v0.2.33

What's new in v0.2.33

Highlights

• Added a /orchestrate composer command for coordinating multi-session and multi-repo work, letting the agent delegate tasks across child sessions.
• Added /context and /usage slash commands to view your session's token usage and AI credit spend, or your plan's usage and rate limits.
• The agent can now create cloud sessions on your behalf when using the create_session tool, in addition to local sessions.
• MCP App UI panels can no longer send chat messages or invoke tools without a user gesture, closing a security vulnerability where a server-authored panel could act automatically on load.
• Mermaid diagrams now render using the improved Beautiful Mermaid renderer by default, with automatic fallback for unsupported syntax.

Added

• Added /context and /usage slash commands in the chat composer. /context opens the session usage summary (token count, context window, and AI credit spend); /usage opens your plan's usage and rate limits.
• Added a /orchestrate composer command for coordinating multi-session and multi-repo work, letting the agent delegate tasks across child sessions instead of working inline.
• File paths mentioned in assistant messages that point to generated artifacts are now rendered as clickable links that open the file in the right panel.
• The agent can now create cloud sessions on your behalf when using the create_session tool, in addition to local sessions.

Changed

• Error toasts now show up to 4 lines of text, stay visible for 10 seconds, and include a "Copy error" button for messages with dynamic content so you can easily capture error details for bug reports.
• File paths mentioned in agent responses are now always clickable, opening the file directly in the editor.
• Images in conversations and pull requests now load lazily and use less memory.
• Improved accessibility of the Share feedback dialog: the topic menu now announces its current selection, the feedback textarea has a proper label, the submit button stays focusable and is announced as unavailable when empty, the mood picker uses correct radio button semantics with arrow-key navigation, and Tab no longer dismisses the dialog when focus is on the last control.
• Improved the command palette's session actions: added an "Open in panel..." item to open a terminal, browser, or other panel without leaving the keyboard; removed the now-redundant individual "Open terminal" and "Open browser" items; reordered thinking controls so "Set thinking effort" appears before the reasoning toggle; moved share and extension items to the bottom; and hid "Create PR" when the session has no changes. Also added a keyboard-shortcut tooltip to the right panel's "+" add-tab button.
• Mermaid diagrams now render using the improved Beautiful Mermaid renderer by default, with automatic fallback to the legacy renderer for unsupported syntax.
• The Azure DevOps popular MCP server preset now uses the hosted remote endpoint instead of a local npx command, so adding it no longer requires a local Node.js install.
• The find dialog (Cmd+F) is now unified across the conversation, diff view, and Home — one consistent experience with shared scope toggles wherever you search.

Fixed

• Agent merge no longer silently enables on draft pull requests. Previously, a sticky per-project default could inherit onto a new draft PR and queue GitHub auto-merge without the user's knowledge.
• Binary and non-text files (e.g. .xlsx) now show a helpful empty state with "Show in Finder" and "Open file" actions instead of a raw error message. "Show in Finder/Explorer/File Manager" is also available in the file tree context menu and in the artifact editor toolbar.
• Copy, share, and bookmark actions now reliably appear on assistant responses in conversations that include tool use, task completions, or resumed historical sessions.
• Creating a session from a pull request no longer silently fails when the project's linked GitHub account is missing. The link is automatically restored if possible, and if not, an actionable error message is shown with the option to reassign the account in Project Settings.
• Dismissing the auto-cleanup prompt (via the X button, Escape, or swipe) now permanently suppresses it instead of allowing it to reappear on every app launch or every 6 hours.
• Fixed a bug where a new empty chat was created in the sidebar on every app launch.
• Fixed extra spacing on the Changes tab when no diff stats are present, so all workspace tabs now have consistent padding.
• Fixed the "GitHub authorization needed" banner flashing on and off during normal use.
• MCP App UI panels can no longer send chat messages or invoke tools on behalf of the user without a user gesture, closing a security vulnerability where a server-authored panel could do so automatically on load.
• Pasting rich content into the composer now imports supported formatting without inserting raw HTML markup. Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+V (paste as plain text) reliably inserts literal text without applying markdown formatting or link wrapping.
• Pending message bubbles now display a clearly visible dashed outline instead of a faint one.
• Pending user messages now show a "Pending" label on hover instead of a misleading timestamp.
• Quick chats are now automatically renamed by the agent based on the conversation content, matching the behavior of project sessions.
• Screen readers now announce correct item counts, keyboard shortcut names, and external-link affordances in app menus.
• Selecting a session from the Cmd-K palette now focuses the prompt composer on arrival, so you can start typing immediately without an extra click.
• The "Create from…" dialog now shows "Matching pull requests" and "Matching issues" instead of "Cached pull requests" and "Cached issues" when searching.
• The command palette now shows 'User extension' or 'Project extension' next to identically named extensions, making it easy to tell them apart when both scopes are installed.
• The sidebar toggle is now visible and usable while a workspace panel is maximized, so you can show or hide the sidebar without leaving panel focus mode.
• Toggle switches now maintain clear visual contrast across all themes, including custom and monochrome themes in both light and dark mode.
• Tooltips in the bottom pane of a split layout now display correctly instead of being hidden behind a browser preview pane.
• Voice mode mic test playback no longer hijacks the system play/pause media key.

