@github/copilot 1.0.72

on Node.js NPM

2026-07-20

• An agentStop hook that always blocks no longer loops indefinitely: the CLI now ends the turn after 8 consecutive blocks, and agentStop hooks receive a stop_hook_active flag so they can detect a forced continuation and self-limit
• Add opt-in git and gh authentication inside the OS sandbox
• Sandbox macOS keychain access now defaults off for tighter isolation; re-enable it in /sandbox if a command needs it
• Lifecycle and subagent hook commands run in the current session directory after /cd
• Deleting an MCP server with /mcp delete stops its running background process
• Toggling /sandbox restarts only local MCP servers and leaves remote servers connected
• Command approvals no longer carry over to another repository after you switch with /cd
• The GitHub tab's Open in web action now reliably launches your browser on Windows
• Preserve pasted prompt content when changing models through Ctrl+X /model
• Corrected the added-line count shown when creating a file so files ending in a trailing newline no longer report one extra line
• /worktree and /move no longer fail to create a worktree for an auto-generated branch name when many similarly-named branches or a leftover worktree directory already exist: the numeric-suffix search is no longer capped at 5 and now skips stale unregistered worktree directories (an explicitly supplied branch name still errors on a collision)
• /worktree no longer intermittently runs the kickoff task in the main repo instead of the new worktree
• /worktree and /move now propagate folder trust to the new worktree before switching when the source is already trusted (avoiding a spurious folder-trust prompt in that case), /move addresses its git stash precisely so a concurrent stash can't misplace changes, and worktree creation skips a leftover directory instead of failing
• Show the exit resume hint for a renamed session with no messages when its workspace is only available as a cached snapshot
• Show a connected message after a slow MCP server eventually connects
• Add update/uninstall verbs to /plugins, let enable/disable/remove target plugins, MCP servers, or skills via --plugin/--mcp/--skill flags or a positional kind, and support installing skills with /plugins install --skill
• Add a /plugins help command plus skill, MCP, and marketplace management for full /plugin parity
• Session exports keep angle brackets intact in inline code and top-level fenced code blocks
• Show MCP server status correctly for names like constructor and proto
• Keep the session highlight on the nearest live row when closing a session, in both the Sessions split view and the standalone Sessions tab
• Pad inline hex color swatches once inside Markdown lists
• Type $ at the prompt to open an interactive shell in the current session directory (enable it with /settings shellShortcut on; off by default)
• Nested markdown lists render correctly in buffered output (-p --stream off and detail screens): sub-bullets are no longer glued onto the parent item's line or flattened, and are indented under their parent
• copilot skill list now strips terminal control characters from skill names and descriptions, so a crafted skill can no longer inject ANSI escape sequences into the listing output.
• Install skills from the CLI with copilot plugins install --skill <file, URL, or directory> (add --scope project to a file or URL install to install into the repository)
• Show default values in /settings and let booleans cycle back to default
• Require SSO for remote control when managed settings demand it
• Mask secret values in /settings show output
• Show hex color codes written as inline code (e.g. #FF0000) as color swatches, and add a renderHexColors setting (on by default) to toggle hex-color swatches
• Add /model --session (-s) to change the model, reasoning effort, or context window for just the current session, leaving global settings unchanged.
• Detect VS Code, Cursor, and Windsurf through parent processes in /terminal-setup
• The Sessions sidebar is now navigable with the keyboard and mouse (arrows open and focus it and move the selection, and Enter or a click switches to a session; press n to spawn a session or x twice to close one from the keyboard); /settings can disable it or stop restoring remembered sessions
• Add --plugin, --mcp, and --skill flags for plugin mutations
• Add skill removal support to copilot plugins remove --skill
• Wrap ask-user and elicitation inputs in the split-pane chat view
• Modified vim keys (Ctrl+K, uppercase J/K) no longer move the selection in tool-permission prompts and other text-input select menus; only unmodified j/k, the arrow keys, and Ctrl+P/Ctrl+N navigate.
• /terminal-setup now refuses to modify a VS Code keybindings.json that contains a JSON syntax error (instead of rewriting it and reporting success), matching its documented invalid-JSON handling.
• Reveal full file paths when expanding compact editing rows
• Make the plan-approval menu deterministic across models
• Keep /add-dir directories visible in the agent context across turns
• Multi-turn subagents are always enabled, so you can send follow-up messages to running agents
• Enable tool search for Claude Haiku 4.5+
• Emoji shortcodes like 🎉 no longer render with a spurious trailing space in printed and PR/issue/gist output
• Deliver scheduled prompts as steering messages when the agent is busy