Copilot Chat v0.41.2026031804: MCP & Checkpointing
MCP gateway now supports multiple servers, experimental checkpointing lands, and Claude Agent SDK session APIs replace legacy session management.
TL;DR
- MCP gateway now handles multiple servers with better error logging
- Experimental checkpointing added for background operations
- Claude Agent SDK session APIs adopted for improved session management
New
- MCP gateway multi-server support — Enhanced handling for multiple Model Context Protocol servers with improved error logging for easier debugging.
- Experimental checkpointing — Background operations can now store first/base checkpoint refs for better state tracking and recovery.
- Chat performance markers — Added instrumentation to track chat performance metrics throughout the session.
- Conversation transcript lookup — Can now retrieve conversation transcripts after summarization for better context retention.
- Claude Agent SDK session APIs — Migrated to official session management APIs for more reliable session handling.
Fixed
- Error message formatting — Fixed [object Object] appearing in error messages for clearer debugging.
- Multiroot workspace ingestion — Improved external ingest handling when working with multiple workspace roots.
Removed
- useProxyModels experiment — Experimental flag has been removed from the codebase.
Update via: code --install-extension GitHub.Copilot-Chat or check for updates in VS Code Extensions.
Source: Copilot Chat
