GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.61 Changelog

GitHub Copilot CLI is a tool that helps you write code and manage your computer tasks right from the command line. This update is great for developers who use it daily, because it adds a bunch of quality-of-life improvements—like a central settings menu, faster searches, and new ways to schedule tasks—while fixing several bugs that used to crash the app or make the screen go blank.

What's new

• All-in-one settings menu: You can now use a /settings dialog to browse and edit all your preferences in one place.
• Custom home tabs: You can show, hide, and reorder your home screen tabs using the tabs setting in your configuration file.
• New AI model support: The tool now supports the Claude Fable 5 model.
• Schedule tasks in plain English: You can use the /every and /after commands to schedule tasks using natural language (like "in 10 minutes" or "every day at 3pm") instead of having to write complex code.
• New /worktree command: You can type /worktree (or /move) to create a new Git worktree (a separate folder linked to your project) and switch to it, bringing any uncommitted changes along with you.
• Filter agents easily: Press the / key while choosing an agent to filter them by name. You can also use number keys to select items 10 and beyond in lists.
• Auto-load MCP servers: The tool can now automatically start up MCP servers (external tools that add extra features) if you have a .github/mcp.json file in your project.
• Better telemetry options: Added support for mTLS and private-CA (advanced security features) for sending telemetry (usage data) over secure connections.
• Silence scheduled beeps: Added a beepOnSchedule setting so you can turn off the notification beeps for your scheduled tasks.
• More ways to exit shell mode: You can now press Esc or Ctrl+C on an empty prompt to exit shell mode, instead of just hitting Backspace.

Improvements

• Faster big searches: Searching through large codebases (monorepos) now uses an indexed search engine, making results show up much faster.
• Smoother progress updates: When background hooks (custom scripts) are running, their progress lines collapse in place instead of piling up and cluttering your screen.
• Better GitHub theme: The GitHub theme now looks authentic in light mode, and the light theme's background colors render correctly.
• Clearer environment info: The /env command now hides internal background hooks and shows the full file paths for the ones you added.
• More helpful help: The /help command now points you to extra instruction files stored in your home directory.
• Full-screen scrollbar: A scrollbar was added to make navigating large screens easier.
• Cleaner sessions view: Typing /sessions now takes you directly to the Sessions tab instead of opening a pop-up window.
• Fork notifications: When you use /fork to copy a conversation, you'll now see a "Creating fork..." progress message so you know it's working.

Fixes

• Blank screen crashes: Fixed bugs where resuming a session (especially with memory disabled) would crash the UI to a blank screen.
• Crash prevention: Stopped crashes caused by malformed text (bad UTF-8), overly large text strings, and terminal disconnect errors.
• Special characters in commands: The Bash tool now correctly handles multi-byte UTF-8 characters (like em dashes or curly quotes) when you type them into commands.
• Broken GitHub links: Fixed an issue where GitHub issue and PR references inside existing links would create broken, nested links.
• Symlinks in file picker: Symlinked directories (shortcuts to other folders) now correctly show up when you are picking files.
• Gemini and MCP tools: Fixed an issue so Gemini models now work correctly with MCP tools that use nullable schema types (meaning a piece of data is allowed to be empty).
• Image paste bug: Fixed a bug where pasted images would leak into your main text prompt after a permission dialog closed.
• MCP OAuth fix: Remote MCP servers now correctly use your saved login ID when re-authenticating.
• Search tool fixes: The grep and glob search tools now correctly handle single path arguments, so you don't miss search results.
• External registry search: /mcp search now works correctly when looking through external registries.
• Harmless commands blocked: Fixed an issue where harmless commands containing words like "kill" inside text strings were wrongly flagged as dangerous and blocked.
• Silent failures: In prompt mode, if a model fails to load, it now shows an error on stderr (the error output channel) instead of just exiting silently.
• Network policy enforcement: Plugin installs now follow marketplace safety rules even if your network is down and settings can't be fetched.
• UI alignment: The search bar match count now stays neatly inside the prompt frame.
• Better colors in WSL/tmux: Colors now render correctly in WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and tmux sessions instead of looking washed out.

Breaking changes

No breaking changes in this release.