GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.43

GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.43 was released on .

Summary

2026-05-06 - Add username toggle to /statusline picker to display the active account in the footer - Auto mode uses server-side model routing for improved real-time model selection - Resume prompt ...

Release Context

  • This was the 87th GitHub Copilot CLI release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped the same day as GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.42 (May 6, 2026).

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Release Notes

2026-05-06 - Add username toggle to /statusline picker to display the active account in the footer - Auto mode uses server-side model routing for improved real-time model selection - Resume prompt shows correct session name when multiple sessions are active - Protect against RCE from malicious bare repositories nested inside a project (for more information, https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/security/advisories/GHSA-9ccr-r5hg-74gf) - MCP server child processes (e.g. started via npx or uvx) are now fully terminated when a session ends - Show download progress when running the update command

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