Removed

• Agent merge no longer remembers the last selection per project. This sticky default could enable agent merge on PRs the user never explicitly opted in for; agent merge is now always opt-in per PR.

v0.2.32

What's new in v0.2.32

Added

• Export markdown content as a secret GitHub Gist from the workspace plan canvas, markdown file editor, and assistant reply actions.
• Free Copilot plan users now see an upgrade prompt in Account settings highlighting higher usage limits, premium models, and AI reviews.
• Use the /agent slash command in the prompt composer to select a custom agent for your session. The active agent is shown in the branch popover and persists across app restarts.

Changed

• Creating a new session is now significantly faster — model data is preloaded in the background while the workspace is being set up, reducing cold-start time by ~900ms.
• Inline-code file paths in the markdown file viewer are now rendered as clickable pills that open the file directly, matching the behavior already present in chat messages and tool-call results. Newly created files also become clickable immediately without requiring a reload.
• The label filter picker in the work filter bar now renders GitHub emoji shortcodes (e.g. 🐛) as emoji glyphs instead of raw text.
• When a project's startup script fails, the error notification now shows a tail of the captured script output inline, along with a "View logs" action to see the full output and an "Edit script" action to jump directly to the project's script settings.

Fixed

• Browser preview and extension canvas panels now correctly reflect the app zoom level instead of staying at a stale zoom when the zoom setting is changed.
• Centered dialogs no longer overflow off-screen or hide their footer and close button when the viewport is short or the user has zoomed in.
• Fixed a bug where toggling a state filter value off in the My work filter bar would have no effect when the view was saved with a legacy state qualifier (e.g. built-in views like Active), leaving the selection permanently stuck.
• On Linux, selecting a .desktop application from the "Open in..." custom app picker now correctly launches the app and displays its icon.
• Pressing ArrowDown from the newest prompt history entry now restores the saved draft and closes the history popover, instead of leaving the composer stuck at the most recent history item.
• Sleep prevention (keep awake) now works on Linux via systemd-logind D-Bus inhibit; the settings toggle is also visible on Linux.

v0.2.31

What's new in v0.2.31

Added

• A new Background agents pill above the composer lists active background tasks; clicking a task opens its output in a side panel. In-chat subagent rows now also open task output in a side panel and show agent-type icons.
• Added a per-row actions menu to the pull request checks panel, letting you re-run failed checks, cancel pending checks, and open check logs without leaving the workspace.
• Agent merge now remembers your last choice per project. When you create a pull request, the agent-merge selection you last used in that project is reapplied automatically, so you don't have to re-enable it every time.
• GitHub Projects URLs pasted into the chat composer now render as styled reference pills (with the project name and icon), matching the existing behavior for Issues and Pull Requests.
• Quick chat now shows an empty state with a GitHub mark and rotating tips when no messages have been sent yet, helping users discover available commands and features.
• Right-clicking a GitHub-backed project in the sidebar now shows an "Open on GitHub" option that opens the repository in the browser.
• Right-clicking selected text in a conversation reply now shows a context menu with options to copy the selection or quote it as a follow-up in the composer.

