Orca v1.4.258 runs GitHub Copilot in Chat and scrolls phone chats again

Orca 1.4.258 runs GitHub Copilot in Chat. Stream replies, check tool output, review diffs, and reopen the chat after a restart. You need Copilot CLI 1.0.88 or later.

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Orca v1.4.258 runs GitHub Copilot in Chat

Launch chat

stream replies, inspect tool output, review diffs, reopen after a restart

Needs

Copilot CLI 1.0.88+ and sign-in

Not yet

importing Session History into Chat

Allow-all

set in an outside terminal, it sticks even when Orca shows Ask

Phone chat pages from the desktop scroll again, sideways through wide code too, and a pinch resizes the text. Code gets syntax colors. If a tab says Update mobile, update the phone app.

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Phone chats scroll again, with colored code

Swipe

through messages, and sideways through wide code

Pinch

resizes chat text, not the whole page

Code

syntax colors, pinned diff gutters, PR-state icons

Update mobile

update the phone app, then reconnect

Large workspace collections open with fewer pauses, and moving a window no longer saves your whole profile again. Usage refreshes run in their own process, so your typing keeps up.

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Fewer pauses with large workspace collections

Startup

large workspace collections open with fewer pauses

Windows

moving a window no longer re-saves your whole profile

Usage

refreshes run in their own process, away from your keystrokes

Switch Claude accounts from your phone or the CLI, and with Ask set, terminal sessions resume on the new account with no desktop dialog. A busy session finishes its turn first.

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Switch Claude accounts from your phone or the CLI

Under Ask

terminal sessions resume on the new account, no desktop dialog

Busy

a session mid-turn finishes that turn first

Never restart

still leaves sessions as they are

At a usage limit, Hand Off to Another Agent now passes the full saved conversation. When you coordinate workers, you answer their permission prompts from the coordinator, above the composer.

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Hand Off now passes the whole conversation

Usage limit

Hand Off to Another Agent includes the full saved chat

Workers

answer their permission prompts from the coordinator

Pending

requests wait above the composer

Add project is now one menu: browse a folder, clone a URL or create one, on any machine. Pi starts on your chosen model and thinking level, and files Orca can't show open in their default app.

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Add a project from one menu

Add project

browse a folder, clone a URL or create one, on any machine

Pi

launches on your chosen model and thinking level

Files

tabs Orca can't show offer Open with default app

If you run Copilot, I'd update for Chat alone. If you check on agents from your phone, getting scrolling back is reason enough.

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Copilot user? Update for Chat alone.

Orca v1.4.258 release notes on GitHub