Copilot for JetBrains 1.18.0 previews AI-assisted tool approvals
Agent sessions gain message re-editing and an MCP server toggle; 2025.1 users face an upgrade.
AI-assisted tool approvals are in public preview for Copilot agent sessions in JetBrains IDEs, shipping in GitHub Copilot for JetBrains 1.18.0. The changelog does not state what criteria decide whether a call is approved automatically, so how much prompting this removes in practice is not something the release note settles.
Two further changes affect how an agent session behaves. Previous messages in a session can now be re-edited, and a new setting toggles the built-in GitHub MCP Server on or off without affecting manually configured MCP servers. The Codex agent gains plan mode. On JetBrains Gateway and in remote development environments, inline chat and its entry points are now hidden.
Users on JetBrains IDE 2025.1 will receive advance notice to upgrade to 2026.1 or later. That is the item with a deadline attached, though the release does not say when the notice arrives or when support for 2025.1 ends.
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- New features and improvements in Copilot for JetBrains Primary GitHub Changelog
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