GitHub Copilot CLI vv0.0.407
Summary
2026-02-11 - Improve authentication error messages in prompt mode - Quota exceeded error links to Copilot settings with actionable guidance - Theme picker shows live preview of diffs and markdown, ...
Release Notes
2026-02-11 - Improve authentication error messages in prompt mode - Quota exceeded error links to Copilot settings with actionable guidance - Theme picker shows live preview of diffs and markdown, adds colorblind and tritanopia theme variants - Add /on-air mode to hide model names and quota details for streaming - Show agent type and description in readagent timeline entries - /tasks shows Recent Activity for background agents - Add experimental alternate screen buffer mode: --alt-screen - Interactive programs that query terminal state work in shell - Subagents fall back to session model when default model blocked by policy - Expose session context in session.list SDK response - Keyboard shortcut hints display consistently with bold styling throughout the CLI - Add tools.list RPC to query available built-in tools - Streaming responses automatically retry when interrupted by server errors - Add option to approve tool permissions permanently for a location - Add /instructions command to view and toggle custom instruction files - Ctrl-b and ctrl-f cursor movement now available on all platforms - Ctrl+d now favors deleting character after cursor, with queueing moved to ctrl+q (or ctrl+enter) - Editing MCP servers shows existing configuration values - --resume creates new sessions with provided UUID - Add workspace-local MCP configuration via .vscode/mcp.json - Skill changes from /skills commands take effect immediately - /session usage string only shows available subcommands - Slash commands which take prompts now work when immediately followed by a new-line - Remove unintended characters from status bar - Autopilot mode works with custom agents that specify explicit tools - Updated node-pty to fix file descriptor leaks - Windows slash flags (e.g., dir /B) are no longer treated as file paths - Diff mode no longer flickers when navigating files - /mcp disable and /mcp enable show clear error when server name doesn't exist - MCP servers using Microsoft OAuth configure aut