Undocumented `logs/security/.security-key` file created in every working directory on startup
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Description
# Description
Copilot CLI creates a `logs/security/.security-key` file in the current working directory as soon as a session starts. This happens in every directory, including a brand-new empty one, so it appears to be unconditional CLI startup behavior rather than something tied to a specific repo or project config.
I can't find this documented anywhere - not in the CLI config-directory reference, the command reference, or recent changelogs (checked back through v1.0.76). Filing this to understand what the file is for and whether it's expected to live in the project directory rather than `~/.copilot/`.
# Steps to reproduce
```bash
mkdir /tmp/test-copilot && cd /tmp/test-copilot && copilot
# exit the session
ls -la logs/security/
```
# Observed
```bash
harshit@Harshits-MacBook-Pro /tmp/test-copilot » ls -la logs/security
total 8
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 harshit wheel 96 Jul 31 10:52 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 harshit wheel 96 Jul 31 10:52 ..
-rw-------@ 1 harshit wheel 32 Jul 31 10:52 .security-key
```
The file contains 32 bytes of what appears to be binary/random data (confirmed via xxd), not human-readable text.
# Questions
1. What is this file used for (e.g., local encryption of session state, sandbox integrity verification, telemetry)?
2. Is it intentional that it's written under `/logs/security/` rather than under `~/.copilot/`? This means every project directory a user runs copilot in accumulates this file, which could easily get committed to version control if not gitignored.
3. Should this path be added to a default `.gitignore` suggestion, or documented in the config-directory reference alongside the other `~/.copilot/` contents?
# Environment
- Copilot CLI version: GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.77
- OS: macOS 26.4 (25E246)
- Install method: I don't remember, I have been using copilot for a while now. The only change that happened is I recently updated the version.
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Piste de recherche
Exécutez la reproduction fournie avec mkdir, cd, copilot et ls dans un répertoire vide, puis suivez le chemin de démarrage de la CLI qui crée logs/security/.security-key. Consultez la référence du répertoire de configuration de la CLI, la référence des commandes et les changelogs mentionnés dans le rapport. La tâche est considérée comme terminée lorsque la finalité et l’emplacement prévu du fichier sont établis, et que le comportement a été corrigé ou documenté avec toutes les indications relatives à gitignore.
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- shell
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- cli, documentation
- Type d'issue
- Bug
- Difficulté
- 4/5
- Temps estimé
- 3-5 jours
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- Plutôt claire
- Accessibilité débutants
- 45/100