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