VSCode

What's new in this version:

VSCode 1.117.0
- BYOK for Business and Enterprise: Connect your own API keys for preferred or specialized models directly in VS Code chat
- Incremental chat rendering: Experience more fluid streaming of chat responses
- Terminal improvements: Launch Copilot CLI from any terminal profile


VSCode 1.116.0
Here are some highlights of what's new:
- Agent Debug Logs: view logs from previous agent sessions to understand and debug agent interactions
- Copilot CLI thinking effort: configure model thinking effort in Copilot CLI to balance response quality and latency
- Terminal agent tools: interact with any terminal session from your agent sessions
- GitHub Copilot built-in: start using AI without having to install the GitHub Copilot Chat extension

Agent experience:
Debug previous agent sessions:
- Setting: github.copilot.chat.agentDebugLog.fileLogging.enabled
- The Agent Debug Log panel shows a chronological event log of agent interactions during a chat session, which is useful for understanding what happens when you send a prompt and to debug chat customizations.
- You can now view the log for the current session as well as previous sessions, with logs persisted locally on disk. This enables you to review and debug past agent interactions even after the session has ended.
- The setting to enable the Agent Debug Logs panel is now merged into the troubleshooting setting github.copilot.chat.agentDebugLog.fileLogging.enabled

Configure thinking effort in Copilot CLI:
- Similar to local agent sessions, you can now configure the thinking effort for reasoning models in Copilot CLI sessions with the language model picker. Thinking effort controls how much reasoning the model applies to each request, which can help balance response quality and latency based on your needs.
- Choose a reasoning model in the picker and select the arrow to reveal the available effort levels. The available effort levels might vary by model. Non-reasoning models do not show the submenu.

Customizations welcome page:
- The Chat Customizations dialog, available via the Chat: Open Customizations command or the gear icon in the Chat view, now has a welcome page that gives you an overview of all your agent customizations.
- Creating customizations might be daunting at first, so you can now use the Customize Your Agent input on the welcome page to let VS Code draft customizations like agents, skills, and instructions based on a natural language description.

Tool confirmation carousel (Experimental):
Setting: chat.tools.confirmationCarousel.enabled:
- To make approving or rejecting multiple tool calls more efficient, chat now shows a carousel control for tool confirmations. The carousel gives you a compact and navigable way to review and approve multiple tool calls in sequence without scrolling through the conversation.
- This feature is experimental and controlled by the chat.tools.confirmationCarousel.enabled setting. It is enabled by default in VS Code Insiders and is gradually rolling out to Stable as we collect feedback.

Visual Studio Code Agents (Preview):
- In the last release, we shared the Visual Studio Code Agents app, a new preview companion app that ships alongside VS Code Insiders and is built for agent-native development
- Since introducing the app in 1.115, we've continued to iterate with features and fixes based on feedback, to deliver a great agent-first experience

Some of the latest updates include:
- Reasoning level selection: as mentioned above, you can now configure thinking effort for reasoning models in Copilot CLI sessions
- Plan mode handling: for CLI sessions involving planning, plan mode will automatically kick in
- Files tab shown by default in Changes: the Files tab now shows by default in the Changes panel
- Session response, theming, and rendering improvements: a range of refinements to response handling, visual consistency, and rendering performance
- App name: We've renamed the app to Visual Studio Code Agents - Insiders
- We've added a new entry point to Try out the new Agents app from the VS Code welcome page

You can also still open the app via the same methods as in 1.115:
- Launch Visual Studio Code Agents - Insiders from your Start menu or Applications folder in the OS
- Run Chat: Open Agents Application from the Command Palette

Terminal tools:
Foreground terminal support for agent tools:
- The send_to_terminal and get_terminal_output agent tools now also work with foreground terminals and not just background terminals that were created by the agent. This means that the agent can read output from and send input to any terminal visible in the terminal panel, such as a running REPL or an interactive script

Terminal input improvements:
This release includes several improvements to the experience for terminal input in agent sessions:
- Detect terminal input: The LLM-based prompt-for-input detection is removed. Previously, every terminal output chunk triggered an extra LLM call to classify whether the terminal was waiting for input, which added latency and used extra tokens. The agent now handles terminal input directly via send_to_terminal and uses the question carousel to defer to you when needed.
- Progress messages: When the agent sends answers to the terminal, the progress message now shows which question is being answered, for example: Sending "my-project" to terminal (replying to: What is your project name?).
- Focus Terminal: When the agent needs terminal input, like when prompting for a password or an interactive installer like npm init, the question carousel now includes a Focus Terminal button. Select it to focus the relevant terminal and type your response directly. If you start typing in the terminal while the carousel is open, it automatically dismisses and informs the agent that you are handling the input directly.

Background terminal notifications enabled by default:
Setting: chat.tools.terminal.backgroundNotifications:
- Background terminal notifications are now enabled by default. When the agent runs a command in a background terminal, it automatically receives notifications when the command completes, times out, or requires input. This enables the agent to respond more quickly and accurately without needing to poll for terminal output.

Chat UX:
This release includes a few UX improvements to chat:
- Diffs in the top level: Code diffs now render directly in the chat conversation, so you can review proposed changes without switching context to a separate diff view.
- Rendering performance: Chat responses should now render faster, with added improvements including reduced layout thrashing and more efficient incremental updates during streaming. Also fixes an issue where rapid bursts of tool invocation updates cause brief hangs in the extension host.
- Chat send performance: Fixes an issue where chat message sending is blocked by loading chat customizations. The message now visually appears in the chat conversation immediately even if prompts are still loading.
- Subagent progress: The expanded view for subagent progress is now more visually distinct, making it easier to follow when a subagent is in progress.

Accessibility:
Agents app accessibility:
- The Agents app, available in VS Code Insiders, now includes comprehensive accessibility support for keyboard and screen reader users.
- Accessibility help dialog: Press Alt+F1 (Option+F1 on macOS) while the chat input is focused to open the accessibility help dialog. It provides an overview of what the Agents app is, lists available views, and shows keybindings for navigating between them.

Keyboard navigation commands: New keybindings let you quickly focus key views in the Agents app:
- Focus Changes View (unassigned)
- Focus Chat Customizations View (unassigned)
- Focus Files Explorer View (unassigned)
- These keybindings are scoped to the Agents window and do not override their standard VS Code counterparts
- Verbosity setting: The accessibility.verbosity.sessionsChat setting controls whether the chat input announces an ARIA hint about opening accessibility help. Disable it to suppress the announcement.
- ARIA labels and landmarks: The auxiliary bar is now marked as a complementary landmark with a descriptive label, workspace picker buttons have meaningful ARIA labels, and session list items include creation time context.

Screen reader instructions for keyboard shortcuts search results:
- When searching in the Keyboard Shortcuts editor, the screen reader now announces instructions for navigating to the search results. NVDA and other screen readers announce "Use Ctrl+Down Arrow to access the searched shortcut details", so you can quickly navigate to the results table. You can disable this announcement with the accessibility.verbosity.keyboardShortcuts setting.

Integrated browser:
- The integrated browser is now easier to access thanks to two new entry points:
- The View menu, under View > Browser
- The keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+/
- These actions open the integrated browser if no tabs are open, or let you quickly see and jump to existing tabs

These new entry points are in addition to the previously existing ones:
- The Browser: Open Integrated Browser command
- Link clicks to localhost sites ( workbench.browser.openLocalhostLinks)
- The title bar icon ( workbench.browser.showInTitleBar )
- Ask an agent to open or interact with the browser ( workbench.browser.enableChatTools)

Languages:
JS/TS Chat Features extension (Preview):
- Setting: jsts-chat-features.skills.enabled
- The new builtin JS/TS Chat Features extension enhances Copilot's skills to work with TypeScript and JavaScript. For this first release, the extension contributes skills for setting up modern TypeScript projects. We plan to enhance and expand its functionality in a future release.
- To try these skills today, enable the jsts-chat-features.skills.enabled setting

Engineering:
.GitHub Copilot is now built-in:
- GitHub Copilot Chat is now a built-in extension in VS Code. New users no longer need to install any extension to start using Copilot features such as chat, inline suggestions, and agents. Copilot is available out of the box as part of the standard VS Code installation.
- This change is part of our ongoing effort to make VS Code the open source AI code editor. By shipping Copilot as a built-in extension, we reduce friction for new users and ensure that AI-powered features are seamlessly integrated from the first launch.
- Existing users are not affected by this change. If you already have the Copilot extension installed, it continues to work as before.
- As before, if you prefer not to use AI features, you can disable them with the chat.disableAIFeatures setting.

