Copilot CLI 1.0.20: OpenTelemetry & UX Polish

Copilot CLI 1.0.20 adds OpenTelemetry monitoring docs, improves spinner UX during background work, and fixes Azure OpenAI BYOK defaults. /yolo state now persists across restarts.

Copilot CLI 1.0.20: OpenTelemetry & UX Polish

TL;DR

  • New OpenTelemetry monitoring topic with configuration examples
  • Spinner stays active during background work; UI feels snappier during streaming
  • Azure OpenAI BYOK now defaults to versionless v1 route; /yolo state persists across restarts

New

  • OpenTelemetry monitoring topiccopilot help monitoring now includes configuration details and examples for observability setup

Improved

  • Spinner behavior — Stays active until background agents and shell commands finish; user input remains available throughout
  • Response streaming — Reduced UI sluggishness during live response streaming
  • Azure OpenAI BYOK — Defaults to GA versionless v1 route when no API version is configured
  • /yolo consistency — /yolo and --yolo now behave identically, and /yolo state persists across /restart

Update with: npm install -g @github/copilot-cli@latest

Source: Copilot CLI