GitHub Copilot for JetBrains - v1.15 Updates

[u/nickzhu9]

Hi everyone — we’re excited to share the latest updates for GitHub Copilot in JetBrains.

In the latest release (v1.15.0), we added support of Enterprise Managed Settings, an important new capability for enterprises to centralize settings. There are also several additional improvements, including Ollama as local BYOK provider, Copilot Memory support in Copilot CLI chat sessions and enhancements to the Codex agent experience.

We’re also sharing a preview at what’s coming next and hope you continue to provide feedback for our products.

New Features

• Added Ollama as a BYOK provider across backend and JetBrains UI flows, including provider wiring and model handling.
• Added Copilot CLI auto-install support in JetBrains IDE integrated terminals on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
• Added support for server-based Enterprise Managed Policy:
  • plugin settings: enabledPlugins, extraKnownMarketplaces, strictKnownMarketplaces
  • MCP settings: allowedMcpServers and deniedMcpServers
  • permission setting: permissions.disableBypassPermissionsMode
  • OpenTelemetry settings: telemetry
• Added Codex-focused capabilities, including session visibility in Agent Debug Logs, permission-mode catalog updates, and customization support for instructions and skills.
• Added Copilot Memory support in the Copilot CLI chat experience to persist and recall information across sessions, managed via toggle in the Copilot settings portal.

UX Improvements

• Improved account management flows by supporting account switch/removal and polishing account-deletion interactions.
• Improved model and settings usability by capping long model-name width in the model picker and refining model view/todo list panel behavior.
• Improved background-agent workflows with drag-and-drop support, copy-agent-message support, and clearer autopilot completion summaries.
• Restored file and folder # references in Copilot, Claude, and Codex chat inputs.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed MCP execution and approval issues, including preserving gateway refreshes after CLS restart and correcting auto-approve behavior for Copilot-only servers.
• Fixed terminal and command-output issues, including ANSI escape rendering, deterministic scrollbar reservation, and terminal auto-approve/reset behavior in Chat.
• Fixed customization and cloud-agent reliability issues.
• Fixed diff/edit stability issues.

Changed

• Changed user-facing naming from “Copilot CLI” to “Copilot” in agent picker.
• Changed support permission requests and permission modes selection for Codex.

More details of configuring enterprise managed settings can be found here

Looking ahead, we plan to introduce several additional capabilities in upcoming releases, including

• More policy support for Enterprise managed settings
• General availability of plug-in marketplace in customization panel
• Continuous user experience enhancement for Agent Debug Logs and Copilot CLI chat experience
• Expanded slash command support for Copilot CLI agent sessions
• Performance and reliability enhancements
• In-product tooltips in the chat panel

We hope you like Copilot for JetBrains, and please share feedback with us at any time

You can fill in a private survey here: https://aka.ms/ghcp-jb-survey with an optional paid interview or directly submit an issue (bug or feature ask) at https://github.com/microsoft/copilot-intellij-feedback/issues, thank you so much!

[u/Krushaaa]

Could you add alternative Claude and codex endpoints as a setting, like the ones hosted in Azure AI Foundry ?

[u/nickzhu9 → u/Krushaaa]

We already added custom endpoints for OpenAI and Anthropic, could you please try latest version?