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.
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 topic —
copilot help monitoringnow 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