GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.16

GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.16 was released on April 2, 2026.

Summary

Release Context

This was the 61st GitHub Copilot CLI release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
It shipped 1 day after GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.15 (April 1, 2026).

Shipped around the same time

Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:

Claude Code v2.1.92 (April 4, 2026)
Claude Code v2.1.91 (April 2, 2026)
Cursor v3.0 (April 2, 2026)
Claude Code v2.1.90 (April 1, 2026)
Gemini CLI v0.36.0 (April 1, 2026)

Compare GitHub Copilot CLI: vs Claude Code · vs OpenAI Codex CLI · vs Cursor · vs Gemini CLI · vs Kiro CLI · vs Devin Desktop · vs Antigravity CLI

Release Notes

2026-04-02 - SQL prompt tags no longer appear when sql tool is excluded via excludedTools or availableTools - MCP tool calls display tool name and parameter summary in the timeline - MCP server reconnects correctly with valid authentication when the working directory changes - Add PermissionRequest hook to allow scripts to programmatically approve or deny tool permission requests - Remove deprecated marketplaces repository setting (use extraKnownMarketplaces instead) - MCP servers load correctly after login, user switch, and /mcp reload - BYOK Anthropic provider now respects the configured maxOutputTokens limit - Remove deprecated marketplaces repository setting (use extraKnownMarketplaces instead)

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Other Recent GitHub Copilot CLI Releases

v1.0.71 (July 16, 2026)
v1.0.70 (July 10, 2026)
v1.0.69 (July 7, 2026)
v1.0.68 (July 1, 2026)
v1.0.67 (June 30, 2026)

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