Contributions to extensions:
GitHub Pull Requests:
- There has been more progress on the GitHub Pull Requests extension, which enables you to work on, create, and manage pull requests and issues. New features include:
- Add a chat tool for creating pull requests.
- Worktrees can also be deleted from the "Delete Local Branches and Remotes" command.
- Deprecated features and settings:

Upcoming deprecations:
- Edit Mode is officially deprecated as of VS Code version 1.110. Users can temporarily re-enable Edit Mode via VS Code setting chat.editMode.hidden . This setting will remain supported through version 1.125. Beginning with version 1.125, Edit Mode will be fully removed and can no longer be enabled via settings


VSCode 1.115.0
- VS Code Agents app: a new companion app optimized for agent-native development, running alongside VS Code Insiders
- Integrated browser: several improvements to make working with the integrated browser more seamless for agents
- Terminal tools: new capabilities for agents to interact with background terminals


VSCode 1.114.0
This release focuses on streamlining your chat experience:
- Preview videos: preview videos in the image carousel for chat attachments and the Explorer context menu
- Copy chat response: copy the final Markdown chat response for easy sharing
- Troubleshooting chat: use /troubleshoot to diagnose chat customization issues in previous sessions
- Simplified workspace search: get faster, more consistent semantic search results


VSCode 1.113.0
- Chat customizations: Manage all chat-related customizations from a single, unified interface
- Configurable thinking effort: Control a model's reasoning level directly from the UI
- Nested subagents: Allow subagents to invoke other subagents for complex multi-step workflows
- CLI agent capabilities: Use MCP servers, fork sessions, and view debug logs in CLI agents
- Images preview: Preview images from chat with the full-featured image viewer
- Default themes refresh: Enjoy a fresh new look with updated default light and dark themes


VSCode 1.112.0
This release includes various improvements across the agent and developer experience:
- Integrated browser debugging: debug web apps end-to-end without leaving VS Code
- Copilot CLI permissions: give Copilot CLI sessions more autonomy so they complete tasks with fewer interruptions
- MCP server sandboxing: run local MCP servers in a sandbox to limit what they can access on your machine
- Agent image support: work with screenshots, diagrams, and binary files directly in agent conversations
- Monorepo customizations: share agent instructions and skills across all packages in a monorepo

Agent experience:
- Give agents more autonomy, richer context, and easier diagnostics so they can handle complex tasks with less intervention
- Message steering and queueing in Copilot CLI
- For local agent sessions, you can send messages while a previous request is running, to steer the agent towards a different response or queue up follow-up messages. This release adds support for steering and queueing messages to Copilot CLI sessions.

Preview changes before delegating to Copilot CLI:
- When you have uncommitted changes in your workspace and try to delegate a task to Copilot CLI, you can choose to copy, move, or ignore those changes in the worktree that Copilot CLI creates for the session. However, you had to check the Source Control view to see what those changes were before making a decision.
- In this release, the Chat view now shows the list of pending changes, making it easier to see what can be migrated over to the worktree created when delegating to Copilot CLI.
- Clickable file links in Copilot CLI terminal output:
- The terminal's file link detection now recognizes paths generated by Copilot CLI that reference files under the ~/.copilot/session-state/ directory. Previously, these paths were not resolved correctly because the built-in link detector did not know about the Copilot CLI session-state directory structure.
- The link detector now handles both absolute and relative paths: absolute and tilde-prefixed paths open directly, while relative paths are resolved against the active session-state directory with a fallback to workspace folders.This feature is enabled by default and can be toggled with the github.copilot.chat.cli.terminalLinks.enabled setting.

Permissions levels in Copilot CLI:
- You can configure permissions for local agent sessions in chat, to give agents more autonomy in their actions and reduce the number of approval requests. This release adds this capability to Copilot CLI sessions as well.
- For Copilot CLI sessions, you can choose between the following permission levels:
- Default Permissions: uses your configured approval settings. Tools that require approval show a confirmation dialog before they run.
- Bypass Approvals: auto-approves all tool calls without showing confirmation dialogs and automatically retries on errors.
- Autopilot: (enabled by default in Insiders) auto-approves all tool calls, auto-responds to questions, and continues working autonomously until the task is complete. Enable Autopilot with chat.autopilot.enabled setting.

Troubleshoot agent behavior with /troubleshoot (Preview):
- Settings: github.copilot.chat.agentDebugLog.enabled , github.copilot.chat.agentDebugLog.fileLogging.enabled
- There are several agent customization options available in VS Code. If your chat agents are not behaving as expected, it can be difficult to understand why. For example, when instructions, skills, or agents are not applied correctly or when a response is unexpectedly slow.
- To help with this, we are introducing a new /troubleshoot skill that analyzes the agent debug logs directly in the conversation and provides insights into the agent's behavior. Type /troubleshoot in the chat input, followed by a question or description of the issue you're experiencing.
- The skill reads the JSONL debug log files that are exported from the chat session and can help you understand why tools or subagents were used or skipped, why instructions or skills did not load, what contributed to slow response times, and whether network connectivity problems occurred.
- To use the /troubleshoot skill in chat, enable the following settings and reload VS Code:
- github.copilot.chat.agentDebugLog.enabled : enables agent debug logging
- github.copilot.chat.agentDebugLog.fileLogging.enabled : writes debug logs to JSONL files on disk

Export and import agent debug logs (Preview):
- Setting: github.copilot.chat.agentDebugLog.enabled
- The Agent Debug Logs panel in VS Code gives you a detailed view into the agent's behavior for a session, including tool usage, subagent decisions, and more. Previously, only the active session's debug information was available in the panel.
- You can now export and import debug logs for agent sessions, allowing you to share them with others or analyze them offline. This is especially useful for troubleshooting and sharing insights about agent behavior.
- For more information on Agent Debug Log panel, see Agent Debug Logs documentation.
- Note: Importing files larger than 50 MB shows a warning dialog with the actual file size. Consider trimming the file or exporting a shorter session if you encounter this warning.

Image and binary file support for agents:
- Setting: chat.imageSupport.enabled , imageCarousel.explorerContextMenu.enabled
- Agents can now read image files from disk and binary files natively, which allows you to use agents for a wider variety of tasks, such as analyzing screenshots, reading data from binary files, and more. Binary files are presented to the agent in a hexdump format.
- When an agent or tool generates an image as output, such as a screenshot from the integrated browser, those images are now selectable in chat responses and can be opened in a dedicated image carousel view. Enable this functionality with the chat.imageSupport.enabled setting (Experimental).
- When imageCarousel.explorerContextMenu.enabled (Experimental) is enabled, you can right-click image files or folders in the Explorer view and select Open Images in Carousel to browse images in the carousel view.
- Note: The image carousel is currently experimental.

Automatic symbol references:
- When you copy a symbol, such as a class name, function, or method name, and paste it into chat, VS Code now automatically pastes it as a symbol reference #sym:Name. This gives the agent automatic context about the symbol, which enables it to complete tasks more quickly and efficiently.
- If you want to paste a symbol without it being converted to a symbol reference, you can use the Paste as Text command, via Ctrl+Shift+V (Cmd+Shift+V on macOS).

Agent extensibility:
- Scale your agent setup across projects with shared customizations, and keep it secure with tighter control over MCP servers and plugins.
- Customizations discovery in parent repositories
- Setting: chat.useCustomizationsInParentRepositories
- In monorepo setups, you often open a package or subfolder in VS Code instead of the repository root. Previously, chat customizations were only discovered from the current workspace folder. With the new chat.useCustomizationsInParentRepositories setting, VS Code can also discover customization files from parent folders up to the repository root.
- This improved discovery makes it easier to share repository-wide guidance and tools across packages in a monorepo without needing to open the full repository as your workspace.
- When discovery is enabled, it applies to all chat customization types, including always-on instructions such as copilot-instructions.md, AGENTS.md, and CLAUDE.md, along with instruction files, prompt files, custom agents, skills, and hooks.

Parent-repository discovery only applies when:
- Your open workspace folder is not itself a Git repository
- A parent folder contains the .git folder
- The parent repository is trusted with workspace trust

Sandbox locally running MCP servers:
- Running MCP servers locally can pose security risks as they have the same permissions as the user running VS Code, which enables them to access files or network resources they shouldn't need for their functionality.
- To reduce this risk, you can now run locally configured stdio MCP servers in a sandboxed environment on macOS and Linux. Sandboxed servers have restricted file system and network access.
- To enable sandboxing, set "sandboxEnabled": true for a server in your mcp.json file. When a sandboxed server needs access to an additional folder or domain, VS Code prompts you to grant that permission and updates the sandbox configuration for that mcp.json file. All servers defined in the same mcp.json file share that sandbox configuration.

