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1.0.10

20 Mar 16:57

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2026-03-20

  • Reduced memory usage when viewing large files in their entirety
  • /login device flow works correctly in Codespaces and remote terminal environments
  • Working directory is correctly detected when using --server mode with remote sessions
  • Arrow keys work correctly in terminals using application keypad mode
  • Repo hooks (.github/hooks/) now fire correctly when using prompt mode (-p flag)
  • /copy writes formatted HTML to clipboard on Windows for pasting into Word, Outlook, and Teams
  • SDK clients can register custom slash commands when starting or joining a session
  • SDK clients can show elicitation dialogs to the user via session.ui.elicitation
  • Add experimental support for multiple concurrent sessions
  • Add --effort as a shorthand alias for --reasoning-effort
  • Add /undo command to undo the last turn and revert file changes
  • Markdown bullet lists render correctly in alt-screen mode when content contains hard line breaks
  • Elicitation form shows Shift+Tab hint for navigating between fields in reverse
  • Remote session URL displays as a compact clickable 'Open in browser' link instead of a duplicated raw URL
  • Session history is no longer lost when exiting via /quit, Ctrl+C, or restart
  • Hook matcher filters defined in nested hook structures are now correctly applied to inner hook items
  • Plugins using .claude-plugin/ or .plugin/ manifest directories now load their MCP and LSP servers correctly
  • /terminal-setup no longer shows a misleading error for WSL users
  • Model picker reorganizes models into Available, Blocked/Disabled, and Upgrade tabs based on user plan and policy
  • Workspace MCP servers from .mcp.json, .vscode/mcp.json, and devcontainer.json are now loaded only after folder trust is confirmed
  • Config settings renamed to camelCase: includeCoAuthoredBy, effortLevel, autoUpdatesChannel, statusLine (old names still work)
  • When copying assistant responses, the leading 2-space UI indent is stripped from selections where all selected lines share that indent
  • Plugins loaded via --plugin-dir now appear in /plugin list under a separate 'External Plugins' section

1.0.10-1

20 Mar 15:15

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1.0.10-1 Pre-release
Pre-release

Added

  • /copy writes formatted HTML to clipboard on Windows for pasting into Word, Outlook, and Teams

1.0.10-0

20 Mar 12:37

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1.0.10-0 Pre-release
Pre-release

Added

  • SDK clients can register custom slash commands when starting or joining a session
  • SDK clients can show elicitation dialogs to the user via session.ui.elicitation
  • Add experimental support for multiple concurrent sessions
  • Add --effort as a shorthand alias for --reasoning-effort
  • Add /undo command to undo the last turn and revert file changes

Improved

  • Model picker reorganizes models into Available, Blocked/Disabled, and Upgrade tabs based on user plan and policy
  • Workspace MCP servers from .mcp.json, .vscode/mcp.json, and devcontainer.json are now loaded only after folder trust is confirmed
  • Config settings renamed to camelCase: includeCoAuthoredBy, effortLevel, autoUpdatesChannel, statusLine (old names still work)
  • When copying assistant responses, the leading 2-space UI indent is stripped from selections where all selected lines share that indent
  • Plugins loaded via --plugin-dir now appear in /plugin list under a separate 'External Plugins' section

Fixed

  • Markdown bullet lists render correctly in alt-screen mode when content contains hard line breaks
  • Elicitation form shows Shift+Tab hint for navigating between fields in reverse
  • Remote session URL displays as a compact clickable 'Open in browser' link instead of a duplicated raw URL
  • Session history is no longer lost when exiting via /quit, Ctrl+C, or restart
  • Hook matcher filters defined in nested hook structures are now correctly applied to inner hook items
  • Plugins using .claude-plugin/ or .plugin/ manifest directories now load their MCP and LSP servers correctly
  • /terminal-setup no longer shows a misleading error for WSL users

1.0.9

19 Mar 03:52

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2026-03-19

  • Spurious I/O error messages (ENOTCONN, EIO) no longer appear in the timeline during SSH disconnects or terminal closes
  • Add include_gitignored config option to include gitignored files in @ file search
  • Copying text on WSL correctly preserves CJK and other non-ASCII characters
  • Marketplace and plugin installs from shortened URLs (e.g., aka.ms links) now work correctly

