GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.96

GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.96 was released on .

Summary

GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.96 makes your sandbox more secure by detecting potential secrets and letting you mask them before saving, while also speeding up interactive sessions in git repositories. The update brings better visibility into permission decisions and smoother recover...

Release Context

  • This was the 138th GitHub Copilot CLI release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 3 days after GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.95 (October 9, 2026).

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Release Notes

2026-10-12 - Interactive sandbox settings suggest possible environment secrets and let you add masking hosts before saving. - Make model IDs in /model and /config model case-insensitive and save canonical IDs - Keep /allow-all available during startup while enterprise policy is still resolving - /add-dir grants sandbox access to added directories for the current session - /user list shows the authentication source for each signed-in account - Show retry progress messages before recovered responses after transient model failures - Model completions no longer show an authentication warning when an account-owned catalog is unavailable while signed out - Interactive sessions in git repositories reach the input prompt sooner - Timeline now shows whether you, Assisted Permissions, policy, or unattended fallback made each permission decision.

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