Improved UI for MCP elicitation:
- When an MCP server requires additional information to complete a request, it can trigger an elicitation form to collect that information from the user. These elicitation forms now use the same UI as the Ask Questions tool, allowing for a more consistent and user-friendly experience when providing additional information to MCP servers.

Enable or disable plugins and MCP servers:
- Previously, plugins and MCP servers could only be disabled or enabled by installing or uninstalling them. This release introduces the ability to enable or disable plugins and MCP servers without uninstalling them.
- Both plugins and MCP servers can now be enabled and disabled both globally and per-workspace. You can do this by opening the MCP or plugin page, or by right-clicking on their entries, either in the Extensions view or the Chat: Open Customizations view.

Automatic plugin updates:
Setting: extensions.autoCheckUpdates:
- Plugins can now update automatically based on the extensions.autoCheckUpdates setting. Plugins from npm and pypi require approval to update, as updating these plugins might cause new code to be run on your machine.
- Developer experience
- Build and debug web apps without leaving VS Code, with a more capable integrated browser and streamlined editor workflows.

Integrated browser:
Debug web apps with the integrated browser:
- The integrated browser lets you open web apps directly within VS Code, and now you can also start debugging sessions with the integrated browser. This allows you to interact with the web app, set breakpoints, step through code, and inspect variables without ever leaving VS Code.
- We added a new editor-browser debug type that enables debugging of integrated browser tabs with both Launch and Attach configurations.
- Most options from existing msedge and chrome debug configurations are supported, which makes migration often as simple as changing the type of an existing configuration in launch.json.

Integrated browser UX improvements:
Context menus:
- Right clicking in a browser page now exposes common options such as copy/paste, open in new tab, and inspect.

Independent zoom level:
- The integrated browser now has its own zoom level, independent from the VS Code window's zoom. Use the Zoom In (Ctrl+=), Zoom Out (Ctrl+-), and Reset Zoom (Ctrl+Numpad0) shortcuts when the browser has focus, or use the actions from the URL bar menu. The zoom level is remembered per website, just like in a regular browser.
- Use the workbench.browser.pageZoom setting to configure a default zoom level. When set to "Match Window" or left unset, the browser matches the VS Code window's zoom.

Auto-close Find dialog after search:
- A new editor.find.closeOnResult setting lets you automatically close the Find control after a match is found and move focus back to the editor.
- The setting is disabled by default, preserving the existing behavior where the Find dialog stays open after a search.

Terminal:
Improved IME composition for the terminal:
- When typing with an Input Method Editor (IME) near the right edge of the terminal, the composition preview text could previously overflow outside the terminal boundaries. The composition view is now constrained to the available space between the cursor and the terminal's right edge. As you enter new characters, older characters are progressively hidden, keeping the preview text within the terminal viewport. This matches the behavior of other modern terminals such as Ghostty.

Deprecated features and settings:
Upcoming deprecations:
- Edit Mode is officially deprecated as of VS Code version 1.110. Users can temporarily re-enable Edit Mode via VS Code setting chat.editMode.hidden . This setting will remain supported through version 1.125. Beginning with version 1.125, Edit Mode will be fully removed and can no longer be enabled via settings.

Notable fixes:
- xtermjs/xterm.js #5737: Fix ^C not working to end for newer fish + kitty keyboard protocol
- microsoft/vscode-python #25849: Prevent double/triple activation from two extensions


VSCode 1.111.0
- VS Code now recursively searches for *.instructions.md files in subdirectories under .github/instructions/, matching the behavior of Copilot CLI and web-based GitHub Copilot agents. Previously, only files in the root .github/instructions/ directory were discovered.
- You can now copy the name of an item in the Source Control Repositories view by using the context menu option Copy Stash Name, Copy Branch Name, or other
- Custom agent frontmatter now supports agent-scoped chat hooks. These hooks only run when the custom agent is selected or invoked via runSubagent. This feature requires enabling the chat.useCustomAgentHooks setting.
- A new /troubleshoot slash command injects agent mode event logs into the chat context. Use it to ask the agent which customizations are loaded, how many tokens are consumed, debug instructions, and more.
- CLI sessions now support folder and repository isolation, in addition to worktree isolation


VSCode 1.110.1
- The update addresses these security issues in core and these security issues in the GitHub Copilot Chat extension


VSCode 1.110.0
This release makes agents practical for longer-running and more complex tasks, giving you more control and visibility, new ways to extend agents, and smarter session management:
- Agent plugins: install prepackaged bundles of skills, tools, and hooks from the Extensions view
- Agentic browser tools: let the agent drive the browser to interact with your app and verify its own changes
- Session memory: persist plans and guidance across conversation turns
- Context compaction: manually compact conversation history to free up context space
- Fork a chat session: create a new, independent session that inherits conversation history to explore alternative approaches
- Agent Debug panel: get real-time visibility into agent events, tool calls, and loaded customizations
- Chat accessibility: use chat to its fullest with screen reader improvements, keyboard navigation, and notification signals
- Create agent customizations from chat: generate prompts, skills, agents, and hooks directly from a conversation
- Kitty graphics protocol: render high-fidelity images directly in the integrated terminal


Visual Studio Code 1.105.1
Fixed:
- Don't require agent mode to set default model experiment
- Chat view screen cheese


Visual Studio Code 1.105.0
- Chat: fix a file corruption issue affecting Sonnet, Gemini, and Grok models
- Fix terminal links opening regardless of confirmation of "Opening URIs can be insecure" warning
- Fix to open terminal OSC 8 hyperlink to a folder in VS Code's explorer instead of native file explorer
- Settings links in Release Notes do nothing


Visual Studio Code 1.104.3
- Fix: Cache network agent instances
- August 2025 Recovery 3


Visual Studio Code 1.104.2
Fixed:
- Completions from Copilot Chat Pipeline: fatal: unable to read tree
- Enable reasoning summaries by default
- Non existent prompt files crash in recommendations tile settings


Visual Studio Code 1.104.1
Fixed:
- Backport fix for CVE-2025-10585
- thinking header does not look good in codex
- Chat: telemetry for alreadyInstalled chat install kind missing and provider is wrong
- August 2025 Recovery 1
- Connecting to Azure ML remote instances fails in 1.104
- Release notes in product don't show TOC
- Disable Auto when preview features are disabled via GH policy


Visual Studio Code 1.104.0
Model flexibility:
- Let VS Code select the best model
- Contribute models through VS Code extensions

Security:
- Confirm edits for sensitive files
- Let agents run terminal commands safely

Productivity:
- Remove distractions from chat file edits
- Use AGENTS.md to add chat context

Chat:
Auto model selection (Preview):
- This iteration, we're introducing auto model selection in chat. When you choose the Auto model in the model picker, VS Code automatically selects a model to ensure that you get the optimal performance and avoid rate limits.
- Auto model selection is currently in preview and we are rolling it out to all GitHub Copilot users in VS Code in the following weeks, starting with the individual Copilot plans.
- Auto will choose between Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, GPT-5 mini, and GPT-4.1 and Gemini Pro 2.5, unless your organization has disabled access to these models. When using auto model selection, VS Code uses a variable model multiplier, based on the selected model. If you are a paid user, auto will apply a 10% request discount.
- You can view the selected model and the model multiplier by hovering over the response in the Chat view.

Confirm edits to sensitive files:
Setting:
chat.tools.edits.autoApprove:
- In agent mode, the agent can autonomously make edits to files in your workspace. This might include accidentally or maliciously modifying or deleting important files such as configuration files, which could cause immediate negative side-effects on your machine. Learn more about security considerations when using AI-powered development tools.
- In this release, the agent now explicitly asks for user confirmation before making edits to certain files. This provides an additional layer of safety when using agent mode. With the
- chat.tools.edits.autoApprove setting, you can configure file patterns to indicate which files require confirmation.
- Common system folders, dotfiles, and files outside your workspace will require confirmation by default.
- Support for AGENTS.md files (Experimental):

Setting:
- chat.useAgentsMdFile
- An AGENTS.md file lets you provide context and instructions to the agent. Starting from this release, when you have an AGENTS.md file in your workspace root(s), it is automatically picked up as context for chat requests. This can be useful for teams that use multiple AI agents.
- Support for AGENTS.md files is enabled by default and can be controlled with the
- chat.useAgentsMdFile setting.
- Learn more about customizing chat in VS Code to your practices and team workflows.
- Improved changed files experience
- This iteration, the changed files list has been reworked with several quality-of-life features. These changes should improve your experience when working in agent mode!
- The list of changed files is now collapsed by default to give more space to the chat conversation. While collapsed, you can still see the files changed count and the lines added or removed.
- When you keep or accept a suggested change, the file is removed from the files changed list.
- When you stage or commit a file using the Source Control view, this automatically accepts the proposed file changes.
- Changes per file (lines added or removed) are now shown for each item in the list.

