GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.11

GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.11 was released on .

Summary

2026-03-23 - Ensure models appear in picker correctly, display model names where possible - Show a warning when MCP servers are blocked by policy (e.g. allowlist enforcement) - Organization policy ...

Release Context

  • This was the 56th GitHub Copilot CLI release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 3 days after GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.10 (March 20, 2026).

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Release Notes

2026-03-23 - Ensure models appear in picker correctly, display model names where possible - Show a warning when MCP servers are blocked by policy (e.g. allowlist enforcement) - Organization policy for third-party MCP servers is now enforced for all users - Add ~/.agents/skills/ as a personal skill discovery directory, aligning with VS Code's GHCP4A extension default - Extension hooks from multiple extensions now merge instead of overwriting each other or hooks from hooks.json - sessionStart hook additionalContext is now injected into the conversation - /clear now abandons the current session entirely, while /new starts a fresh conversation (keeping the old session backgrounded) - GitHub MCP server user configuration is respected when connecting to remote hosts - Terminal screen redraws correctly after process suspend and resume (Ctrl+Z / fg) - MCP OAuth authentication works with MCP servers like the Atlassian Rovo MCP Server which support Dynamic Client Registration but host authorization metadata at a non-standard URL - /cd keeps a separate working directory per session, restored when switching sessions - Custom instructions, MCP servers, skills, and agents are now discovered at every directory level from the working directory up to the git root, enabling full monorepo support - Startup 'Environment loaded' message now shows the number of loaded hooks - Background agent progress (current intent and tool calls completed) now surfaces in readagent and task timeout responses - statusLine.command path now supports ~ and environment variables (e.g. $HOME, ${VAR:-default}) - /new and /clear commands accept an optional prompt to start the new session with a first message

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