GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.13

GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.13 was released on .

Summary

2026-03-30 - Shell processes are cleaned up properly when a session ends - Reduce CPU usage during streaming by optimizing spinner rendering and task polling - SDK exitplanmode.requested event is n...

Release Context

  • This was the 58th GitHub Copilot CLI release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 4 days after GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.12 (March 26, 2026).

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Release Notes

2026-03-30 - Shell processes are cleaned up properly when a session ends - Reduce CPU usage during streaming by optimizing spinner rendering and task polling - SDK exitplanmode.requested event is now always emitted, regardless of whether a direct callback is configured - MCP servers using Microsoft Entra ID authentication no longer show the consent screen on every login - Grep and glob search results return promptly when a timeout is reached - Keystrokes are no longer dropped when typing quickly in elicitation dialogs - Clipboard copy on native Windows no longer includes a stray U+FEFF character at the start of pasted text - Fixed --config-dir being ignored when resuming a session, causing paths to silently fall back to ~/.copilot - Reduce CLI startup time by running terminal detection, auth, and git operations in parallel - /rewind and double-Esc now open a timeline picker that can roll back to any point in conversation history, not just the previous snapshot - MCP registry lookups are more reliable with automatic retries and request timeouts - CLI starts faster due to V8 compile cache reducing parse and compile time on repeated invocations - MCP servers can request LLM inference (sampling) with user approval via a new review prompt - MCP servers blocked by allowlist policy are now hidden from /mcp show - Reasoning effort setting now applies correctly when using Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) providers - Ensure clear error messaging when using classic PATs - grep tool handles large files and long lines without running out of memory - MCP server OAuth authentication works when the CLI runs in ACP mode - Split $BROWSER on spaces - Pasted text is no longer corrupted when mouse support is active - Uninstalling a marketplace plugin removes its cached data from disk - Remove support for gemini-3-pro-preview model

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