Use custom chat modes in prompt files:
- Prompt files are Markdown files in which you write reusable chat prompts. To run a prompt file, type / followed by the prompt file name in the chat input field, or use the Play button when you have the prompt file open in the editor.
- You can specify which chat mode should be used for running the prompt file. Previously, you could only use built-in chat modes like agent, edit, or ask in your prompt files. Now, you can also reference custom chat modes in your prompt files.

Configure prompt file suggestions (Experimental):
Setting:
- chat.promptFilesRecommendations
- Teams often create custom prompt files to standardize AI workflows, but these prompts can be hard to discover when users need them most. You can now configure which prompt files appear as suggestions in the Chat welcome view based on contextual conditions.
- The new chat.promptFilesRecommendations setting supports both simple boolean values and when-clause expressions for context-aware suggestions.
- Configure font used in chat

Settings:
- chat.fontFamily,
- chat.fontSize
- VS Code lets you choose which font to use across the editor, however the Chat view lacked that configurability. We have now added two new settings for configuring the font family (
- chat.fontFamily) and font size (chat.fontSize) of chat messages.
- Collaborate with coding agents (Experimental)
- With coding agents, you delegate tasks to AI agents to be worked on in the background. You can have multiple such agents work in parallel. We're continuing to evolve the chat sessions experience to help you collaborate more effectively with coding agents.
- Chat Sessions view

Setting:
- chat.agentSessionsViewLocation
- The Chat Sessions view provides a single, unified view for managing both local and contributed chat sessions. We've significantly enhanced the Chat Sessions view where you can now perform all key operations, making it easier to iterate and finalize your coding tasks.
- Status Bar tracking: Monitor progress across multiple coding agents directly from the Status Bar.
- Multi-session support: Launch and manage multiple chat sessions from the same view.
- Expanded context menus: Access more actions to interact with your coding agents efficiently.
- Rich descriptions: With rich description enabled, each list entry now includes detailed context to help you quickly find relevant information.

GitHub coding agent integration:
- We've improved the integration of GitHub coding agents with chat sessions to deliver a smoother, more intuitive experience.
- Chat editor actions: Easily view or apply code changes, and check out pull requests directly from the chat editor.
- Seamless transitions: Move from local chats to GitHub agent tasks with improved continuity.
- Better session rendering: Various improvements on cards and tools rendering for better visual clarity.
- Performance boosts: Faster sessDelegate to coding agent
- We continued to expand on ways to delegate local tasks in VS Code to a Copilot coding agent:

Fix todos with coding agent:
- Comments starting with TODO now show a Code Action to quickly initiate a coding agent session.ion loading for a more responsive experience.


Visual Studio Code 1.103.2
Fixed:
- Cannot switch to gpt-5 mini when out of quota
- Experiment with disabling insert_edit_into_file for GPT-5
- apply_patch fails with the "Add File" operation
- prompt tools are not applied
- New Issue: 4o "Included" but triggering "Premium Request" quota limit notice


Visual Studio Code 1.103.1
- The update adds GPT-5 prompt improvements, support for GPT-5 mini, and addresses these issues


Visual Studio Code 1.103.0
MCP:
- Revamped tool picker experience
- Enable more than 128 tools per agent request

Chat:
- Restore to a previous good state with chat checkpoints
- Fast code search for Azure DevOps repos

Productivity:
- Check out multiple branches simultaneously with Git worktrees
- Manage coding agent sessions in a dedicated view


Visual Studio Code 1.102.3
- June 2025 Recovery 3
- VS Code OOM - AsyncIterableObject


Visual Studio Code 1.102.2
- June 2025 Recovery 2
- change ChatPromptFiles to not be a previewFeature
- Inline chat with claude sonnet 4 hallucinate instructions
- copilot-instructions.md not attached to prompts


Visual Studio Code 1.102.1
The update addresses these issues:
- Test: Fix enablement of MCP tool sets and tools
- Tools in the chat mode are not correctly applied after a window reload
- Sample Telemetry also for the TypeScript server command request
- Settings editor searches for AI results even when toggle is hidden
- ERR TreeError [SCM Repositories] Data tree node not found: scm0
- Terminal size cannot keep maxmium after switching to editor and switching back
- Dev Containers fails to start on VS Code 1.102.0 with TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'filesToOpen')
- Chatmode without tools ALWAYS overrides disabled tools, causing 128 tool error
- First click on tile does nothing

An unknown error occurred. Please consult the log for more details.: TypeError:
- Specified MCP tools not picked up when using *.prompt.md file


Visual Studio Code 1.102.0
Chat:
- Explore and contribute to the open sourced GitHub Copilot Chat extension
- Generate custom instructions that reflect your project's conventions
- Use custom modes to tailor chat for tasks like planning or research
- Automatically approve selected terminal commands
- Edit and resubmit previous chat requests

MCP:
- MCP support is now generally available in VS Code
- Easily install and manage MCP servers with the MCP view and gallery
- MCP servers as first-class resources in profiles and Settings Sync
- Editor experience:
- Delegate tasks to Copilot coding agent and let it handle them in the background
- Scroll the editor on middle click


Visual Studio Code 1.101.2
Fixed:
- May 2025 Recovery 2
- Unable to view Jupyter Notebooks after latest release


Visual Studio Code 1.101.1
Security issues:
- implicit context hover is incorrect
- Remove preview from mcp
- VS Code Update Causes TypeScript Server Crashes with SIGTERM in GitHub Codespaces (VS Code 1.101.0)
- Implicit context handling in Copilot Chat
- May 2025 Recovery 1
- Fails to launch any STDIO mcp servers after latest update
- Window no longer bounces when agent needs input


Visual Studio Code 1.101.0
MCP:
- Expand your agent coding flow with support for prompts, resources, and sampling
- Access MCP servers that require authentication
- Debug MCP servers with development mode
- Publish MCP servers from an extension

Chat:
- Group and manage related tools by combining them in a tool set

Source Control:
- View files in Source Control Graph view
- Assign and track work for GitHub Copilot Coding Agent from within VS Code


Visual Studio Code 1.100.3
- Fixed: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'setAttribute')bug


Visual Studio Code 1.100.2
Fixed:
- Chat request removes words that start with /
- Cannot send a chat request
- Environment variables with URLs are incorrectly encoded with escape sequences (e.g., ':' becomes 'x3a')


Visual Studio Code 1.100.1
- Trusted domains feature bypass


Visual Studio Code 1.100.0
Chat:
- Custom instructions and reusable prompts
- Smarter results with tools for GitHub, extensions, and notebooks
- Image and Streamable HTTP support for MCP

Chat performance:
- Faster responses on repeat chat requests
- Faster edits in agent mode

Editor experience:
- Improved multi-window support for chat and editors
- Staged changes now easier to identify


Visual Studio Code 1.99.3
- Fixed: In some cases, zsh shell integration does not work


Visual Studio Code 1.99.2
- Add experiment for setting default language model/mode
- Inno updater crashes on update
- March 2025 Recovery 2
- Agent mode chat window bug: Changing the chat mode will end your current edit session
- Considerable Input Delay After 1.99 when policies are enabled
- Chat context issue after new update.
- error when open notebook cell output in a new tag text editor
- Can't open the previous chat from the Github Copilot history
- Quick Fix overlay tips are not showing due to bad CSS


Visual Studio Code 1.99.1
Fixed:
- Improper write permissions on zsh integration script
- Agent mode disabled when preview features are disabled


Visual Studio Code 1.99.0
Agent mode:
- Agent mode is available in VS Code Stable. Enable it by setting setting(chat.agent.enabled:true) (more...).
- Extend agent mode with Model Context Protocol (MCP) server tools (more...).
- Try the new built-in tools in agent mode for fetching web content, finding symbol references, and deep thinking (more...).

Code editing:
- Next Edit Suggestions is now generally available (more...).
- Benefit from fewer distractions such as diagnostics events while AI edits are applied in the editor (more...).

