v1.1.17

What's new in v1.1.17

Highlights

• Added a "Clear completed" action to remove all finished background activity at once.
• Added a source switcher to the Files tab to browse generated artifacts and added file/folder sources without leaving the tab.
• The "Start on system start" setting is now available to all desktop app users.
• The Goal pill in the composer now shows live status and expands to show the objective, completion summary, and AI Credits usage.

Added

• Added a "Clear completed" action to the Background section so you can remove all finished background activity at once.
• Added a source switcher to the Files tab so you can browse generated artifacts and added file/folder sources without leaving the tab, keeping your selection when switching between them.
• The "Start on system start" setting is now available to all desktop app users.
• The Goal pill in the composer now shows live status (Active, Paused, Done) and expands to show the objective, completion summary, pause reason, turn count, and AI Credits usage.

Changed

• Added a "Sources" header to the Files source picker to clarify session sources
• Improved the layout of elicitation choice prompts, aligning option labels and cleaning up redundant headings.
• Large sessions resume even faster by asking for a small bounded slice of recent history instead of reading the whole transcript from disk.
• Opening an existing priority now shows a read-only details view with an Edit button, instead of opening straight into the edit form.
• Removed the Goal status pill from the session utilities rail; Goal status remains available in the composer.
• Reorganized the right panel's add-tab menu, grouping Markdown editor and Insights under a new More submenu below Canvas and removing extra dividers.
• Screenshot annotations are now enabled by default after capturing a browser region.
• Session artifacts in the right rail now show file-type-specific icons (e.g. image thumbnails) matching the Files tab, instead of a generic file icon.
• Sessions created from projects and standalone work now use one shared session creation and navigation experience for everyone.
• Simplified the Accounts settings page into a single Connected accounts list with one Add account menu for GitHub.com, Enterprise Cloud, and Enterprise Server.
• The github open <directory> command now switches to your most recently active session for that project or worktree instead of always opening a new one. Use github open --new <directory> to open a fresh session.
• The macOS Dock icon's right-click menu now always shows sessions needing input, unread sessions, and recently used sessions—no need to enable it in Settings.
• The plan view no longer shows the read/source toggle when a plan has only to-do items and no plan text to edit.
• Wide tables in the conversation are now constrained to the column width by default; expand them anytime with the Expand tables command.

Fixed

• Agent activity rows now show readable labels instead of raw agent IDs.
• Detaching or archiving a coordinated session no longer sends stale automatic notifications to its former parent session.
• Fixed a bug where a session that couldn't be reloaded would get stuck on a "Resuming session…" spinner instead of showing the recovery banner with a Retry button.
• Fixed an issue on Windows where the app could reopen in a borderless fullscreen state with no way to return to the normal window.
• Fixed an issue where agents could not use a provider's own CLI (such as az repos pr create) to open pull requests for non-GitHub repositories when explicitly asked to.
• Fixed an issue where automatic retries after a failed conversation resume would hide the recovery message and Retry button.
• Fixed an issue where pressing the up arrow in an empty prompt box could recall an internal coordination message from another session instead of your last prompt.
• Fixed an issue where the workspace sidebar could take minutes to appear for users with a large CLI session history.
• Fixed an issue where typing in the Share feedback dialog could be redirected to the message composer if a workspace finished loading while the dialog was open.
• Fixed archived chats' scheduled automations (and those of their side chats) sometimes continuing to run instead of being removed.
• Fixed content in the workspace side panel being clipped by 1 pixel at the right edge during and after resizing.
• Fixed crashes in the browser preview and code editor caused by rare timing issues during window teardown and text restoration.
• Fixed Find in the diff view showing a stale match count and highlighting the wrong text after switching between Committed and All changes.
• Fixed intermittent failures setting up a workspace on Windows when antivirus, indexing, or another process briefly locked a file.
• Fixed issue links on GitHub Enterprise Server accounts not opening in the session's right panel.
• Fixed keyboard focus being lost when setting an account as default in Settings → Accounts.
• Fixed reasoning and tool activity unexpectedly splitting apart while streaming in Balanced response verbosity mode.
• Fixed setup scripts for branch workspaces running against the wrong folder before the branch's checkout was finalized.
• Fixed the merge button and merge blockers incorrectly reporting required checks as failed when only optional checks had failed.
• Fixed the onboarding health check screen losing its results, export/copy buttons, and keyboard focus when re-checking failed
• Fixed the sidebar unread indicator replaying its animation when expanding or collapsing sections instead of only when a session becomes unread.
• Pasted session references in the message composer now show a distinct chat icon, use the correct session name, and never display raw internal notification text as their label.
• Quick Open no longer shows a destination picker when there's only one place to open the repository.
• Retrying a failed canvas extension check no longer shifts the layout of the Installed extensions list.
• Session mentions in the composer and chat now show consistent icons and live status indicators, matching their appearance in the sidebar.
• The Dim color variant in Settings → Themes is now only offered for GitHub Dark, so it can no longer be applied to GitHub Light or an external palette where it doesn't render correctly.
• The sidebar now scrolls the active workspace or chat session into view when you navigate to it.
• Tool calls no longer jump around or collapse into a group while a response is still streaming; they stay in place until the response finishes.