GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.6

GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.6 was released on .

Summary

2026-03-16 - Autopilot continuation no longer gets permanently blocked after an error in a previous turn - In autopilot, taskcomplete summary is now required and renders as markdown - Input placeho...

Release Context

  • This was the 51st GitHub Copilot CLI release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 4 days after GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.5 (March 13, 2026).

Shipped around the same time

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Release Notes

2026-03-16 - Autopilot continuation no longer gets permanently blocked after an error in a previous turn - In autopilot, taskcomplete summary is now required and renders as markdown - Input placeholder text is no longer read aloud by screen readers on every prompt submission - Free tree-sitter WASM objects after shell command parsing to prevent memory leak - /help dialog starts scrolled to the top in alt-screen mode - Auto-update correctly recovers from race conditions on Windows - CLI no longer fails to load on Windows after updating while another instance is running - Reduce memory usage by eliminating redundant environment variable copies per child process spawn - Remaining requests widget no longer shows inaccurate quota data for Copilot Free users - Resolve session crashes caused by HTTP/2 connection pool race conditions when sub-agents are active - CLI loads the latest version of itself after an auto-update - Kill command validation no longer incorrectly blocks some legitimate commands. e.g. p.kill() in a python script - Instruction file frontmatter applyTo field accepts both string and array values - Improve streaming and tool-output memory usage - Model can discover and use tools dynamically with tool search for Claude models - Hooks fire correctly when resuming a previous session - Prompt input in alt screen mode renders all lines without truncation - Links and right-click paste no longer trigger twice when running in VS Code's integrated terminal - Hook configuration files now work across VS Code, Claude Code, and the CLI without modification by accepting PascalCase event names alongside camelCase - Native module prebuilds (e.g., conpty.node on Windows ARM64) load reliably on first launch - Subagent elapsed time in /tasks view freezes when idle and resumes when active again - Flags --enable-all-github-mcp-tools, --add-github-mcp-toolset, and --add-github-mcp-tool now take effect when using the SDK (ACP mode) - Custom instruction file paths load correctly when using COPILOTCUSTOMINSTRUCTIONSDIRS - Command output is no longer lost when a command causes the shell to exit - Plugins using .claude-plugin/plugin.json are discovered when loaded via --plugin-dir - Fix handling of shift+enter on VS Code with old /terminal-setup config. - Agent creation wizard shows the correct user agents directory path - Support Open Plugin spec file locations for loading plugin and marketplace manifests - Show friendlier error messages and provide keyboard shortcut to open event links in browsers - Extension tools now work with the permissions system, use skipPermission per-tool to bypass permission prompts - Hook config files now support Claude Code's nested matcher/hooks structure and optional type field - Sub-agents launched by the task tool are assigned human-readable IDs based on their name (e.g., math-helper-0) instead of generic agent-0 identifiers - The createpullrequest tool now includes the PR URL in its output so the agent can share the direct link - readagent output includes inbound messages that triggered each turn in multi-turn agents - Improve compatibility with the Open Plugins spec: support .lsp.json, PascalCase hook event names, exclusive path mode, and : namespace separator

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