Changed

• Active tabs now use medium font weight instead of semibold, giving tab strips a lighter, more balanced appearance across the app.
• Git operations (such as status and diff) are now significantly faster when working with large repositories.
• The onboarding screen for users without access now directs them to explore Copilot subscription plans instead of joining a waitlist.

Fixed

• Agent merge now starts its first check promptly after a pull request is created instead of waiting up to a minute.
• Clicking the scrollbar or padding in the slash command, skill mention, and file reference menus no longer closes the menu before you can scroll.
• Diff comments containing bare GitHub URLs no longer render clipped or invisible after their link metadata loads.
• Fix the Linux clipboard via the native backend: images now paste when the webview doesn't expose them, and copy buttons work on wlroots Wayland compositors (such as Hyprland).
• Fixed a 2–3 second UI freeze on macOS when enabling voice dictation for the first time and the microphone permission prompt appeared.
• Fixed a security issue where agent-generated links using dangerous URL schemes (javascript:, data:, vbscript:) could execute code in the app.
• Fixed git operations failing with "terminal prompts disabled" when working in repositories with non-GitHub remotes (Azure DevOps, GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.)
• Fixed high GPU usage and fan spin-up on macOS while the app is idle, particularly noticeable on high-refresh-rate (120 Hz ProMotion) displays.
• Fixed intermittent server errors when performing pull request actions (such as queuing, toggling auto-merge, and adding reactions) by automatically retrying transient failures.
• Fixed the merge panel incorrectly showing "Merge blocked" when a pull request is in the merge queue; it now correctly shows "Queued to merge".
• Fixed the Update branch button in the merge drawer incorrectly triggering the conflict-resolution agent flow when the branch was simply behind the base branch with no merge conflicts.
• Links and avatars in the inbox, pull request view, and prompt URL chips now correctly point to the right host when connected to a GitHub Enterprise Cloud Data Residency instance.
• Mention, issue, and commit autolinks in pull request and comment bodies now resolve to the correct host when connected to a GitHub Enterprise Cloud Data Residency instance.
• On macOS and Linux, the app now restricts the local database file (which may contain an auth token) to owner-only permissions (0600), and repairs existing installations on the next launch.
• Opening Settings is now faster.
• Opening the command palette (⌘K) is now faster and feels instant: it no longer triggers redundant network subscriptions on every open (which could cause multi-second delays for users with many pull requests), renders its overlay through a dedicated portal to avoid expensive whole-window style recalculation, and appears immediately instead of animating in.
• Project attachment pills in the composer now show the correct project icon and project name instead of the GitHub owner avatar and a user-like label.
• Screen readers now announce the actual key combination when focusing a keyboard shortcut chip in Settings › Accessibility › Keyboard shortcuts, instead of only reading the command name.
• The app now attempts to bring itself to the foreground when opened via a deep link from the browser, including when the app window is on a different macOS Space.
• The auto-merge agent no longer blocks on or attempts to fix optional (non-required) CI checks; only checks required by branch protection are considered when determining whether a PR is mergeable.

v0.2.30

What's new in v0.2.30

Added

• Added a "Remote sessions" setting in General settings that lets you choose the default remote behavior for new sessions: Off, Export (transcript only), or Remote control.
• Added a new "Agent merge reply attribution" toggle in Settings > General (on by default). When enabled, agent merge appends a short attribution line to the replies it posts when resolving pull request review threads, indicating the reply was made automatically by the GitHub Copilot app.
• Quick Chat now includes an integrated terminal in its right panel, so you can run commands without leaving the chat.
• You can now paste or drag-and-drop images directly into GitHub comment boxes (issues, pull requests, reviews, and the create issue dialog) — the image uploads automatically and the hosted link is inserted into the comment.