Chat:
- Use your own API keys to access more language models in chat (preview) (more...).
- Easily switch between ask, edit, and agent mode from the unified chat experience (more...).
- Experience improved workspace search speed and accuracy with instant remote workspace indexing (more...).
- Notebook editing


Visual Studio Code 1.98.2
- PowerShell Integrated Terminal Crashes when Changing Folders
- Crash on linux with 16KB page size from Electron 34 update
- Native git extension git.autofetch is autofetching even if option is disabled
- Reevaluate the persisted model when opening a workspace


Visual Studio Code 1.98.1
- Change log not available for this version


Visual Studio Code 1.98.0
- Next Edit Suggestions (preview) - Copilot predicts the next edit you are likely to make
- Agent mode (preview) - Copilot autonomously completes tasks
- Copilot Edits for notebooks - Iterate quickly on edits for your notebooks
- Code search - Let Copilot find relevant files for your chat prompt
- Terminal IntelliSense (preview) - Rich completion support for your terminal
- Drag & drop references - Quickly open peek references in a new editor
- Linux custom title bar - Custom title bar support for Linux enabled by default
- Unresolved diagnostics (preview) - Prompt when committing with unresolved diagnostics
- Soft-delete in source control - Move untracked files to trash instead of deleting them
- Custom instructions GA - Use custom instructions to tailor Copilot to your needs


Visual Studio Code 1.97.2
Fixed:
- Add Folder to Workspace button displaying as "&Add"
- Using URI for variable substitution for virtual file systems can break extensions
- Debug console is not working well after last release
- bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable
- Native context menu hijacks custom one in webview editor
- Tab bar bottom border is missing
- VSCode freezes when opening a terminal


Visual Studio Code 1.97.1
- Scope node_module binary resolution in js-debug
- Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability with VS Code server for web UI


Visual Studio Code 1.97.0
- Next Edit Suggestions (preview) - Copilot predicts the next edit you are likely to make
- Reposition Command Palette - Drag the Command Palette and Quick Inputs to a new position
- Auto accept edits - Automatically accept edits from Copilot after a configurable timeout
- Extension publisher trust - Keep your environment secure with extension publisher trust
- Compound logs - Combine multiple logs into a single, aggregated log view
- Filter output logs - Filter the contents of the Output panel
- Git blame information - Rich git blame information and open on GitHub
- Search values in debug variables - Filter and search for specific values in debug variables
- Notebook inline values - View inline values for code cell variables in notebooks
- Python no-config debug - Quickly debug a Python script or module without setup


Visual Studio Code 1.96.4
- Fixed: keeps logging me out of GHE and I can't log back in successfully


Visual Studio Code 1.96.2
Fixed:
- Copilot not working in Remote windowsbug


Visual Studio Code 1.96.1
- Handle signup issues in chat
- [v1.96] possible regression with showHover behavior
- Ghost Text Gets Stuck In Some Cases
- Icon theme JSON parsing changed in 1.96.0
- Chat setup - tweak wording
- Module installation can fail in linux legacy server stages of prod pipeline
- November 2024 Recovery 1
- Quick chat request is transferred to panel chat but not the response


Visual Studio Code 1.96.0
- This release addresses the final known issue in the testing rewrite, and unless further issues arrive, the rewrite experiment will be turned off and the rewrite set to default in early 2025


Visual Studio Code 1.95.3
Fixed:
- Debugging stalls on wasm pause evaluator when runtime is pausedbug
- October 2024 Recovery 3endgame-plan
- High cpu usage from unknown extension (likely NOT json)bug
- [Remote SSH] Non-default profile causing connection issues in 1.95 bug
- After upgrading to 1.95.0, I am logged out of Settings Sync and cannot log inbug


Visual Studio Code 1.95.2
Fixed:
- ESM: fallback to AMD for vscode.dev any route
- October 2024 Recovery 2
- Code actions not provided if code action provider takes ~2 seconds or longer
- Version 1.95 Chrome Freezes When Debugging with an breakpoint set in VS Code with ng test
- After upgrading to 1.95.0, I am logged out of Settings Sync and cannot log in


Visual Studio Code 1.95.1
- Chat input toolbar buttons overflow container in narrow viewports
- WSL terminal CLI is broken


Visual Studio Code 1.95.0
- Copilot Edits - Iterate quickly on large changes across multiple files
- Copilot Chat in Secondary Side Bar - Keep Copilot Chat open and ready to-go while you work
- Multiple GitHub accounts - Log in to multiple GitHub accounts in VS Code simultaneously
- Copilot code reviews - Get a quick review pass or a deeper review of uncommitted changes
- Docstrings with Pylance - Generate docstring templates for classes or methods
- Preview settings indicator - View experimental and preview settings in the Settings editor
- Copilot extensibility - Showcasing Copilot extensibility in VS Code


Visual Studio Code 1.94.2
- Word highlighting leaks text models
- node.js suggestions and autocompletes are not working
- Since 1.94 the Find widget on Explorer no longer works for a FileSystemProvider-implemented folder unless FileSearchProvider is also implemented
- Undo still works for reopened files even if the "Restore Undo Stack" is disabled
- Debug Console: ANSI color escapes garbled in console output
- VSCode 1.94 Debian package can not be installed on Debian 11 anymore (uses unknown compression for member 'control.tar.zst', giving up)
- Passed in account should override the preference
- terminal chat voice recording button is missing
- Terminal: voice recording no longer stops when submitted


Visual Studio Code 1.94.1
The update addresses this security issue:
- Visual Studio Code for Linux Remote Code Execution Vulnerability file-io security


Visual Studio Code 1.94.0
- Find in Explorer - Quickly find files in the Explorer view with the improved Find control
- Source Control Graph - More filtering options and interactivity in the Source Control Graph
- Python test coverage - Run Python tests with coverage and get rich results in the editor
- ESM - Faster VS Code startup thanks to the migration to ESM
- Account preference - Specify which account to use for an extension
- Copilot in Native REPL - Get code completions and Inline Chat in the Native REPL
- Improved chat context - Drag & drop files or use IntelliSense for more relevant chat context
- Test environment setup - Get help with setting up a test framework for your workspace


Visual Studio Code 1.93.1
Fixed:
- Workers fail when single-quote in application dir
- VSCode 1.92 YAML grammar breaks MDX syntax highlighting


Visual Studio Code 1.93.0
- Profiles editor - Switch and manage your profiles from a single place
- Django unit test support - Discover and run Django unit tests from the Test Explorer
- IntelliSense on vscode.dev - Boost your JS & TS coding in vscode.dev with IntelliSense
- Notebook diff viewer - Efficiently review changes in notebooks by collapsing unchanged cells
- Resize columns via the keyboard - Resizing table columns in VS Code more accessible via keyboard
- Source Control Graph - Easily hide, collapse, or move the Source Control Graph
- GitHub Copilot - Add context in Quick Chat, improved test generation and chat history
- Experiment: Custom Copilot instructions - Define specific code-generation instructions for Copilot


Visual Studio Code 1.92.2
- July 2024 Endgame Recovery 2


Visual Studio Code 1.92.1
- Change log not available for this version


Visual Studio Code 1.92.0
- Default browser - Configure which browser to use for opening links in VS Code
- Revert PRs - Easily create a revert PR for a merged PR
- Extension updates - More easily configure auto updating of extensions
- Override profiles - Override an existing profile with the Profiles Editor
- Paste files in CSS - Quickly add CSS file references with paste or drag and drop
- Move Panel to top - Position the Panel section at the top of the workbench
- Copilot uses GPT-4o - GitHub Copilot Chat upgraded to OpenAI's GPT-4o


Visual Studio Code 1.91.1
- June 2024 Recovery 1 endgame-plan
- SCM Experimental History Graph crashes source control UI bug candidate info-needed scm verified
- The devcontainer extensions do not work with a custom profile bug candidate extensions regression remote verified
- v1.91 does not launch on Catalina or Big Sur due to Fatal error in V8 bug candidate confirmed macos-big-sur macos-catalina regression upstream verified
- select a language option is not working bug candidate confirmed regression
- The drag and drop function is no longer functional in the latest code bug candidate verified webview


Visual Studio Code 1.91.0
- Preview: Incoming/Outgoing changes graph - Visualize incoming and outgoing changes in the Source Control view
- Python environments - Enhanced environment discovery with python-environment-tools
- Smart Send in native REPL - Smoothly run code chunks in the native REPL
- GitHub Copilot extensibility - Chat and Language Model APIs available in VS Code Stable
- Preview: Profiles Editor - Manage your profiles in a single place
- Custom tab labels - More variable options and support for multiple extensions
- TypeScript 5.5 - Syntax checking for regular expressions and other language features
- JavaScript Debugger - Inspect shadowed variables while debugging JavaScript


Visual Studio Code 1.90.2
Fixed:
- May 2024 Recovery 2
- In search file by name (go to file) "@" is symbol not working with specified file
- 1.90 snap package crash on startup
- Terminal in VSCode Insiders not able to display special characters


Visual Studio Code 1.90.1
- Fix download links


Visual Studio Code 1.90.0
- Editor tabs multi-select - Select and perform actions on multiple tabs simultaneously
- Profiles - Open new windows with your preferred profile
- Editor actions - Immediately access editor actions across editor groups
- Copilot extensibility - Build AI into your extensions with the Chat and Language Model API
- VS Code Speech - Automatically read out Copilot Chat responses with text-to-speech
- Find in notebooks - Restrict search to selected cells in notebooks
- Chat context - Quickly attach different types of context in chat
- IntelliSense in chat responses - Better understand generated code with IntelliSense


