GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.79 Changelog

This update is all about making the tool more reliable and easier to manage, especially if you use it for heavy coding. It matters most to developers who work in large codebases, use strict security settings (like sandboxes), or juggle multiple tasks at once.

What's new

• Task Queuing: You can now line up prompts, shell commands, and slash commands to run one after another once your current task finishes.
• Autopilot Mode: You can combine --plan with --mode autopilot to have the AI plan a task and immediately start building it without waiting for you to approve the plan.
• Multiple Sessions: A new "Sessions" tab and sidebar lets you manage several ongoing chats at the same time.
• Better Model Picker: The menu for choosing AI models now groups them into "Recent," "Recommended," and "New." You can press Shift+Tab to switch views.
• New AI Model: Added support for the kimi-k3 model.
• Free-text Answers: When the AI asks you to pick from a list of options, you can now select "Other" to type in your own custom answer.
• Worktree Upgrades: You can use /worktree new to start a fresh session in a separate Git worktree (a linked copy of your code). There is also a new setting to choose whether these start from your current work or the main online branch.
• Desktop App Link: The /app command now opens your exact current folder in the GitHub Copilot desktop app (requires desktop app version 1.1.3 or newer).
• Plugin Extensions: Agent plugins can now include extra tools under a specific com.github.copilot/extensions/ folder.
• Sandbox Policy Viewer: A new /sandbox policy command shows exactly what paths are blocked, what is denied, and what network access is allowed.
• Clickable Login Links: Web links during sign-in are now clickable.

Improvements

• Faster Big Project Searches: If you work in a massive codebase (a "monorepo"), the tool now uses a faster search method called tgrep instead of the old ripgrep.
• Sandbox Menu Cleanup: The /sandbox settings menu is better organized. It now shows where settings are saved, groups login details under a new "Auth" tab, and tags locked settings as "(disabled)" with an explanation.
• Smarter Pinned Prompts: The UI for "pinning" a prompt (keeping it visible at the top) is now a single line instead of a clunky box, saving screen space. It is also turned off by default on small terminal windows to avoid clutter.
• Better Task Navigation: Browsing through background sub-tasks got an upgrade with nested folders, filters for finished tasks, and a live timeline you can control.
• Accurate Token Counts: Context limits (the amount of text the AI can read) are now calculated correctly for Free and Student users.
• Smoother Long Chats: Resuming a long conversation no longer makes the scrollbar jump around while the history loads in the background.
• Auto-Updating Plugins: You can now add "autoUpdate": true to your settings to have third-party plugins update automatically when you start a session.

Fixes

• Windows Network Bug: Fixed an issue on recent Windows builds where the sandbox blocked all internet access, even when you explicitly allowed it.
• macOS Local Tools Bug: On Mac, sandboxed commands can now use "UNIX-domain sockets" (local communication pipes). This fixes errors for popular dev tools like vite, esbuild, and jest.
• macOS File Permissions: Fixed a bug where a read-only folder inside a writable folder would accidentally become writable. It now correctly stays read-only.
• Windows Dev Drive Fix: Sandboxed commands now work correctly if your project folder is on a Windows Dev Drive.
• Git Logins: Sandboxed Git can now properly log into non-GitHub services like Azure DevOps, GitLab, and GitHub Enterprise Server using your saved credentials.
• Build Tool Caches: When running build tools (like make) inside the sandbox, they now get access to the dev tool caches they need, so they don't fail.
• Empty Timeline Bug: If loading your chat history failed, it used to silently break and leave your screen blank forever. It now retries and shows an error in the log if it still fails.
• Theme Command: Typing a wrong color mode with /theme no longer glitches the menu or hides important warnings.
• Extension Bug: Turning off one extension no longer breaks prompts, canvases, or tools for other extensions.
• Saved Prompts: If you save a prompt with Ctrl+S and switch tabs, the prompt now stays saved when you come back.
• Linux Sandbox Offers Escape Hatch: On Linux, if a command is blocked by the sandbox, it now offers to re-run it outside the sandbox.
• Faster Sandbox Failures: If the sandbox cannot start a needed background server (like an MCP or language server), it now fails in seconds instead of freezing your session, and tells you how to fix it.
• UI Glitches: A rare bug that printed a weird warning over the chat UI is gone. Also, a visual bug where in-flight prompts didn't show a "cancel" option is fixed.

Breaking changes

• Sandbox Auth Settings Renamed: The settings keys sandbox.gitAuth and sandbox.ghAuth moved to sandbox.auth.git and sandbox.auth.gh. The old keys are completely ignored. If you don't update your settings.json file, your old settings won't work.
• Dev Tool Setting Renamed: The sandbox setting allowDevToolCaches is renamed to allowDevToolAccess because it now covers configs and registries, not just caches. The old key is ignored. If you previously set this to false to turn it off, you must rename it in your settings, or it will silently revert to being turned on.
• Worktree Default Changed: The --worktree command used to start from the remote default branch. It now defaults to starting from HEAD (your current local work). You can change this with the new worktreeBaseRef setting.