Copilot Chat v0.42.2026032603: Session & Deps
Copilot Chat gets session tracking improvements, dependency updates, and experimental gpt-5.4 prompts in this maintenance release.
TL;DR
- Session tracking refactored for better workspace handling
- Dependencies updated across the board
- New experimental prompts for gpt-5.4
New
- Experimental gpt-5.4 prompts — Two additional prompts added with experimental flags for testing new model capabilities.
Improved
- Session tracking — Refactored tracker and checkpoint services to handle workspace sessions more reliably.
- GitHub request handling — Now passes through GH request IDs for better tracing and debugging.
- Dependencies — Updated to latest versions across the extension.
To update: code --install-extension GitHub.Copilot-Chat or check for updates in VS Code Extensions.
Source: Copilot Chat
