
• MCP OAuth flows now support HTTPS redirect URIs via a self-signed certificate fallback, improving compatibility with OAuth providers that require HTTPS (e.g., Slack)
• /resume session picker loads significantly faster, especially with large session histories

1.0.16

2026-04-02

• SQL prompt tags no longer appear when sql tool is excluded via excludedTools or availableTools
• MCP tool calls display tool name and parameter summary in the timeline
• MCP server reconnects correctly with valid authentication when the working directory changes
• Add PermissionRequest hook to allow scripts to programmatically approve or deny tool permission requests
• Remove deprecated marketplaces repository setting (use extraKnownMarketplaces instead)
• MCP servers load correctly after login, user switch, and /mcp reload
• BYOK Anthropic provider now respects the configured maxOutputTokens limit
• Remove deprecated marketplaces repository setting (use extraKnownMarketplaces instead)

1.0.16-1

Pre-release 1.0.16-1

1.0.16-0

Fixed

• MCP servers load correctly after login, user switch, and /mcp reload
• BYOK Anthropic provider now respects the configured maxOutputTokens limit

Removed

• Remove deprecated marketplaces repository setting (use extraKnownMarketplaces instead)