Changed

• Agent questions now appear as a card above the composer instead of replacing it. Clicking a choice or pressing its number key highlights it; pressing Enter or clicking Continue confirms. Pressing Escape or sending a normal message dismisses the prompt.
• Anthropic model names now display in full (e.g. "Claude Opus 4.8", "Claude Sonnet 4.6") in the model picker and model-change messages, matching how GPT and Gemini models are already shown.
• Clicking Run now opens the run-script terminal in a bottom split of the right panel instead of taking over the main tab group, so the diff or files surface stays visible above the run output.
• The command palette placeholder now mentions sessions, making it easier to discover that you can search for active sessions from the same entry point.
• The pull request inbox now loads initial results faster; diff stats and check status badges appear shortly after in a follow-up update.

Fixed

• (Windows/Linux) Deep-links now route to the focused app instance when multiple instances are running, and closing one instance no longer breaks deep-link handling in others.
• API errors (billing misconfiguration, bad credentials, server errors, connection failures) now display as readable messages in the conversation instead of raw JSON or HTTP response text.
• Canvas tabs (extension, editor, and browser canvases) no longer reappear after restarting a session when the user had previously closed them.
• Closing a terminal canvas now persists across session switches — it no longer reappears when reselecting a session.
• Enabling remote control now shows a clear error when the session is unavailable (e.g. blocked by enterprise policy) instead of a false success notification with non-functional actions.
• Fixed a bug in the Rich view editor where saving a markdown file containing snake_case identifiers in tables caused backslashes to double on every save, ballooning the file size and freezing the session.
• Fixed a false "Copilot CLI failed to start" error that could appear on busy machines even when the CLI was healthy.
• Fixed a performance issue where opening multiple workspaces could pin a CPU core at 100% and cause the app to drop to near-zero frames per second.
• Fixed an error when opening an installed extension canvas from the "+" menu that caused a "Failed to open canvas" error for extensions with longer names.
• Fixed an error where USB microphones reporting 24-bit or 32-bit audio formats (such as the Jabra Link 380 on Windows) failed with "Unsupported microphone sample format" in Voice mode.
• Fixed an issue on macOS and Linux where Git Credential Manager would repeatedly display a "GitHub Sign in" dialog during background git operations, causing a loop of prompts that could not be permanently dismissed.
• Fixed an issue where clicking "Re-run" in the pull request Checks panel would open duplicate browser tabs instead of re-running the check.
• Fixed an issue where reopening a pull request with an already-provisioned workspace would stall the UI indefinitely on "Preparing project..."
• Fixed an issue where the GitHub re-authentication banner would appear repeatedly during transient GitHub API outages, even when the account token was still valid.
• Fixed deep-link callbacks on Linux opening a new instance instead of routing to the running one.
• Fixed Linux updates so deb and rpm installs show release-page guidance instead of failing to self-update, while AppImage installs can self-update again.
• Fixed markdown rendering: footnotes now appear as smaller muted text with a dividing line, task-list checkboxes stay vertically centered at all text sizes, and GitHub issue/PR reference links wrap correctly inside task lists.
• Fixed unreadable word-level diff highlights in the GitHub Light High Contrast theme, where changed words appeared as dark text on a dark background.
• Inbox search results now respect the requested sort order instead of always being sorted by most recently updated.
• Model provider icons in the model picker now correctly reflect the active light/dark theme tone, including on first paint.
• Pasting multiline text inside a blockquote now keeps all lines within the quote instead of only the first line escaping into unquoted text.
• Project pickers in the automation dialog and new-session view now label each entry by its unique project name, so multiple worktrees or folders of the same repository are distinguishable.
• Sessions are now correctly renamed by the agent when the first-prompt auto-generated name contained punctuation or mixed casing that differed from its stored form.
• Switching to a model that does not support reasoning effort (such as Auto or MAI Code 1 Flash) no longer causes session creation to fail when a reasoning effort was previously configured.
• Unsaved filter refinements in the My work inbox are now preserved when navigating away and back within the app.

v0.2.29

What's new in v0.2.29

Changed

• Bare GitHub PR and issue URLs in markdown now render as compact references (owner/repo#123, or #123 for same-repo links); in list items, they also include a state-aware icon and title to match github.com rich reference behavior.
• Clicking a linked issue from the pull request body or the issue system-prompt card now opens the issue directly in the right panel instead of navigating to an external browser tab or displaying generic system prompt.

