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Copilot Chat v0.40.2026031302: PR Actions & CLI Fixes

Copilot Chat v0.40 makes PR actions always accessible and fixes CLI steering during initial prompts. Small but solid maintenance release.

TL;DR

Pull Request actions now always visible in sessions
CLI steering fixed during first prompt processing
Image viewing separated from file reading logic

New

Always-visible PR actions — "Create Pull Request" and "Create Draft Pull Request" now always show in sessions, no more conditional hiding

Fixed

CLI steering now works correctly while processing the first prompt
Image viewing logic separated from file reading for cleaner architecture
External ingest error handling improved

Update with: code --install-extension GitHub.Copilot-Chat

Source: Copilot Chat

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