GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.23
GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.23 was released on .
Summary
2026-04-10 - Add --mode, --autopilot, and --plan flags to start the CLI directly in a specific agent mode - Agent no longer hangs on the first turn when the memory backend is unavailable - Bazel/Bu...
Release Context
- This was the 68th GitHub Copilot CLI release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 1 day after GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.22 (April 9, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
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Release Notes
2026-04-10 - Add --mode, --autopilot, and --plan flags to start the CLI directly in a specific agent mode - Agent no longer hangs on the first turn when the memory backend is unavailable - Bazel/Buck build target labels (e.g. //package:target) no longer misidentified as file paths - Ctrl+L clears the terminal screen without clearing the conversation session - Slash command picker shows full skill descriptions and a refined scrollbar - /diff, /agent, /feedback, /ide, and /tuikit work while the agent is running - Display reasoning token usage in the per-model token breakdown when nonzero - Remote tab correctly shows Copilot coding agent tasks and supports steering via the Tasks API - Shell output with BEL characters no longer causes repeated terminal beeping - Migration notice for .vscode/mcp.json now includes a jq command to migrate your config to .mcp.json
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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