GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.89

GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.89 was released on September 28, 2026.

Summary

GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.89 now lets you interact more naturally with inputs and commands, while adding support for Claude Code rule files and new models like claude-opus-5.5 for smarter assistance. We've also improved session management, shell command handling, and fixed sever...

Release Notes

2026-09-28 - Left-clicking supported askuser and elicitation form inputs focuses them and places the cursor at the clicked position - Add support for Claude Code rule files in .claude/rules as custom instructions - Sessions in the sidebar show a blue dot when they finished a turn you have not opened yet - Auto suggests a routing tier and lets you switch with a shortcut or click - Auto shows a quick feedback prompt after switching away to a manually selected model - MCP pre-registered OAuth clients honor configured oauthScopes. - In local sessions, Esc Esc in an empty chat input takes back a prompt whose turn the model has not started answering and removes it from the conversation - Add GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna to the model picker when available - Adding support for claude-opus-5.5 - Shell output no longer shows trailing command completion metadata. - Timeline output stops auto-following while text selection is active - server/tool and server/\ tool filters now match MCP tool names that contain a slash - Queue exit commands while an agent response is still running - Extensions no longer fail to load under enterprise managed settings while managed MCP policy is still being applied - Fixed Git failures in applications launched from CLI shells when empty environment variables are dropped, on Git 2.36 or newer. - Sessions sidebar saves opened and closed tabs as they change, rather than only on exit - Agent shell commands in sandbox can access session files and logs - Fix Auto tier selection to cycle correctly in /model and remove the unsupported Fast profile; a previously stored, exported, or resumed Fast preference now falls back to Balance instead of routing on it - Run wrapped gh and git commands, such as timeout 60 gh ..., correctly in sandboxed sessions - ACP sessions stay connected when clients pause reading large responses - Gemini models no longer fail every request with 400 invalid request body when an MCP server exposes a tool whose schema puts a type or properties beside anyOf, such as a nullable discriminated union - GitHub MCP tools connect correctly on first CLI startup after sign-in - Ask-user forms keep custom Other answers separate across questions - MCP config loading keeps valid workspace servers when sibling entries are invalid - Delete old sessions succeeds when run directly in the CLI - Claude requests above attachment size limits now recover automatically before sending. - Listing shells shows running shells first, so a shell still running in the background is no longer hidden behind a long list of finished ones - View tool honors line ranges when providers send flattened viewrange arguments - In local sessions, Up in an empty chat input recalls the pending message and leaves queued prompts in the queue - PR creation now follows repository pull request templates, preserving required sections and checklist structure. - Configure automatic indexed search activation with TGREPFILECOUNTTHRESHOLD - Direct plugin installs can now be enabled and disabled. One already recorded as disabled now stops loading; re-enable it with copilot plugin enable - Sandboxed commands on supported Windows versions can access localhost when Local network access is on - Autocomplete model IDs in /model and /model plan argument pickers - Show managed Connector consent progress with a copyable authorization URL during connect and reconnect.

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