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Copilot CLI v0.0.410: Memory Fixes & Shell Improvements

Copilot CLI v0.0.410 tackles memory leaks, improves shell mode UX with raw text pasting and keyboard shortcuts, and adds repo-level validation controls.

TL;DR

Major memory leak fixes across logging, streaming, and long sessions
Shell mode UX improvements: raw text pasting, keyboard shortcuts, newline handling
New repo-level settings for validation tools and init suggestions
MCP server enhancements and better error surfacing

New

/init suppress — Control init suggestions per repository instead of globally.
IDE file selection indicator — Status bar now shows when connected to an IDE.
Repo-level validation settings — Disable individual validation tools at the repository level.
ACP server session loading — ACP server can now load existing sessions.
Page Up/Page Down scrolling — Navigate alt-screen mode with keyboard.
Ctrl+Z suspend/resume — Pause and resume CLI on Unix platforms.
Tilde expansion in MCP — Support ~ in MCP server cwd configuration.
Arrow key alternatives — Use Ctrl+N and Ctrl+P instead of arrow keys.
Ctrl+D exit — Exit CLI with Ctrl+D on empty prompt.
Shift+Enter newlines — Insert newlines in kitty keyboard protocol terminals.
Git co-authored trailer — Copilot now adds co-authored-by to git commits.
Skill name validation — Support underscores, dots, and spaces; optional name and description with fallbacks.

Fixed

High memory usage from rapid logging — Optimized logging pipeline.
Memory growth from encoding streaming chunks — Reduced overhead in stream processing.
Alt-screen and timeline URL rendering — Long links no longer truncated.
Memory growth in long sessions — Transient events evicted after compaction.
High memory usage when loading large sessions — Improved session initialization.
High memory usage during rapid shell output — Optimized output handling.
Shell mode paste behavior — Now pastes raw text instead of paste tokens.
Unknown option '--no-warnings' error — Removed invalid flag.
MCP server list selection — Adjusts correctly after deletion.
Alt-screen exit — No longer replays full session history.
Input jitter — Frame coalescing and smoother animations in alt-screen.
MCP server errors — Now surface in timeline for better visibility.