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