{"slug":"github-copilot-resume-a-session-from-the-sessions-browser","title":"Resume a Copilot CLI session from the Sessions browser","summary":"GitHub Copilot handles this as a draft: Copilot CLI pre-release 1.0.100-1, published 16 Oct 2026, makes the unified Sessions browser the default for /sessions, /session, and /resume. You confirm it opened the session you meant before it edits anything.","agent":"GitHub Copilot","agentSlug":"github-copilot","category":"Coding","categorySlug":"coding","roles":["Software engineer"],"roleSlugs":["software-engineer"],"industries":["Software"],"industrySlugs":["software"],"jobs":["shipping-code"],"topic":"Dev & Coding","topicSlug":"dev-and-coding","score":17,"difficulty":"easy","estCost":"GitHub Copilot CLI pre-release 1.0.100-1 or later, on the Copilot plan you already use. The release notes do not list a separate price for the Sessions browser.","costTier":"low","timeSaved":"Finding an existing CLI session instead of starting over. An estimate, not a measurement. The notes do not state a time.","prompt":"Resume the Copilot CLI session I name. Use the Sessions browser, via /sessions, /session, or /resume. Do not start a new session if that one is in the list.\n\nShow me the session you opened: its title or id, and the last thing it was doing. Then stop. Do not edit files, run tests, or push until I confirm it is the right session.\n\nIf the list looks short, say so. The 1.0.100-1 notes say session browsing caps account discovery at 500 records and respects Retry-After on automatic refresh. Do not invent sessions that are not in the list.","steps":[{"title":"Install Copilot CLI 1.0.100-1 or later","detail":"The GitHub release 1.0.100-1 is marked pre-release and was published 16 Oct 2026. It says the unified Sessions browser is the default for /sessions, /session, and /resume."},{"title":"Open the named session and read the last step","detail":"Confirm the title before you let it continue. The same notes say session browsing caps account discovery at 500 records and respects Retry-After hints for automatic refresh timing. A missing session may be past that cap, or on an account the refresh has not listed yet."},{"title":"Stop","detail":"You confirm the session. Then you can ask it to continue. Resuming is not approval to edit."}],"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/releases/tag/v1.0.100-1","sourceNote":"GitHub release v1.0.100-1 of github/copilot-cli, marked pre-release, published 16 Oct 2026 by copilot-cli-release-app. The page returned HTTP 200 on 18 Oct 2026. It makes the unified Sessions browser the default for /sessions, /session, and /resume, caps account discovery at 500 records, and honors Retry-After on automatic refresh. Prompt and stop rules are an AI Playbook Gems adaptation, not a vendor quote; unverified.","date":"2026-10-18","verified":false,"status":"unverified","sponsorUrl":"","metrics":[{"label":"Hands-on time","value":"Confirming the resumed session is the one you wanted"},{"label":"You still approve","value":"Any edit after the resume"}],"faq":[{"question":"Has this GitHub Copilot playbook been re-run for the catalog?","answer":"No. Status is unverified. The 1.0.100-1 release page was checked on 18 Oct 2026. The prompt is an adaptation. The release is marked pre-release."},{"question":"What stays human?","answer":"Confirming which session came back, and any edit after that. The notes describe the browser. They do not say a resume is permission to change the repo."}],"url":"https://aiplaybookgems.com/usecases/github-copilot-resume-a-session-from-the-sessions-browser","jsonUrl":"https://aiplaybookgems.com/api/usecases/github-copilot-resume-a-session-from-the-sessions-browser"}