Copilot Chat v0.40.2026031001: Multi-Workspace & CLI Fixes

TL;DR

• Multi-workspace support improvements and CLI session handling fixes
• Model picker now only shows when multiple models available
• Absolute path handling in search globs and worktree branch name display

New

• Model picker conditional display — Only show completions model picker when multiple models are available, reducing UI clutter
• Worktree branch name in picker — Display worktree branch name when locked for better context awareness
• Copilot CLI steering support — Added steering capabilities in Copilot CLI integration

Fixed

• Absolute paths in search globs — Properly handle absolute paths in search glob patterns
• Session loading resilience — Load sessions even if Copilot CLI SDK fails to load, improving reliability
• Integration test warnings — Fixed numerous warnings during integration test runs
• Resource trust prompts — No longer prompt for resource trust when selecting default folder
• Jaeger documentation — Corrected documented Jaeger port in OTel monitoring docs

Changed

• CopilotCLIPromptResolver refactor — Refactored for improved multi-workspace support
• Session ID mapping — Consolidated to single session ID mapping variable for cleaner state management
• Connection state tracking — Added state marker tracking in connection handling
• TypeScript 6/7 compatibility — Development improvements for TypeScript 6 and 7 support
• Model update — Updated to model J

Update via VS Code extensions or npm install @vscode/copilot-chat@0.40.2026031001

Source: Copilot Chat