Visual Studio Code 1.89.1
Fixed:
- Disposing a tree view while it's visible causes it to stay empty
- April 2024 Recovery 1
- Local workspace (non web) extensions are recommended in web


Visual Studio Code 1.89.0
- Preview Markdown images & videos - Hover over a link to preview images & videos in Markdown
- Enhanced branch switching - Restore open editors seamlessly when switching between branches
- Middle-click paste support - Paste text quickly in the terminal using a mouse middle-click
- WSL over Remote - SSH - Use WSL when connected to a remote machine via Remote - SSH
- Accessible View - Navigate through comments, chat code blocks & terminal commands from the Accessible View
- Keyboard shortcuts for UI actions - Customize keybindings for UI actions directly with a right-click
- Quick Search - Search for text across your workspace with Quick Search
- AI-powered rename suggestions - Get intelligent rename suggestions in the editor with Copilot
- Copilot content exclusion - Exclude files from being used in the Copilot context
- Local workspace extension - Include and install extensions directly in your workspace


Visual Studio Code 1.88.1
- March 2024 Endgame Recovery 1
- Pick up TS 5.4.5
- Inline chat sessions show up in chat history
- nvm can prevent JS debugging when console: integratedTerminal
- Diff editor left side context menu is covered by right editor
- Outline trying to reveal activeEntry when entry is filtered out


Visual Studio Code 1.88.0
- Apply custom editor labels - Distinguish between editors with same file names
- Locked scrolling - Compare editors side-by-side with synchronized scrolling
- Extension update improvements - Restart extensions without reload & update extensions with VS Code releases
- Test Coverage API - Native code coverage support in VS Code
- Folding markers in minimap - Easily identify and navigate to code sections from minimap
- Quick Search improvements - Sticky file path separators and separator buttons
- Notebook Run cells in section - Quickly run all cells in a notebook section
- Copilot improvements - Improved inline chat UI, commit messages, and used references
- Python auto-detect improvements - Detect startup files for Flask & Django, discover Hatch environments
- Preview: Terminal inline chat - Start a Copilot inline chat conversation directly from the terminal


Visual Studio Code 1.87.2
- Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability


Visual Studio Code 1.87.1
Fixed:
- Visual Studio Code insiders is now sending textDocument/didOpen messages for notebooks
- Occurrence highlighting stuck


Visual Studio Code 1.87.0
- Voice dictation in editor - Use your voice to dictate directly in the editor
- Multi-cursor inline suggestions - Review and accept inline suggestions for multiple cursors
- Copilot-powered rename suggestions - Get rename suggestions for symbols from Copilot
- Side-by-side preview refactoring - Preview refactorings across files with multi diff editor
- Smarter Python imports - Improvements for adding missing Python imports
- Sticky scroll in editor - Sticky scroll is enabled by default in the editor
- Multi-language support for speech - Multiple languages supported for speech recognition
- Copilot suggestions for dev containers - Get template and feature suggestions for dev container configurations


Visual Studio Code 1.86.2
Fixed:
- Restore Node.js env variables in integrated terminal when launching from CLI on macOS
- Supported ffmpeg codecs broken in 1.86
- January 2024 Recovery 2
- "Surround with snippet" command is gone


Visual Studio Code 1.86.1
Fixed:
- Provide legacy server when remote requirements fail
- Map removed gnome backend values for safe storage
- Problematic Behavior of Audio Cues and Accessibility-Related Text Notifications in Code Editor
- Tomorrow Night Blue theme: keyword color wrong after update to 1.86.0
- [Accessibility] Subsequent "Hey Code" does not work in the Chat view
- Provide legacy server when remote requirements fail
- Zoom level indicator always reset to level 1
- Workaround for machines that do not have glibc >= 2.28


Visual Studio Code 1.86.0
There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:
- Per-window zoom levels - Adjust the zoom level for each window independently
- Hey Code voice command - Start a chat session with a voice command
- Multi-file diff editor - Quickly review diffs across multiple files in the diff editor
- Triggered breakpoints - Efficient debugging with breakpoint dependencies
- Expanded Sticky Scroll support - Sticky Scroll in tree views and notebooks
- Markdown paste options - Rich paste support for links, video, and audio elements
- Flexible Auto Save options - Skip Auto Save on errors or save only for specific file types
- Source Control input - Customize commit input and per-language editor settings
- Extension notifications - Fine-grained control for disabling notifications per extension
- GitHub Copilot updates - Improved default context, add file as context, AI fixes


Visual Studio Code 1.85.2
- Update Electron 25 builds


Visual Studio Code 1.85.1
Fixed:
- Cannot copy/paste files anymore between folders
- SCM - title actions not visible in a multi-repository workspace
- November 2023 Recovery 1
- Not respond when I paste a file into the input box for creating a file
- The 'Generate commit message' button is not displaying
- Refactor menu's css seems missing


Visual Studio Code 1.85.0
- Floating editor windows - Drag and drop editors onto your desktop
- Accessible View workflow - Smoother transitions to and from the Accessible View
- Finer extension update control - Choose which extensions to auto update
- Source Control incoming and outgoing view - Easily review pending repository changes
- JavaScript heap snapshots - Visualize heap snapshots including memory object graphs
- TypeScript Go to Definition from inlay hints - Jump to definition from inlay hint hovers
- Python type hierarchy display - Quickly review and navigate complex type relationships
- GitHub Copilot updates - Inline chat improvements, Rust code explanation
- Preview: expanded Sticky Scroll support - Sticky Scroll in tree views and the terminal


Visual Studio Code 1.83.1
Fixed:
- Update C# extension recommendation bug candidate extensions verified
- Basic C# syntax highlighting broke since 1.83 update bug candidate grammar upstream-issue-linked verified
- Breakpoints not binding on typescript project on one machine candidate verified
- breaking: codeActionsOnSave bug candidate insiders-released verified
- vscode always replace symlink settings.json bug candidate config file-io verified
- September 2023 Recovery 1 endgame-plan
- CLI server setup fails on Windows on ARM bug candidate verified
- Theme colour applied to SVG icons bug candidate menus ux verified


Visual Studio Code 1.83.0
- Change log not available for this version


Visual Studio Code 1.82.3
- Update to Electron v25.8.1 with patch for CVE-2023-5217


Visual Studio Code 1.82.2
Fixed:
- Update to Electron v25.8.1
- Debug console is not working
- Error traces show unrendered HTML href that makes them hard to read
- 1.82: can not run code . in wsl1


Visual Studio Code 1.82.1
Fixed:
- Protect against maliciously crafted package.json / .npmrc


Visual Studio Code 1.82.0
- Accessibility improvements - Accessible View support for inline completions, updated keybindings
- Built-in port forwarding - Forward local server ports from within VS Code
- Sticky Scroll updates - Scrolls horizontally with editor, display last line in scope, folding UI
- New diff editor features - Detect moved code, dynamically switch inline and side-by-side view
- Command Center displayed by default - Quickly open files or run commands from the title bar
- Copy Notebook output - Easily copy cell output as well as generated images
- WebAssembly debugging - Decompile WASM code to step through and set breakpoints
- New TypeScript refactorings - Move to File and Inline Variables refactorings
- New Python Formatting topic - Learn how to integrate formatters such as autopep8 and Black
- Preview: GitHub Copilot - CreateWorkspace command previews file structure of proposed code


Visual Studio Code 1.81.1
Fixed:
- "Apply Extensions to all Profiles" has problems with extension dependencies
- Install VSIX of same version of an extension as already installed makes extension disappear after Reload
- language pack extension doesn't work after restart


Visual Studio Code 1.81.0
- Accessibility improvements - Accessible View support for notifications, chat responses, and hovers
- VS Code Profiles - Finer control with partial profiles and "Apply to all profiles" options
- New diff editor features - Collapse unchanged regions, better diff region text alignment
- Git repositories with symlinks - Support for repository paths with symbolic links
- Notebook updates - Search text in closed notebooks, "sticky scroll" displays Markdown headers
- Python test discovery - Error tolerant pytest discovery continues across all files
- Access Jupyter servers in GitHub Codespaces - Connect to a remote Jupyter server in a codespace
- GitHub pull request creation - Better base branch detection, remember previous create PR options
- Preview: GitHub Copilot UX - Quick Chat improvements, iterative /fix command


Visual Studio Code 1.80.2
The update includes this pull request:
- chore: update builds for [email protected]


Visual Studio Code 1.80.1
- EnvironmentVariableCollection.description only works for one extension
- Terminal full black
- Markdown preview broken after 1.80 update
- Secrets store onDidChange does not fire in the window where the update was made in VS Code 1.8.0
- Terminal icon switches every time when pressing Shift key
- Pick up TS 5.1.6
- Are choice snippets dangerous now? Breaking extensions completions
- Cannot install copilot pre-release on stable


Visual Studio Code 1.80.0
- Accessibility improvements: Accessible View for better screen reader support, Copilot audio cues.
- Better editor group and tab resizing: Set min tab size, avoid unnecessary editor group resizing.
- Skip subwords when expanding selection: Control whether to use camel case for selection.
- Terminal image support: Display images directly in the integrated terminal.
- Python extensions for mypy and debugpy: For Python type checking and debugging in VS Code.
- Remote connections to WSL: Connect to WSL instances on remote machines using Tunnels.
- Preview: GitHub Copilot create workspace/notebook: Quickly scaffold projects and notebooks.
- New C# in VS Code documentation: Learn about C# development with the C# Dev Kit extension.


