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GitHub Copilot CLI brings the power of Copilot coding agent directly to your terminal.

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Merged PRs (30d): 6

Dominant language: Shell
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Last GitHub push: Sep 17, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 16, 2026
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2,278 open issues indexed

AGENTS.md discovery follows resolved symlinks and walks every ancestor, importing unrelated repos’ instructions Open

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github/copilot-cli#4822 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Feature Request: Support OpenAI Flex Tier in Copilot CLI Open

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github/copilot-cli#4821 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Add an "end of session" hook that can run a process/skill Open

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github/copilot-cli#4820 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Default model choice fails when org policy loads model list after copilot load Open

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github/copilot-cli#4819 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Remote/HTTP MCP servers (e.g. atlassian) are stranded 'failed' after every /clear or session relaunch Open

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github/copilot-cli#4818 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Multiple-choice ask_user silently renders as a free-text prompt when trailing tool-call parameters leak into the preceding string argument Open

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github/copilot-cli#4817 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Installer broke path environment variable. Open

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github/copilot-cli#4816 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Factually incorrect and suggested scripts and files not existent Open

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github/copilot-cli#4815 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Voice mode install fails — 401 Unauthorized on internal Foundry Local NuGet feed Open

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github/copilot-cli#4814 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Support custom status line and context-window usage in the Copilot desktop app Open

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github/copilot-cli#4813 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Feature Request: Argument auto-completion for skills / custom commands Open

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github/copilot-cli#4812 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
/new fails to load STDIO MCP and requires /mcp reload Open

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github/copilot-cli#4811 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Scheduled automation fails when a non-default branch is checked out locally Open

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github/copilot-cli#4810 · Opened Sep 10, 2026
Idle Copilot CLI enters `FileWatch` event storm, consumes two CPU cores, and writes a 33+ GB log Open

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github/copilot-cli#4807 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 10, 2026
Custom agent `target` frontmatter property is documented for the CLI but has no effect Open

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github/copilot-cli#4806 · Opened Sep 10, 2026
Sessions become unrevivable: a stale `inuse.<pid>.lock` from a crashed host is never reclaimed on open Open

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github/copilot-cli#4805 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 10, 2026
Local sandbox 'Authenticate gh' silently uses an unrelated cached fine-grained PAT instead of active gh OAuth session, with no visibility into which credential is chosen Open

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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

github/copilot-cli#4804 · Opened Sep 10, 2026
/ask and /btw answers go blank while the dialog stays open Open

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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

github/copilot-cli#4803 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 10, 2026
PRU Quota Wiped Out, very likely related to enabling Assisted Permissions Open

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github/copilot-cli#4802 · Opened Sep 10, 2026
trust/skip TLS verification for MCP HTTP servers Open

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github/copilot-cli#4801 · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 10, 2026
Copilot CLI OAuth login fails — CLI doesn't bind to port declared in its own CIMD client-metadata.json Open

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github/copilot-cli#4800 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 10, 2026
avoid redownload if the previous update fails Open

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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

github/copilot-cli#4799 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 10, 2026
Support activation welcome cards for custom Copilot CLI agents Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#4798 · Opened Sep 10, 2026
Desktop app 1.1.17: COPILOT_ENTRA_AUTH_AUD (EMU audience) breaks MCP Entra sign-in with ENTRA_CONFIG 2002 - CLI on the same machine works Open

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github/copilot-cli#4796 · Opened Sep 10, 2026
Atlassian MCP OAuth fails: callback URL mismatch (random port vs registered 33418) Open

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github/copilot-cli#4795 · 3 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Show current command above input box for demo audience Open

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github/copilot-cli#4794 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
CIMD declares callback port 33418 but Copilot CLI uses an ephemeral port Open

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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

github/copilot-cli#4793 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Steering during an in-flight skill-context turn can reuse turn_index and overwrite the persisted user message Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#4792 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Switching user creates irrecoverable error Open

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github/copilot-cli#4791 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Apple webkit administrative account on my device Open

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github/copilot-cli#4790 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Ctrl+C while copying selected text cancels and declines confirmation dialog Open

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github/copilot-cli#4789 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Windows sandbox: git status fails with working-directory permission denied despite allowed paths Open

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github/copilot-cli#4788 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Dictation basically unusable - Deletes the text after I dictate periodically. Open

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github/copilot-cli#4787 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
sdk: "./sdk" export throws at import time — native module resolved outside its own security boundary Open

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github/copilot-cli#4785 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
[Bug] -i initial prompt can remain pending until a second user message on Windows Open

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github/copilot-cli#4784 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Enterprise policy to allow yolo in CLI sandbox Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#4783 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Desktop app: enterprise managed settings ignored for telemetry, and exported spans omit GitHub repo/org/branch attributes Open

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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#4782 · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Github Copilot CLI frequently uses python scripts or cat >> to edit files instead of built in edit tool Open

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github/copilot-cli#4781 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Session compaction OOMs and never completes, leaving the session permanently unresumable (heap exhaustion at default ~4.3 GB cap) Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#4780 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Show a clear waiting-for-input state instead of continuing to animate the spinner Open

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github/copilot-cli#4778 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
`copilot plugin marketplace add` should silently succeed if marketplace is already registered Open

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github/copilot-cli#4777 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Browser canvas WebView closes when loading a JavaScript-heavy localhost page Open

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github/copilot-cli#4776 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Mission Control dashboard links 404: /copilot/tasks/<uuid> path doesn't exist; sessions actually live at /agents/tasks/<uuid> Open

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github/copilot-cli#4775 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Repeated MCP discovery reports "Found 0 tools" for an already-loaded namespace Open

area:mcp area:tools

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

github/copilot-cli#4773 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 8, 2026
/clear and /restart breaks mcp integration Open

area:mcp area:sessions

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

github/copilot-cli#4772 · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Taskbar presence card stays at taskState 0 (spinner) when a turn ends via task_complete Open

area:platform-windows

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

github/copilot-cli#4771 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 8, 2026
MCP Oauth fails when the server metadata URL is redirected Open

area:authentication area:mcp

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

github/copilot-cli#4769 · Opened Sep 8, 2026
MCP OAuth: 'needs authentication' link never launches any visible auth flow (Atlassian/Jira, macOS, CLI 1.0.83) Open

area:authentication area:mcp

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github/copilot-cli#4768 · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Support per-element theming: distinct colors for user prompts vs. assistant responses Open

area:configuration area:theming-accessibility

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github/copilot-cli#4767 · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Initial prompt by --interactive has been dropped after CLI started Open

area:input-keyboard

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github/copilot-cli#4766 · Opened Sep 8, 2026

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