What’s New in Copilot-CLI v1.0.12: Key Features and Improvements

Copilot-CLI v1.0.12 brings a host of enhancements and bug fixes to streamline your developer workflow. Here’s a summary of the most notable updates in this release:

Major Improvements

• MCP Servers: Servers defined in .mcp.json now start correctly when your working directory is the git root.
• Clipboard Copy on Windows: Clipboard copy works reliably even when a non-system clip.exe shadows the system one in your PATH.
• /diff View Rendering: The /diff view now correctly renders all lines, even with intra-line highlighting.
• Plugin Hooks: Hooks now receive CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR and CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA environment variables, and support {{project_dir}} and {{plugin_data_dir}} template variables in configurations.
• Workspace MCP Servers: These are now correctly loaded and visible to the agent.
• /clear Command: Preserves MCP servers in new sessions.
• Model Display Header: Now shows the active reasoning effort level (e.g., "(high)") next to the model name.
• /session rename: Auto-generates a session name from conversation history if no name is provided.
• OSC 8 Hyperlinks: Now clickable in VS Code terminals.
• PowerShell /flag Arguments: No longer mistakenly treated as file paths.
• Trusted Folder Access: Prompts no longer appear incorrectly on Windows OneDrive paths and case-insensitive filesystems.
• Status Line Payload: Now includes session_name alongside session_id.
• @ File Picker: No longer shows .git directory contents.
• Terminal Scroll Position: Stays in place when the terminal is resized.
• /yolo Path Permissions: Persist after using /clear to start a new session.
• Emoji Selection: Emoji characters are now selected and highlighted correctly in terminal text selection.
• Session Cleanup: Sessions with active work are no longer cleaned up by the stale session reaper.
• Resume Session: Restores the previously selected custom agent.
• CLI Stability: No more out-of-memory crashes when running shell commands with high-volume output.
• Autopilot Cancellation: Pressing Escape multiple times no longer leaves the session stuck.
• Repo Config Sources: Reads .claude/settings.json and .claude/settings.local.json as additional repo config sources.
• Model Picker: Opens in full-screen view with inline reasoning effort adjustment using arrow keys.
• OTEL Hook Executions: Now recorded as span events instead of child spans, reducing trace clutter.
• User Prompt: Appears in the conversation immediately after pressing Enter.
• /allow-all (/yolo) Subcommands: Now supports on, off, and show to enable, disable, or check allow-all mode.
• Plan Mode Shortcut: Ctrl+Y opens the most recent research report when no plan exists yet.

For the full changelog and more details, visit the official release page.