[Endgame] 0.19.0 Endgame

[jdneo]

Download bit

https://mseng.visualstudio.com/VSJava/_build/results?buildId=31677801&view=results

Issues to verify

Added

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

Fixed

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

Release steps

• Trigger Nightly build: https://mseng.visualstudio.com/VSJava/_build?definitionId=19562
• Trigger RC build: https://mseng.visualstudio.com/VSJava/_build?definitionId=19982
• Verify issues
• Fix blocking issues for release
• Update test plan
  • @jdneo
  • @duzitong
  • @ethanyhou
  • @xinyi-gong
• Create a new branch from main, named as release/<version>
• Release Nightly: https://mseng.visualstudio.com/VSJava/_build?definitionId=20768
• Update solution version for nightly on marketplace: https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/github-copilot-nightly/edit
• Release RC: https://mseng.visualstudio.com/VSJava/_build?definitionId=21364
• Update solution version for stable on marketplace: https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/github-copilot/edit
• Add release in https://github.com/microsoft/copilot-for-eclipse/releases, makes sure target branch is release/<version> for the tag

[travkin79]

Hi @jdneo,
Do you plan to include PR #285 (fix for issue #113) in this release?

[jdneo]

Hi @jdneo, Do you plan to include PR #285 (fix for issue #113) in this release?

No, but it will be included in the next version's nightly as soon as 0.19.0 stable is released

[Philipp0205]

Why is this called "Endgame?" 🤔

[travkin79]

"Endgame" is a common term for a check list or an issue with the steps preparing a release. CDT LSP, for example, is using an "endgame" label instead, see e.g. eclipse-cdt/cdt-lsp#537

[Philipp0205]

@travkin79 thanks for the explanation!