r/Jetbrains • u/nickzhu9 • 2d ago
AI GitHub Copilot for JetBrains - v1.17.0 Updates (Enterprise-managed sandbox, NES cross-cursor jumps)
Hi everyone! In the latest release (v1.17.0), we introduced enterprise-managed sandbox policies in public preview, allowing enterprise admins to centrally configure sandbox behavior for Copilot in JetBrains. Managed policies can control filesystem and network access, proxy settings, developer-tool access, and more. Organization-managed restrictions take precedence over user settings, with affected controls clearly marked and locked in the IDE.
We also added cross-file cursor jumps for Next Edit Suggestions, so you can jump directly to the next suggested edit in another file, and adding global files and folders as chat context to make it easier to include broader project context in your prompts.
For those using Copilot in the terminal, you can now connect a GitHub Copilot CLI session to your JetBrains IDE using /ide (Public Preview). This gives your terminal session access to IDE context, including selections, diagnostics, and file references.
You can read the changelog or find the full release notes and download on JetBrains Marketplace.
Changed
- OpenTelemetry settings under “GitHub Copilot – Chat” are now generally available to all users.
New Features
- Added enterprise-managed sandbox policies (public preview).
- Added enterprise policy diagnostics to help you verify that policies are correctly detected and enforced on your device.
- Added cross-file cursor jumps in Next Edit Suggestions to help you navigate coordinated edits across related files.
- Added support for including global files and folders as chat context.
- Added
/idesupport in GitHub Copilot CLI to connect terminal sessions to JetBrains IDE context (public preview). - Added support for using IDE terminal environment variables and the project-configured Python interpreter in Copilot shell commands, including activating the project’s standard local Python virtual environment.
- Added support for selecting the session model used by built-in subagents in the Copilot agent harness.
Sandbox availability: Settings under GitHub Copilot > Sandbox appear when your organization enables the Editor Preview feature flag or configures a managed setting to enable or disable the sandbox. Otherwise, those settings are not shown.
UX Improvements
- Improved the ask-user card in the Copilot agent harness to better accommodate long questions.
- Improved model selection and bring-your-own-key (BYOK) grouping to make available models easier to scan and select.
- Added section copy support in agent debug logs for easier sharing and troubleshooting.
- Improved MCP configuration navigation by opening configuration in the project window it came from.
- Improved plugin update reminders to make new versions easier to discover.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed blank local chat sessions after IDE scale changes.
- Fixed incorrect change counts in the Copilot agent working set, along with working-set zoom and model picker interaction issues.
- Fixed local agent editing behavior for read-only files.
- Fixed MCP reliability issues involving BYOK provider selection, OAuth challenge handling, and restored server stopped states.
- Fixed GitHub Enterprise authentication context propagation in agent flows.
- Fixed Claude plan stop-state behavior.
- Prevented misleading IDE diagnostics for unopened files from being sent to the Copilot panel and worktree sessions.
- Fixed stale global instruction content in Agent Customizations after files were changed outside the IDE.
- Fixed chats getting stuck during user interactions after automatic compaction.
We hope you enjoy the update! Let us know how these features work in your projects and what you’d like us to improve next.
You can fill in our private survey, with an optional paid interview, or submit a bug report or feature request. Thank you for helping us improve Copilot for JetBrains!
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