Margaret (archestra team) —
*What’s new in Archestra: from v1.2.62 to v1.2.71* 🚀 We shipped quite a lot over the past 2 weeks, so here’s a roundup of the most notable changes. :speech_balloon: *Chat & agents* _More models to choose from, more control over what the agent does each turn, and a clearer view of what it’s actually doing._ • *GitHub Copilot is now a supported LLM provider*: route Copilot models through Archestra with the usual virtual keys, cost limits and policies (#5539) • *Agent lifecycle hooks*: run your own scripts at chat lifecycle events (SessionStart / PreToolUse / PostToolUse) inside the conversation sandbox, Claude-Code style (#5424) • *Context window visualizer:* click the context indicator in chat to see exactly what’s filling the model’s context, with an estimated per-turn cost (#5260) • *MCP elicitation pass-through:* gateway tools can now prompt the caller for input mid-call (#5494) 🔧 *Connectors & messaging* _Pull more of your sources into Archestra, and let agents work where your team already talks._ • New Perforce (Helix Core) knowledge connector (#5503) • MS Teams replies to any message in a thread it was mentioned in, plus file/image upload in 1:1 chats (#5470) • Slack sticky-thread auto-reply (#5490) • Rebuilt client connection setup: step-by-step wizard, one-command setup, Windows PowerShell scripts (the new connection page itself is in beta) (#5516) 🔓 *Teams, security & enterprise auth* _Things that start matter once Archestra is more than one person: who can do what, what the agent’s sandbox can reach, and how clients prove who they are._ • *Team roles:* first-class admin/member roles per team, reworked team management, cleaner invite signup (#5425) • *Tighter network controls:* per-environment sandbox egress, plus egress policy enforced on remote MCP servers (#5682) • *Enterprise OAuth:* client-credentials and authorization_code grants for MCP gateways and LLM OAuth clients (#5632) :archestra-love: *In beta:* • *MCP Apps:* build, run and share your own apps right in chat, ARCHESTRA_APPS_ENABLED (#5437) • *Projects + My Files*: group chats into projects, with a persistent file system on the sandbox, ARCHESTRA_PROJECTS_ENABLED (#5599) Full notes: github.com/archestra-ai/archestra/releases
