Add a method to /exit from Copilot CLI regardless of nested sessions
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100
Research direction
Start by tracing the existing /exit command and the session handling used after multiple /new sessions. Reproduce the documented behavior with nested sessions, then verify that the chosen /exit behavior closes the entire Copilot CLI while preserving the existing current-session behavior where appropriate.
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Description
Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve
Add a method to /exit from Copilot CLI regardless of nested sessions
Proposed solution
Add a /exit behavior that gracefully terminates the current Copilot CLI, either by changing the /exit behavior, adding a subcommand or adding a separate command.
Example prompts or workflows
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Additional context
When using a Copilot CLI session, and running several /new sessions after completing unrelated work, invoking the /exit command will currently exit the current session and show the previous one - instead of existing Copilot CLI.
This matches behavior matches with the current docs:
/exit,/quit: Close the current session. If other sessions are running, this foregrounds the newest remaining one instead of quitting. Quits the CLI only when it is the last open session./exit printalways tears down the CLI and offers to dump the transcript.
To fully close Copilot CLI after multiple /new turns on either has to run /exit multiple times or terminate the process.
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