0.0.422

2026-03-05

• Display request ID in authentication and authorization error messages to aid troubleshooting
• Load personal hooks from ~/.copilot/hooks in addition to repo-level .github/hooks
• Timeline now shows the question in a box and displays 'Making best guess on autopilot' when ask_user is auto-responded
• Add support for GPT-5.4 model
• Plugin cache automatically recovers from a corrupted or incomplete clone without manual intervention
• Show a clear, actionable error message when git is not installed and a remote plugin or marketplace is used
• Text selection persists after copying to clipboard in alt screen
• Scroll view no longer jumps to earlier messages when scrolling during response streaming or with popups open
• Add copy_on_select config option to auto-copy selected text to clipboard in alt screen mode
• IME candidate windows appear at correct cursor position in CJK input
• Add mouse scroll support to /diff in alt-screen mode
• Reduce memory usage in alt-screen mode for long sessions
• Diff mode now works correctly when git color.diff=always is configured
• Opening links on Windows correctly handles URLs with & query parameters
• @-mention file completion always reflects the current state of the working directory
• ESC key to cancel works correctly in tmux and other non-kitty terminals
• Click in the prompt input to reposition the text cursor
• Add /copy command to copy the last response to clipboard
• Links in alt-screen mode are rendered with underline styling for better visibility
• /delegate prompts for a target remote in multi-remote repositories and clarifies confirmation text
• GitHub MCP server stays enabled in repositories that have both Azure DevOps and GitHub remotes
• Colons in inline code render correctly inside markdown tables
• Pressing Ctrl+C on the help dialog now dismisses it cleanly
• Plugin-contributed LSP servers are now loaded, started, and shown in /lsp show
• Pressing Enter in required enum field now selects the highlighted option
• Hide noisy todo bookkeeping queries and show dependency details in timeline
• CLI no longer hangs for minutes when working in a directory with a large number of files
• Add --output-format json flag to emit JSONL in prompt mode for programmatic integrations
• Add exitPlanMode.request protocol method for SDK plan approval support
• Automatic notifications when background shell commands and agents complete
• GitHub MCP server connection status is accurately tracked and counted in the status indicator
• Press Ctrl+R to search command history with reverse incremental search (like Bash)
• Long diff lines no longer overflow and wrap in the diff view
• Add startup prompt hooks to auto-submit prompts or slash commands when a session starts
• Ctrl+K joins lines when cursor is at end of line, matching standard Emacs/terminal behavior
• Escape sequences split across input chunks no longer leak into text input
• Rename launch_messages config setting to companyAnnouncements
• Show a waiting message when the terminal is handed to an external editor
• Support enabledPlugins in config for automatic plugin installation at startup
• Improve key bindings in reverse history search: Ctrl+J to accept, Ctrl+G to cancel
• Rename repository config from .github/copilot/config.json to settings.json
• Support installing plugins from ssh:// URLs
• Session usage metrics (requests, tokens, code changes) are now persisted to events.jsonl after each session ends

0.0.422-1

Added

• Load personal hooks from ~/.copilot/hooks in addition to repo-level .github/hooks
• Add copy_on_select config option to auto-copy selected text to clipboard in alt screen mode
• Add exitPlanMode.request protocol method for SDK plan approval support
• Automatic notifications when background shell commands and agents complete
• Press Ctrl+R to search command history with reverse incremental search (like Bash)
• Add startup prompt hooks to auto-submit prompts or slash commands when a session starts
• Support enabledPlugins in config for automatic plugin installation at startup
• Support installing plugins from ssh:// URLs
• Session usage metrics (requests, tokens, code changes) are now persisted to events.jsonl after each session ends