1.0.8

18 Mar 19:38

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2026-03-18

  • Agent mode labels and borders display correct colors on non-truecolor terminals (tmux, SSH, screen)
  • Alternate screen buffer is now enabled by default for a cleaner terminal experience
  • Exit plan mode tool remains available when an extension subprocess joins an active session
  • Repo-level hooks are loaded only after folder trust is confirmed, not before the trust dialog is shown
  • Idle subagents no longer clutter the /tasks view — they are hidden after 2 minutes of inactivity
  • Add extension mode setting to control extensibility
  • MCP servers can be validated against configured registries using the experimental MCP_ALLOWLIST feature flag
  • Allow --resume to accept a task ID in addition to a session ID
  • Support defining hooks in settings.json, settings.local.json, and config.json
  • Scroll works correctly in macOS Terminal.app and other terminals that don't support SGR mouse encoding
  • Mouse scroll works correctly in tmux after returning from an external editor
  • Ctrl-C in prompt mode now exits immediately instead of waiting for the request to complete
  • Spinner animation no longer delays visible output from appearing in the timeline
  • Dialog titles display consistently inside all dialog boxes

1.0.8-0

18 Mar 15:02

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1.0.8-0 Pre-release
Pre-release

Added

  • Add extension mode setting to control extensibility
  • MCP servers can be validated against configured registries using the experimental MCP_ALLOWLIST feature flag
  • Allow --resume to accept a task ID in addition to a session ID
  • Support defining hooks in settings.json, settings.local.json, and config.json

Improved

  • Dialog titles display consistently inside all dialog boxes

Fixed

  • Scroll works correctly in macOS Terminal.app and other terminals that don't support SGR mouse encoding
  • Mouse scroll works correctly in tmux after returning from an external editor
  • Ctrl-C in prompt mode now exits immediately instead of waiting for the request to complete
  • Spinner animation no longer delays visible output from appearing in the timeline

1.0.7

17 Mar 17:52

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2026-03-17

  • Improve color contrast across CLI themes for better readability and accessibility
  • User messages display with a subtle background color for visual differentiation from assistant messages
  • Add support for gpt-5.4-mini model
  • Tab bar selected tab uses compact [label] style with cleaner spacing
  • Add "customize" mode to system message config for section-level system prompt overrides
  • Double-Esc clears input when text is present, or triggers undo when the prompt is empty, with a hint shown after the first Esc
  • Session resume no longer fails with 'Session file is corrupted' for sessions created before 1.0.6
  • Branch indicator distinguishes unstaged changes (*), staged changes (+), and untracked files (%) in the header
  • Add experimental SDK session APIs to list and manage skills, MCP servers, and plugins, with optional config auto-discovery from the working directory
  • Add subagentStart hook that fires when a subagent is spawned, with support for injecting additional context into the subagent's prompt
  • Pro and trial users now see all models they are entitled to in the model picker
  • CLI restart no longer re-sends the -i/--interactive prompt to the new session
  • Resolve an edge case where auto-update could leave an incomplete package on Windows

1.0.7-0

17 Mar 15:22

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1.0.7-0 Pre-release
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Added

  • Add experimental SDK session APIs to list and manage skills, MCP servers, and plugins, with optional config auto-discovery from the working directory
  • Add subagentStart hook that fires when a subagent is spawned, with support for injecting additional context into the subagent's prompt

Fixed

  • Pro and trial users now see all models they are entitled to in the model picker
  • CLI restart no longer re-sends the -i/--interactive prompt to the new session
  • Resolve an edge case where auto-update could leave an incomplete package on Windows

1.0.6

16 Mar 22:44

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2026-03-16

  • Autopilot continuation no longer gets permanently blocked after an error in a previous turn
  • In autopilot, task_complete 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 COPILOT_CUSTOM_INSTRUCTIONS_DIRS
  • 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 create_pull_request tool now includes the PR URL in its output so the agent can share the direct link
  • read_agent 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

1.0.6-2

16 Mar 20:37

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1.0.6-2 Pre-release
Pre-release

Improved

  • Reduce memory usage by eliminating redundant environment variable copies per child process spawn

Fixed

  • 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