0.20.0 - 20260713

Added

• Support organization-enabled custom (BYOK) models automatically in the model picker. PR#333

Changed

• Move Copilot Menu to the left of the Help menu. #287

Fixed

• Chat cannot be scrolled down to see the newest messages in long conversations. #63
• Copilot asks read permission for a global skill file. #318
• Detailed model information on dropdown hover is cropped on Linux. #113, contributed by @travkin79
• Automatically scroll the chat view to prompts requiring user action (e.g. "Continue") in Agent mode. #120, contributed by @raghucssit
• Agents become extremely slow due to expensive chat view re-layout on every streamed chunk. #259
• UI freezes on editor switch when the Chat view has a long conversation. #335

0.19.0 - 20260624

Added

• Improve terminal command execution across Windows and Linux. PR#247
• Support editing/creating local files outside the workspace. PR#248
• Support automatic chat context compression. PR#250
• Support tool auto-approve controls. PR#255

Fixed

• Copilot reports failure when extension-point contributed MCP server has changed. #153
• Subagent panel size is not updated if conversation is canceled. #169, contributed by @rsd-darshan
• Thinking effort descriptions are truncated in the model picker hover card. #233
• Canceled terminal tool calling status will become ongoing again after chat history restoration. #239
• Cannot navigate to the file out of workspace. #262
• Read the default text editor preferences from platform instead of defaulting to spaces. PR#267, contributed by @jomillerOpen

Engineering

• Remove unused message keys and properties across various modules. PR#208
• Add endgame skill. PR#230
• Fix typo in README upgrade recommendation. PR#251, contributed by @evanclan

0.18.0 - 20260520

0.18.0

Added

• ℹ️ Prepare for the upcoming usage-based billing. We strongly recommend upgrading to this version as soon as possible. #203
• Add Copilot preference for a chat's custom instructions loading. #62, contributed by @travkin79
• Support skills and prompt files. PR#133
• Support displaying thinking blocks in chat view. #202
• Support selecting thinking effort for model. #204

Fixed

• Cannot fall back to JS-based CLS when native binary fails to start. #116
• 400 Bad Request when restoring conversation from persistence. #131
• Tool call errors failed to render in chat view. PR#145
• BYOK display name label should be optional. PR#158
• Subagent progress events leak into unrelated conversation UI when switching sessions. #160
• Integrate CLS session persistence and restoration for conversation history. PR#161
• Subagent turns appear as separate assistant messages after restoration. #163
• UI freeze: caused by deadlock in EditorsManager. #175
• UI freeze: deadlock between main thread and LSP listener on quota fallback. #179
• The mode picker will be blank in preference page when workspace contains 'remote' FS project. #180
• Prevent focusing the Terminal view after executing a CLI command in Chat view. #188, contributed by @rsd-darshan

Engineering

• Extend CONTRIBUTING.md and adapt some Eclipse project settings to simplify getting started. PR#176, contributed by @travkin79
• Add explicit least-privilege permissions to CI workflow. PR#185, contributed by @arpitjain099

0.17.0 - 20260508

Added

• Add context size donut and popup for visualizing token usage.
• Add rate limit warning banner in chat view. PR#17
• Support delegating read directory to IDE. PR#18
• Support delegating file and text search to IDE. PR#22
• Support custom models (BYOK) for Copilot Business and Enterprise users. PR#140

Changed

• Update the combos rendering and add context button style in chat view.

Fixed

• Fix ConcurrentModificationException in CompletionProvider listener iteration. PR#13
• Fix capitalization of "GitHub" in signin description. PR#10
• Fix NES annotation type mapping and foreign text marker registration. #23

0.16.0 - 20260403

Added

• Support tool calling in Ask Mode.
• Show detailed model information on dropdown hover.
• Add openChatView mode parameter and wire handoff to command.

Changed

• Update chat mode selector and model selector to show more information.
• Remove 'Included' billing message and simplify multiplier to 0.
• Remove border for Add Context button and center layout in ActionBar.

Fixed

• Fix NPE under updateCodeMinings() lambda if editor is already disposed
• Fix bind Ctrl++ shortcut additionally for increaseChatFontSize command
• Fix Binary LSP agent start failed
• Fix some languages does not have syntax highlighting
• Fix wrong line delimiter is generated in completion
• Fix "Copy and Open" does not copy
• Fix BadPositionCategoryException in RenderManager when closing markdown editor
• Fix use invisible OSC escape sequence for terminal command completion marker
• Fix URI comparison for similar URI schemes.
• Fix CLS "temperature and top_p cannot both be specified for this model".

0.15.0 - 20260127

Added

• Add JDT debugger tool for agent.
• Support increasing or decreasing font size in chat view.
• Add ManageTodoList tool UI support.
• Support agent max request preference.
• Add current editor selection to chat context.
• Support custom scheme file creation, edit and get errors.
• Support commit instruction.

Changed

• Update MCP registry dialog.
• Remove nightly check for the MCP registry feature.
• Update file change summary bar hover effect.