Improved

• Show a clear, actionable error message when git is not installed and a remote plugin or marketplace is used
• Text selection persists after copying to clipboard in alt screen
• Reduce memory usage in alt-screen mode for long sessions
• @-mention file completion always reflects the current state of the working directory
• Links in alt-screen mode are rendered with underline styling for better visibility
• /delegate prompts for a target remote in multi-remote repositories and clarifies confirmation text
• Hide noisy todo bookkeeping queries and show dependency details in timeline
• Rename launch_messages config setting to companyAnnouncements
• Show a waiting message when the terminal is handed to an external editor
• Rename repository config from .github/copilot/config.json to settings.json

Fixed

• Plugin cache automatically recovers from a corrupted or incomplete clone without manual intervention
• IME candidate windows appear at correct cursor position in CJK input
• Opening links on Windows correctly handles URLs with & query parameters
• ESC key to cancel works correctly in tmux and other non-kitty terminals
• GitHub MCP server stays enabled in repositories that have both Azure DevOps and GitHub remotes
• Colons in inline code render correctly inside markdown tables
• Plugin-contributed LSP servers are now loaded, started, and shown in /lsp show
• Pressing Enter in required enum field now selects the highlighted option
• CLI no longer hangs for minutes when working in a directory with a large number of files
• GitHub MCP server connection status is accurately tracked and counted in the status indicator
• Ctrl+K joins lines when cursor is at end of line, matching standard Emacs/terminal behavior
• Escape sequences split across input chunks no longer leak into text input

0.0.422-0

Added

• Load personal hooks from ~/.copilot/hooks in addition to repo-level .github/hooks
• Support enabledPlugins in config for automatic plugin installation at startup
• Session usage metrics (requests, tokens, code changes) are now persisted to events.jsonl after each session ends

Improved

• Show a clear, actionable error message when git is not installed and a remote plugin or marketplace is used
• Links in alt-screen mode are rendered with underline styling for better visibility
• /delegate prompts for a target remote in multi-remote repositories and clarifies confirmation text
• Hide noisy todo bookkeeping queries and show dependency details in timeline
• Rename launch_messages config setting to companyAnnouncements
• Show a waiting message when the terminal is handed to an external editor
• Rename repository config from .github/copilot/config.json to settings.json

Fixed

• Plugin cache automatically recovers from a corrupted or incomplete clone without manual intervention
• Opening links on Windows correctly handles URLs with & query parameters
• Colons in inline code render correctly inside markdown tables
• Ctrl+K joins lines when cursor is at end of line, matching standard Emacs/terminal behavior

0.0.421

2026-03-03

• Autopilot permission dialog appears on first prompt submission instead of on mode switch
• AUTO theme now reads your terminal's ANSI color palette and uses it directly, so colors match your terminal theme
• Add structured form input for the ask_user tool using MCP Elicitations (experimental)
• Plugin commands read extraKnownMarketplaces from project-level .claude/settings.json for Claude compatibility
• Git hooks can detect Copilot CLI subprocesses via the COPILOT_CLI=1 environment variable to skip interactive prompts
• Spurious "write EIO" error entries no longer appear in the timeline during session resume or terminal state transitions
• Python-based MCP servers no longer time out due to buffered stdout
• Error when --model flag specifies an unavailable model
• MCP server availability correctly updates after signing in, switching accounts, or signing out
• Display clickable PR reference next to branch name in the status bar
• Add --plugin-dir flag to load a plugin from a local directory
• Mouse text selection is automatically copied to the Linux primary selection buffer (middle-click to paste)
• Fix VS Code shift+enter and ctrl+enter keybindings for multiline input
• Use consistent ~/.copilot/pkg path for auto-update instead of XDG_STATE_HOME
• ACP clients can configure reasoning effort via session config options
• Click links in the terminal to open them in your default browser
• Support repo-level config via .github/copilot/config.json for shared project settings like marketplaces and launch messages
• Streaming output no longer truncates when running in alt-screen mode
• Right-click paste no longer produces garbled text on Windows
• Shell command output on Windows no longer renders as "No changes detected" in the timeline
• GitHub API errors no longer appear as raw HTTP messages in the terminal when using the # reference picker
• Markdown tables render with proper column widths, word wrap, and Unicode borders that adapt to terminal width
• MCP elicitation form displays taller multi-line text input, hides tab bar for single-field forms, and fixes error flashing on field navigation

