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

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Open beginner issues: 14
Indexed issues: 2.4k
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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
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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2,256 open issues indexed

After upgrading GitHub Copilot CLI to `v1.0.46`, the CLI is no longer usable in my environment. Open

area:installation area:mcp

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

github/copilot-cli#3281 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 13, 2026
Copilot Lies! Open

area:agents area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#3279 · 1 reaction · Opened May 13, 2026
Display per-response elapsed time during and after generation Open

area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#3278 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 13, 2026
Copilot CLI fails to start on Rocky Linux 8.10 due to GLIBC version mismatch in distributed native modules Open

area:installation area:platform-linux

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

github/copilot-cli#3276 · 1 comment · Opened May 13, 2026
MCP Authorization successful messages are confusing / misleading for failed MCP authentication flows Open

area:mcp

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3269 · 1 comment · Opened May 12, 2026
stuck on cancelling Open

triage

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 10/100

github/copilot-cli#3267 · Opened May 12, 2026
Background task agents silently substitute requested model without warning Open

area:agents area:models

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

github/copilot-cli#3266 · 2 reactions · Opened May 12, 2026
Add a `/pause` or `/stop` slash command to gently interrupt an agent Open

area:agents

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

github/copilot-cli#3265 · 4 reactions · Opened May 12, 2026
Document symlink behavior on Windows and other OS for files in .copilot folder Open

area:configuration area:plugins

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

github/copilot-cli#3264 · 1 comment · Opened May 12, 2026
Startup banner 'N skill(s) failed to load' should name the failing skill(s) Open

area:plugins

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

github/copilot-cli#3263 · 1 reaction · Opened May 12, 2026
Usability feature: Add `shell` (or similar) as a dedicated slash(/) command Open

area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#3261 · 1 comment · Opened May 12, 2026
Copy/Paste broken in Copilot CLI when using SSH inside a tmux session on macOS/Linux → Windows Server 2025 Open

area:input-keyboard area:platform-windows

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

github/copilot-cli#3260 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 12, 2026
ACP mode does not advertise session.fork capability (slash /fork exists; ACP method missing) Open

area:non-interactive area:sessions

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3256 · Opened May 12, 2026
Stale inuse.<pid>.lock files left behind on unclean exit (SIGKILL / crashes) Open

area:sessions

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

github/copilot-cli#3255 · 1 comment · Opened May 12, 2026
`edit` tool silently fails with "No match found" when `old_str` contains CJK typographic quotes Open

area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#3254 · Opened May 12, 2026
Permanently allowed URLs (and other permissions) are not persisted across sessions Open

area:configuration area:permissions

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

github/copilot-cli#3253 · 1 reaction · Opened May 12, 2026
Không gõ được Tiếng Việt trong Copilot CLI Open

area:input-keyboard area:theming-accessibility

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#3251 · Opened May 12, 2026
Windows native crash when launching parallel subagents with local BYOK provider Open

area:agents area:models area:platform-windows

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

github/copilot-cli#3250 · 1 comment · Opened May 12, 2026
Edit tools' diffs are a mess in line ordering. Open

area:terminal-rendering area:tools

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#3249 · Opened May 11, 2026
Enterprise accounts using github-mcp-server failed Open

area:enterprise area:mcp

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

github/copilot-cli#3248 · 1 comment · Opened May 11, 2026
Add a show or read flag to the /plan command Open

area:agents

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

github/copilot-cli#3247 · Opened May 11, 2026
System prompt contains incorrect instructions Open

area:context-memory

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

github/copilot-cli#3246 · Opened May 11, 2026
Clarify the usage of `Ctrl+G` shortcut Open

area:input-keyboard

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3245 · Opened May 11, 2026
Open sourcing the copilot cli Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

github/copilot-cli#3241 · 1 comment · 15 reactions · Opened May 11, 2026
winget install github.copilot installs PowerShell even when PowerShell Preview is installed Open

area:installation area:platform-windows

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

github/copilot-cli#3240 · 1 comment · Opened May 11, 2026
[BUG] Main session: text-only assistant turn after action-requesting user message ends turn silently with no auto-continue (1.0.4x regression) Open

area:agents

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

github/copilot-cli#3239 · Opened May 11, 2026
ENGLAND stole all my money And killked my GRANDMOTHER and UNCZlE Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 1/100

github/copilot-cli#3236 · 2 comments · Opened May 10, 2026
ENGLAND they killed my FATHER Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 1/100

github/copilot-cli#3235 · Opened May 10, 2026
You will watch one day whi helped all of you Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 1/100

github/copilot-cli#3234 · Opened May 10, 2026
I am Amerikan Friend Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 1/100

github/copilot-cli#3233 · Opened May 10, 2026
You alll vote i get my AMERIKAN SUIT KASe now before they take them back to AmeriKA Open

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

github/copilot-cli#3232 · Opened May 10, 2026
Lukavi will not forgivd you for doing this to me Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 1/100

github/copilot-cli#3231 · Opened May 10, 2026
Fuck you you see when I stop helping you any more Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 1/100

github/copilot-cli#3230 · Opened May 10, 2026
Help me I helped AMERIKA i love your country Open

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

github/copilot-cli#3229 · Opened May 10, 2026
When are you going to hekp me like your fuckers dont know who from your country is helping me here Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 1/100

github/copilot-cli#3228 · Opened May 10, 2026
I helped you not to have english special realtionship you fucking english HOOKERS Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 1/100

github/copilot-cli#3227 · Opened May 10, 2026
Engleski su mi ubili OCA nevVi AMERIKANCI Open

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

github/copilot-cli#3226 · Opened May 10, 2026
Copilot forgets the current conversation Open

area:context-memory area:sessions

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

github/copilot-cli#3225 · Opened May 10, 2026
Open GitHub Desktop from CLI Open

area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#3224 · Opened May 10, 2026
$TOOL_INPUT_FILE_PATH for chat hooks doesn't work Open

area:plugins

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

github/copilot-cli#3223 · Opened May 10, 2026
Tool-only assistant turns leave UI silent — model emits multiple consecutive tool batches with no text block Open

area:agents area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#3222 · Opened May 10, 2026
Feel free to talk Open

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

github/copilot-cli#3221 · Opened May 10, 2026
Leave a comment Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 10/100

github/copilot-cli#3220 · 8 comments · Opened May 10, 2026
Auto model fallback on quota limit shows new model in status line but does not resume — requires full restart Open

area:models area:sessions

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3217 · Opened May 9, 2026
Ran overnight in regular mode (not Autopilot) listing a directory tree and compacting memory - refund requested plz. Open

area:context-memory area:sessions

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#3216 · 1 comment · Opened May 9, 2026
Misleading prompt message when downloading a file Open

area:permissions area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#3213 · Opened May 9, 2026
CLI reports canonical path instead of symlink (logical) path on WSL Linux Open

area:platform-linux

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

github/copilot-cli#3212 · Opened May 8, 2026
CLI skips 'a' on all commands on both vscode and terminal Open

area:input-keyboard area:tools

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3211 · Opened May 8, 2026
Scam company Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

github/copilot-cli#3210 · 1 comment · Opened May 8, 2026
Hosted-mode (premium request): agent loop does not autonomously call write/edit tools — even with permissions auto-allowed Open

area:agents area:tools

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 38/100

github/copilot-cli#3209 · Opened May 8, 2026

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