Fixed

• Fixed automations failing to run after switching to a model that does not support reasoning.
• Fixed terminal failing to launch on Windows when PowerShell 7 was installed from the Microsoft Store.
• Fixed the timeline picker's collapsed hover area so it no longer accidentally intercepts mouse events on nearby controls in narrow viewports
• Restoring an archived session no longer fails when the session's local git branch has been deleted (e.g. after a pull request is merged and its branch auto-deleted).
• The "working" activity indicator (sidebar Working badge and the in-conversation loading row) now keeps animating when the OS has Reduce Motion enabled, instead of freezing into a static shape that looked stuck.

v0.2.28

What's new in v0.2.28

Added

• Press Cmd+F (Ctrl+F on Windows/Linux) inside a conversation to search for text, with match-case and match-whole-word toggles, navigation between matches, and a configurable dialog corner in General settings.
• Quick chats now show token usage, context window, and AI credit spend in the chat title menu, matching the detail already available in regular sessions.
• When starting a session from an issue, a new "New session in repository..." option in the start menu lets you pick which of your project repositories the session opens in.

Changed

• Comments in the pull request and merge drawers now render their content progressively as you scroll, reducing load time when opening pull requests with many comments.
• Issue pills above the composer now show the entity type in the label (for example 'Issue #1234'), matching the existing pattern used for pull request pills ('PR #6483').
• Pasting a GitHub URL (e.g. github.com/org/repo/pull/123) into the "Add GitHub repository" search now automatically extracts the repository and searches for it instead of treating the full URL as a query.
• Scheduled session automations now show a badge in the sidebar and display the next scheduled run time in the hover preview.
• The banner shown during an in-progress merge, rebase, cherry-pick, or revert now reads "Resolving …" instead of "… paused", more accurately reflecting that the operation is actively being handled by the agent.
• The conversation timeline is now always shown by default — no setting required. Timeline navigation and bookmarks are available whenever there is enough conversation history.
• The deep link URL for the Inbox view has changed from ghapp://inbox to ghapp://mywork.

Fixed

• Collapsing a session in the sidebar now correctly hides all of its descendants, even when they belong to different repository groups.
• Fixed a soft-lock during onboarding where the "Sign in to GitHub" button never appeared for users with the system Reduce Motion accessibility setting enabled, or when the headline text was empty.
• Fixed blank terminal tab and scripts not executing when running commands on Windows with Command Prompt (cmd.exe) as the default shell.
• Fixed the Plan pill in the composer being taller and misaligned compared to other pills.
• Unlimited plans no longer show incorrect exhausted-quota indicators, and session AI-credit spend is now shown consistently in the usage gauge and workspace info popover.

v0.2.27

What's new in v0.2.27

Fixed

• Fixed task-list checkboxes overflowing outside the card boundary in the pull request drawer, and enabled interactive checkbox toggling in that view.
• The "Read documentation" link on the home screen now opens the GitHub Copilot app-specific getting started guide instead of the generic Copilot documentation page.

v0.2.24

What's new in v0.2.24

Fixed

• In worktree sessions, the agent now correctly anchors file paths to the worktree's own checkout instead of the project's main checkout, preventing edits from silently landing on the wrong branch.

v0.2.23

What's new in v0.2.23

Fixed

• Fixed automatic sync incorrectly resetting local branch checkouts, which could silently discard local commits or move the branch behind its expected position.
• Fixed canvas panels disappearing while a modal overlay (such as the command palette or settings dialog) was open; the canvas now stays visible beneath the overlay.

v0.2.22

What's new in v0.2.22

Fixed

• Fixed slash commands (e.g. /chronicle) being incorrectly displayed as incoming cross-session messages instead of normal user messages.
• Fixed the app becoming slow and unresponsive when opening a pull request or workspace with a very large diff.