Fixed

• Remove unimplemented ToolConfigurationQuickFixProcessor causing ClassNotFoundException.
• NPE from NES feature when working on an editor without text widget.
• Update Jobs View category to reflect correct labeling.
• Fix markup rendering under dark theme.
• Fix css for handoff container in dark mode.
• Support traverse through the chat view via Tab.
• Fix git repository detection when.git is excluded in.project.
• Fix ChatView input undo/redo functionality.
• Remove redundant focus listener for created buttons.
• Defer the status check until setting sync is finished.
• Prevent deadlock in updateCodeMinings by using asyncExec.
• Add focus visual hint for widgets in action bar.
• Linux terminal shell not working due to incorrect environment property.
• Add content type to the quickAssistProcessor extension point.
• Always update modeToolStatus even when no tools are defined.
• Refactor action area visibility handling in chat history viewer.
• Set model apply to always.
• IllegalArgumentException when parsing Windows file paths in chat hyperlinks.
• SWTException on shutdown when Chat view is open.

0.14.0 - 20251212

Added

• Set a max file number for the FileChangeSummaryBar and make the bar scrollable.
• Add dialog prompting users about missing terminal dependencies.
• Enable CVE Remediator sub-agent (rollout progressively).

Changed

• Update MCP registry API version to v0.1.
• Move the Coding Agent Jobs top buttons to view toolbar.
• Move the Chat view top buttons to view toolbar.
• Remove the allow list for MCP contribution extension point.

Fixed

• Simplify the parameters for getting built-in chat modes.
• Do not show footer for coding agent turns.
• Completion not working in.agent.md files.
• Update feedback URL.
• NPE when initialize MCP registry dialog.
• Failed to connect to proxy when auth contains backslash.
• Support non-UTF-8 encoded files.
• Eclipse hangs when the workspace contains too many files.
• Exclude output files when collecting watched files.
• Enable horizontal scrolling for command text in tool confirmation box.
• Chat view is empty when opening it after plugin activated.
• Update the UI for organization managed settings.
• Revert workaround for free plan users default model.
• Tools status will not be updated when manually edit tool list.
• Prompt user to restart eclipse when sub-agent preference changes.
• Load custom chat modes asynchronously to prevent UI freeze.
• Directly open the created file when clicking it in file change summary bar.
• Cannot create new empty files in new workspace in agent mode.
• Tool list is not refresh after configure tools in an unsaved.agent.md file.
• Improve tool specification parsing to handle server names with slashes.
• Avoid blocking the thread when sync tools.
• Update prompt of run_in_terminal tool.
• Improve event handling in ChatView and FileToolService.
• Quota display rendering not correct on MacOS.
• Improve the perf when typing in chat view.
• Limited description length to 100 in AgentMessageWidget.
• Should prompt user when disposing file change summary bar.
• Changed files panel will not dispose when switching chat history.
• Added tool call status to the tool call reply.

0.13.1 - 20251118

Fixed

• Chat View - NPE when rendering buttons in action bar.
• Completion - Invalid thread access when completion in Eclipse 2024-03.

0.13.0 - 20251114

Added

• Support Next Edit Suggestion (NES).
• Support Custom Agent.
• Support Plan mode.
• Support Auto model.
• Support delegating tasks to coding agent and view the jobs.
• Support dynamic OAuth for MCP servers.
• Support allow list check for the MCP registry.

Changed

• Update chat view icons.

Fixed

• MCP - Sync proxy bypass settings to CLS.
• MCP Registry - Cannot restore MCP registry URL.
• MCP Registry - Auto load more not working on MacOS.
• MCP Registry - Check server ID and base URL for MCP servers from registry.
• MCP Registry - Dynamically set the table row height for MCP registry dialog. - MCP Registry - Only store the MCP registry URL to configuration scope.
• MCP Registry - Refresh the tool bar of MCP registry dialog after clicking.
• Chat History - Persisted chat history title contains line breaks.
• Chat History - Conversation with id does not exist.
• Chat View: Apply default TM theme for source viewer.
• Extension Point - Activate bundle when the checking the MCP registration.
• Extension Point - Allow plugin to remove the mcp registration.
• Extension Point - Displaying new MCP server registration found but none actually exists.
• Accessibility - Add name attribute to the widgets in chat view.
• Typo - typo in completion settings page.

0.12.0 - 20251016

Added

• Support chat history.
• Support BYOK (Bring Your Own Keys), including Azure, OpenAI, Groq, Anthropic, OpenRouter and Gemini.
• (Preview) Support MCP Registry.
• (Preview) Add an extension point to allow MCP server registration from other plugins.

Changed

• Show the generate commit message button to different places per Eclipse platform version.
• Re-organize the Copilot preference pages.
• Use new GitHub App ID.

Fixed

• Improve focus indicator for buttons in chat view.
• Misleading description for custom instructions.
• SWT Resource was not properly disposed by run_in_terminal tool.
• java.nio.file.FileSystemException thrown by TerminalServiceManager.
• Rendering of the whats new page is broken on webkit.
• Consider product customization for what's new preferences.
• Get charset by file.
• Dedup the files from the add context file dialog.
• '&' is used as mnemonic character in SWT Label.
• Refine color of line separator in chat view.
• Validates the files before editing.
• Set right background color and hover listener for action items in summary bar.
• Do not trigger completion if code mining is disabled.
• UI bundle is started before CLS is activated.