Visual Studio Code 1.79.2
Fixed:
- UNC allow list checks cannot be disabled in extension host
- May 2023 Recovery 2
- git: refresh button get error
- VS Code 1.79.0 use root user can not open with cmd --no-sandbox --user-data-dir
- ShellIntegration for fish is gone
- Notebook streaming output is appended when it should replace
- Welcome editor shows up with a delay and progress bar


Visual Studio Code 1.79.1
- Fixed: JSON schema resulting in CSRF with UNC paths


Visual Studio Code 1.79.0
Fixed:
- [emmet] http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" in 2023
- TreeView.reveal with expand: 3 only expands the first level 3 folder


Visual Studio Code 1.78.2
Fixed:
- Setting NODE_UNC_HOST_ALLOWLIST does not work
- [json] Error while computing completions with snippets
- "Unbinding" by using empty command in keybindings.json no longer works in v1.78
- TypeError: Cannot set properties of undefined (setting 'ELECTRON_USE_V8_CONFIGURED_PARTITION_POOL') for 1.78.0 bug
- Debugging AL Language
- Cannot find module 'vscode-windows-ca-certs'
- Stage/Discard buttons grayed out
- First-letter navigation in explorer tree views no longer works


Visual Studio Code 1.78.1
- JSON schema resulting in CSRF with UNC paths


Visual Studio Code 1.78.0
- Accessibility improvements - Better screen reader support, new audio cues
- New color themes - "Modern" light and dark color theme defaults
- Profile templates - Built-in templates for Python, Java, Data Science, and more
- Drag and drop selector - Choose how you'd like item links placed into the editor
- Standalone color picker - Color picker UI to insert or modify color formats
- Quick Fixes for Source Control input - Fix spelling and other errors right in the input box
- Markdown drag and drop videos - Easily add video tags in Markdown files
- Notebooks insert images as attachments - Choose between an image link, path, or attachment
- Git LFS and VS Code for the Web - Use vscode.dev for repos with Git Large File Storage
- VS Code Day 2023 - Catch up on the sessions in the YouTube playlist


Visual Studio Code 1.77.3
- March 2023 Recovery 3
- Pick up TS 5.0.4 recovery
- Clicking Top Edge of Terminal break the Terminal
- Incorrect layout of welcome page, when there are no suggestions


Visual Studio Code 1.77.1
Fixed:
- Bump JS Debug
- Broken syntax highlighting in TS if no semicolon I used after type
- March 2023 Recovery 1
- Everytime I click the button " Open Folder'', it will crash and closed automatically


Visual Studio Code 1.77.0
- Accessibility improvements - New keyboard shortcuts for hovers, notifications, and Sticky Scroll
- Copy GitHub deep links - Create permalinks and HEAD links from within the editor
- Notebook Format on Save - Automatically format notebooks cells on save
- TS/JS switch case completions - Quickly fill in TypeScript/JavaScript switch statements
- Python move symbol refactoring - Move Python symbols to an existing or new file
- Remote Tunnels update - Reuse existing tunnel and quickly transition from remote to desktop
- Ruby documentation - Learn about Ruby language support for VS Code
- Preview: expanded GitHub Copilot integration - New inline chat and full AI chat view


Visual Studio Code 1.76.2
Fixed:
- February 2023 Recovery 2
- Git gutter not shown in workspace with multiple folders


Visual Studio Code 1.76.1
Fixed:
- Persist state of badge hiding across reloads and view moves


Visual Studio Code 1.76.0
- Profiles - Active profile badge, quickly switch profiles via the Command Palette
- Accessibility improvements - New audio cues, improved terminal screen reader mode
- Moveable Explorer view - Place the Explorer in the secondary side bar or a panel
- Notebook kernel MRU list - Find and select recently used notebook kernels
- Markdown header link suggestions - Easily link to headers in files across your workspace
- Remote Development usability - New keyboard shortcut, streamlined remote options list
- New Git/GitHub topics - Articles for beginner and advanced Git source control users
- Improved Marketplace search - Better results for multi-word queries
- Jupyter IPyWidgets 8 support - Use the latest IPyWidgets version in your Jupyter notebooks
- Python pytest IntelliSense - Completions for pytest fixtures and parameterized arguments


Visual Studio Code 1.75.1
- Change log not available for this version


Visual Studio Code 1.75.0
- Change log not available for this version


Visual Studio Code 1.74.3
- Change log not available for this version


Visual Studio Code 1.74.2
Fixed:
- Slow window resizing performance
- accessibility - keyboard locks up every minute or so using most recent insider build


Visual Studio Code 1.74.1
Fixed:
- Missing TextEditorOptions.indentSize API type
- Extensions view doesn't auto load if is close when startup VSCode
- SelectNextCodeAction custom keybinding not working
- [remote-tunnel]Not connected in vscode : Illegal argument: connectionToken
- Extensions are not loaded if there is an invalid extensions.json file in extensions folder
- Typescript/lib/lib.d.ts not found in all jsconfig.json files without target
- Zsh history not working after update
- Restart running task not working - Prevented duplicate task from running
- Previewing of code actions / refactorings stopped working
- Incorrectly formatted translation in TS extension
- Pick up TS 4.9.4
- Git - sync fails silently when changes are in the working tree
- Markdown scrolls to bottom of doc
- [insiders] Git Sync Button at the bottom of the screen does not animate when clicked to sync changes
- Characters not being rendered properly in the terminal


Visual Studio Code 1.74.0
- Customize Explorer auto reveal - Decide which files scroll into view in the Explorer
- Hide Activity bar and Panel badges - Simplify the editor UI by toggling state badges
- Audio cues for notebooks and diff view - Sounds for cell run results, added or removed lines
- Merge editor Undo/Redo - Quickly revert or reapply merge conflict actions
- Manage unsafe repositories - Prevent Git operations on folders not owned by you
- JavaScript console.profile collection - Easily create CPU profiles for viewing in VS Code
- Go to Definition from return - Jump to the top of JavaScript/TypeScript functions
- Remote Tunnels - Create a connection to any machine, without needing SSH
- Jupyter notebook "Just My Code" debugging - Avoid stepping into Python library code
- Dev Container GPU support - Request a GPU when creating a Dev Container


Visual Studio Code 1.73.1
Fixed:
- October 2022 Recovery 1
- Bug/regression: Renaming local, non-exported variables causes the file to be automatically saved
- Settings editor More Actions menu clipped
- Organize Imports broken in 1.73.0
- improve terminal quick fix telemetry
- Source Control menu showing wrong branches of worktrees contained in bare repository


Visual Studio Code 1.73.0
- Search include/exclude folders - Quickly set folders to include/exclude in the tree view
- Command Center mode shortcuts - Displays commonly used modes before recent files list
- Merge editor improvements - Access Combination option to auto merge conflicts
- Markdown automatic link updates - File and image links updated on rename/move
- More audio cues - Task completed or failed, Terminal Quick Fix available
- Vscode.dev protected branch workflow - Create new branch when committing to protected branch
- New Python extensions - New standalone extensions for isort, Pylint, and Flake8
- Dev Container Templates - Create new Dev Containers based on existing templates


Visual Studio Code 1.72.2
Fixed:
- September 2022 Recovery 2 Endgame
- Do not cache activity bar icons (urls) in web
- Extension sync not working in vscode server web
- Merge editor saves files using the wrong newlines
- Commit button disabled after resolving merge conflict


