Copilot Chat v0.43.2026040204: SDK & Deps

Copilot Chat gets Anthropic SDK 0.81.0, lodash security patch, and new sessions scaffolding for improved artifact and debug logging.

Copilot Chat v0.43.2026040204: SDK & Deps

TL;DR

  • Anthropic SDK bumped to 0.81.0 across main and chat-lib
  • Lodash security update from 4.17.23 to 4.18.1
  • Sessions scaffolding and codebase index status reporting improvements

New

  • Sessions scaffolding — new actions framework for session management
  • updateArtifacts method — handles exit plan mode requests in artifact handling
  • Agent debug logging improvements — detects mode changes, fixes tool timing, adds tool diagnostics

Improved

  • Codebase index status reporting — reworked to provide clearer indexing feedback

Dependencies

  • @anthropic-ai/sdk — updated to 0.81.0 (from 0.80.0) in both main and chat-lib
  • lodash — updated to 4.18.1 (from 4.17.23) for security fixes

Update via: npm install or pull the latest from the GitHub release.

Source: Copilot Chat