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What's new in v1.0.13

Highlights
- Chats can now be archived instead of only deleted, hiding them from the sidebar without losing history and letting you restore them later.
- A full-screen Present mode for canvas, diff, and file panels hides app chrome for a clean, distraction-free view.
- A new /compact slash command lets you manually compact a workspace or chat conversation on demand to reduce token usage.
- Selecting an HTML file in the Files panel now shows a globe button to open it directly in the integrated browser.
- You can now right-click an image in a pull request, issue, or comment to copy it, matching existing chat behavior.

Added
- Added a "Show Copilot CLI Session" setting in Settings → Sessions that controls whether sessions created by the Copilot CLI appear in the sidebar and, if so, how far back to surface them. The setting defaults to Off, so CLI sessions are hidden until you opt in.
- Added a full-screen Present mode for canvas, diff, and file panels: an Enter full screen button in the panel tab bar hides the app chrome and window header for a clean, full-bleed view, and can be exited with the button, Esc, or the OS fullscreen toggle.
- Chats can now be archived instead of only deleted. Archive a chat from its sidebar context menu to hide it from the sidebar without losing its history, and restore it later from Manage sessions.
- New /compact slash command lets you manually compact a workspace or chat conversation to reduce token usage, with optional focus instructions. Compaction already happens automatically when a conversation grows large; this lets you trigger it on demand.
- Selecting an HTML file in the Files panel now shows a globe button in the header that opens the file in the integrated browser.
- Session spend now shows a separate "Agent merge" line when background agent merge activity contributed to the total, making it easier to see how your credits were used.
- You can now right-click an image in a pull request, issue, or comment to copy it, matching the existing behavior for images in chat.

Changed
- Clicking an issue or pull request reference — in a conversation message or the prompt composer — now opens it in the in-app viewer instead of the browser when a workspace is active. Cmd/Ctrl-click still opens it in the browser.
- Copying an assistant response now pastes as formatted rich text (headings, bold, lists, tables, code) into apps like Teams, Outlook, and Word, instead of raw markdown.
- Improved rendering performance while assistant and reasoning messages are streaming in: completed parts of the message no longer get re-parsed on every update, making long streaming responses smoother.
- Pull requests in a merge queue now show a "Queued" status across all PR status surfaces, including badges, sidebar icons, tray menu labels, and the MyWork list, instead of appearing as open or merge-ready.
- Reworked the Add filter dropdown to show common filters first, with an "All filters" option to reveal the full grouped list and search across all filters.
- Screen readers now announce the number of matching results when filtering repositories and other item pickers.
- The branch name shown in the pull request view now includes a built-in copy button, merged into a single pill instead of a separate icon next to it.

Fixed
- Automated agent check-in prompts no longer show up as ticks on the conversation timeline scrubber, and clicking the last tick now scrolls to its actual message instead of overshooting to a trailing automated exchange.
- Cloud automations now let you choose a model and reasoning effort, and remember your choice when you edit the automation later. Previously the model selection was ignored and reasoning effort couldn't be changed.
- Fixed a doubled border at the bottom of the merge summary card when a pull request is ready to merge
- Fixed an issue where messages sent while the agent was working could get stuck showing as pending, and could cause the earlier message to appear to disappear from the conversation.
- Fixed incorrect ARIA roles on segmented controls throughout the app so screen readers now correctly identify single-choice settings (theme mode, filter mode, plugin/skill/shortcut filters, etc.) as radio groups rather than tab controls, and added missing panel labels to the genuine tab controls (markdown editor, MCP settings).
- Fixed keyboard and screen-reader navigation order in the onboarding steps — on wide screens, the Continue/Finish button is now reached after the choices it applies to, matching the visual and expected reading order.
- Fixed screen readers announcing the Mode and Terminal theme options in Settings > Themes as tabs instead of radio buttons, and added missing group labels and descriptions.
- Fixed the sidebar session status spinner sometimes staying stuck on "working" after a session went idle.
- Hid the redundant scrollbar in the conversation view when the timeline is visible.
- In repository settings, the "Trusted" status label now appears to the left of the "Revoke" button, following the expected state-then-action order.
- Opening a new terminal from the add-tab menu or command palette now focuses the terminal immediately instead of leaving focus on the button you clicked.
- Screen readers now announce each control's name and description when navigating the Sessions settings panel.
- Screen readers now announce the empty-selection hint in the onboarding Repositories step when no repositories are selected.
- Screen readers now announce the field name and description when focusing the Mode and Font dropdowns in Settings > Themes.
- Screen readers now hear the sign-in code copy confirmation before the browser opens during device-code sign-in, so users are no longer dropped into the browser with no context of what happened.
- The attention badge dot on the Windows and Linux system tray icon is now amber instead of black, making it visible on dark taskbars.
- Toggling merge settings (like "Merge pull request") for a workspace with agent merge enabled now takes effect immediately instead of waiting up to 10 minutes for the next automatic check.