0.0.421-2

Added

• Add structured form input for the ask_user tool using MCP Elicitations (experimental)
• Add --plugin-dir flag to load a plugin from a local directory
• Mouse text selection is automatically copied to the Linux primary selection buffer (middle-click to paste)

Improved

• Autopilot permission dialog appears on first prompt submission instead of on mode switch
• AUTO theme now reads your terminal's ANSI color palette and uses it directly, so colors match your terminal theme
• Plugin commands read extraKnownMarketplaces from project-level .claude/settings.json for Claude compatibility
• Use consistent ~/.copilot/pkg path for auto-update instead of XDG_STATE_HOME

Fixed

• Git hooks can detect Copilot CLI subprocesses via the COPILOT_CLI=1 environment variable to skip interactive prompts
• Spurious "write EIO" error entries no longer appear in the timeline during session resume or terminal state transitions
• Python-based MCP servers no longer time out due to buffered stdout
• MCP server availability correctly updates after signing in, switching accounts, or signing out
• Fix VS Code shift+enter and ctrl+enter keybindings for multiline input

0.0.421-1

Improved

• AUTO theme now reads your terminal's ANSI color palette and uses it directly, so colors match your terminal theme

0.0.421-0

Added

• ACP clients can configure reasoning effort via session config options
• Click links in the terminal to open them in your default browser
• Support repo-level config via .github/copilot/config.json for shared project settings like marketplaces and launch messages

Improved

• Markdown tables render with proper column widths, word wrap, and Unicode borders that adapt to terminal width
• MCP elicitation form displays taller multi-line text input, hides tab bar for single-field forms, and fixes error flashing on field navigation

Fixed

• Streaming output no longer truncates when running in alt-screen mode
• Right-click paste no longer produces garbled text on Windows
• Shell command output on Windows no longer renders as "No changes detected" in the timeline
• GitHub API errors no longer appear as raw HTTP messages in the terminal when using the # reference picker

0.0.420

2026-02-27

• Auto-update now also updates the binary executable, not just the JS package
• Plugin and marketplace git repos update correctly after force-pushes and tag-based installs
• 502 bad gateway errors are retried automatically and no longer crash the session with raw HTML output
• Copy hint shows cmd+c in Ghostty on macOS and right-click as an alternative for all terminals
• Type # to reference GitHub issues, pull requests and discussions

0.0.420-0

Improved

• Copy hint shows cmd+c in Ghostty on macOS and right-click as an alternative for all terminals

Fixed

• 502 bad gateway errors are retried automatically and no longer crash the session with raw HTML output

0.0.419

2026-02-27

• Add /chronicle command with standup, tips, and improve subcommands powered by session history (experimental)
• Scrolling left or right no longer triggers unintended mouse button presses
• Add Ctrl+F/Ctrl+B as page down/up shortcuts for scrolling in alt-screen views
• Add --mouse/--no-mouse flag and mouse config to disable mouse mode in alt screen
• Home and End keys jump to the top and bottom of the alt-screen scroll buffer
• Add Ctrl+G keyboard shortcut for editing prompts in external editor and dismissing UI elements
• /mcp enable works for built-in servers that were auto-disabled before configuration
• CLI spinner stops and final agent response is visible after agent finishes work
• AUTO theme now uses the terminal's actual ANSI color palette for more accurate colors on any terminal theme
• MCP server env vars referenced in command, args, or cwd fields are automatically included in the server environment
• /diagnose shows a helpful message when no session has been started yet
• MCP server names now support dots, slashes, and @ characters, enabling npm-style names like @modelcontextprotocol/server and io.github/server