Visual Studio Code 1.72.0
- Document shell integration vscode custom sequences on website
- Migrate Codespaces content from VS Code docs to GitHub docs
- Array<A|B> is displayed as A|B[]
- List the places the Python extension looks for environments in the order that it performs its search
- Variables-reference page add ${fileDirnameBasename}
- Add doc to explain the benefit of Timeline view, especially when I commit my changes often
- WSL docs use deprecated Chrome Debugger as extension example
- Feature request: Show content of updates in RSS feed
- VSCode API: contributes.menus missing menu possibilities
- Add docs that explain 3-way merge editor
- Contribution points page contains example with resourceScheme but no explanation how to do it
- Review and update the Azure TOC node
- Not introduced commands in "Configure C/C++ debugging" chapter
- Clang error on macbook vscode
- How to associate a configuration to a workspace
- Update dev containers content
- Clarify extension unique name restriction
- Better Debug documentation for TypeScript
- Adding a section on e2e testing for WebViews
- A11y_Visual Studio Code Services_Docs Python_Tutorial_DeveloperTool: Incorrect role given for "Edit" control as "link" and "Button"
- A11y_Visual Studio Code Services_Docs Setup_Linux_Usability:The "Installation" header has an additional "# installation link" besides it.
- A11y_Visual Studio Code Services_Blog Posts_Extension Bisect_Resize: At 200% zoom Text and links in the page are getting overlapped when navigated using "shift + tab" key
- Review and update Configure C/C++ debugging topic
- Instructions on configuring vscode for chrome extensions debugging
- Missing File System API extension guide


Visual Studio Code 1.71.2
Fixed:
- August 2022 Recovery 2 Endgame
- Change default git conflict experience to be the inline editor
- Stuck with tall WCO
- Telemetry is broken on the web
- prompted for trust on behalf of automaticTasks in empty remote workspace
- Safari not properly rendering Terminal after page reload
- [Emmet] 'emmet.action.expandAbbreviation' command broken in 1.71.0
- VSCode always executes the "folderOpen" task after every single task
- Node JS Debugger Error
- "Open in Merge Editor" and "Accept Merge" button missing in web
- windows default close button location moved on its own when updating to v1.71.0
- tasks shouldn't prompt for trust when trust has been refused


Visual Studio Code 1.71.0
- Merge editor improvements - Easier transition between text and merge editors
- Expanded codecs support - To help display embedded audio and video in notebooks and webviews
- File rename selection - Pressing F2 selects filename, whole name, or file extension
- New Code Action UI - Quickly find the Code Action you're looking for
- Terminal updates - Shell integration for fish and Git Bash, new smooth scrolling
- Jupyter notebook image pasting - Paste and preview image files in notebook Markdown cells
- TypeScript livestreams - Watch TS "Crash Course" or "Tips and Tricks" on YouTube
- Live Preview extension - Live Preview now supports multi-root web projects
- Markdown Language Server blog post - Learn how Markdown support moved to a Language Server


Visual Studio Code 1.70.2
- July 2022 Recovery 2 endgame-plan
- July 2022 Recovery 2
- INVALID tree item bug candidate insiders-released tree-views verified
- VS Code pre-release does not reload code on restart of the debugger bug candidate debug insiders-released regression verified
- Extension contributed submenus missing with errors in output bug candidate menus verified


Visual Studio Code 1.70.1
The update addresses these issues:
- Connections to mobile.events.data.microsoft.com
- Bash shell script issue with "%" sign
- Terminal Shell Integration Error -- bash: eval: line 5: unexpected token `EOF' in conditional command
- ZDOTDIR set to /usr/tmp/vscode-zsh with Shell Integration enabled
- July 2022 Recovery 1
- Terminal error when starting VS Code from zip on Windows
- Post commit does not work
- Remote development: Zombie file watcher processes not cleaned up on remote host
- actions toolbar without labels in the buttons


Visual Studio Code 1.70.0
There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:
- Title bar customization - Hide/show menu bar, Command Center, or layout control
- Fold selection - Create your own folded regions in the editor
- Search multi-select - Select and then act on multiple search results
- Tree view search and filtering - Find and filter in tree views such as the Find Explorer
- Terminal improvements - Shell integration on by default, extended PowerShell keybindings
- Command line option --merge - Use the 3-way merge editor as your default merge tool
- Notebooks: Go to Most Recently Failed Cell - Jump directly to notebook errors
- Python Get started experience - Quickly install and configure Python within VS Code
- Sticky scroll preview - New scrolling UI shows current source code scope
- Dev container CLI topic - Learn about the updated development container CLI


Visual Studio Code 1.69.2
Fixed:
- June 2022 Recovery 2 endgame-plan
- mmet suggestion not automatically display bug candidate confirmed emmet
- Focus problems with output in notebooks causing Ipywidgets dropdown to not work


Visual Studio Code 1.69.1
- Change log not available for this version


Visual Studio Code 1.69.0
- 3-way merge editor - Resolve merge conflicts within VS Code
- Command Center - New UI to search files, run commands, and navigate cursor history
- Do Not Disturb mode - Silence non-critical notification popups
- Toggle Light/Dark themes - Quickly switch between preferred light and dark themes
- Terminal shell integration - Display command status, run recent commands, and more
- Task output decorations - Highlights task success or failure exit codes
- Git Commit action button - Configure your default Git Commit action
- Debug Step Into Target support - Allows you to step directly into functions when paused
- JavaScript sourcemap toggling - Switch to debugging compiled rather than source code
- Color theme tester - Use vscode.dev to preview color themes
- VS Code Server preview - Run the same server used for Remote Development


Visual Studio Code 1.68.1
- Change log not available for this version


Visual Studio Code 1.68.0
- Configure Display Language - See installed and available Language Packs in their language
- Problems panel table view - View errors and warnings as a table to quickly filter on their source
- Deprecated extensions - Learn whether an extension is deprecated or should be replaced
- Extension sponsorship - Support the developers who build your favorite extensions
- Hide Explorer files using .gitignore - Reuse your existing .gitignore to hide files in the Explorer
- Terminal color and contrast enhancements - Find match background color, min contrast ratio
- Git branch protection - Branch protection available right inside VS Code
- TypeScript Go to Source Definition - Jump directly to a symbol's JavaScript implementation
- VS Code for the Web localization - vscode.dev now matches your chosen browser language
- Development Container specification - Learn more about the evolving dev container spec
- Preview: Markdown link validation - Detects broken links to headers, images, and files


Visual Studio Code 1.67.2
Fixed:
- Some terminal launch config args are double-escaped
- Disabled toolbar icons are no longer dimmed in 1.67
- April 2022 - Recovery 2
- Shortcut initiated selection occurrence indicators are not cleaning up
- STDIN/STDOUT redirection of debugger doesn't work anymore after 1.67 update


Visual Studio Code 1.67.1
- Git clone protocol handler


Visual Studio Code 1.67.0
- Explorer file nesting - Nest generated files under source files in the Explorer
- Settings editor filters - Filter button brings up searches such as @Modified settings
- Bracket pair colorization - Colored bracket pairs are now enabled by default
- Toggle inlay hints - Ctrl+Alt to quickly hide or show inlay hints in the editor
- Drag and drop to create Markdown links - Drop files into the editor to create Markdown links
- Find All References in Markdown - Quickly find all references to headers, files, URLs
- Java extension updates - Now supporting inlay hints and lazy variable resolution
- UX Guidelines for extension authors - Guidance for VS Code extension UI best practices
- New Rust language topic - Learn how to use the Rust programming language in VS Code


Visual Studio Code 1.66.2
Fixed:
- Git - Disable automatic repository scanning in the root of the HOMEDRIVE
- Tighten permission in Windows install folder


Visual Studio Code 1.66.1
- Update built in extension ms-vscode.js-debug-companion and ms-vscode.references-view
- Applciation/json output is not working in vscode notebooks
- [html] unnecessary 'semicolon expected' errors
- Double click a word and move with one finger will select other words and lines
- Jupyter Notebook progress bar is broken
- Source control repository missed a repository if we have multiple with same name
- VS Code 1.66 requires GLIBC 2.25 on RHEL 7
- Problem in html right to left around whitespace
- Settings editor list fails to render properly after clearing invalid query
- Rendering whitespace influences bidi layout


Visual Studio Code 1.66.0
- Local history - Keep track of local file changes independent of source control
- Settings editor language filter - Displays available language-specific settings
- Terminal find improvements - Matches are highlighted in the terminal panel and scroll bar
- Built-in CSS/LESS/SCSS formatters - Code formatting for CSS, LESS, and SCSS
- JavaScript heap profiles - Collect and view JS memory allocations while debugging
- VS Code for the Web - Drag and drop files and folders into vscode.dev
- Remote - SSH support for Mac - Connect via SSH to Apple Silicon/M1/ARM64 machines
- New R language topic - Learn how to use R for data science in VS Code


Visual Studio Code 1.65.2
Fixed:
- February 2022 Recovery 2 Endgame
- dependsOn executes wrong tasks in multi-root workspaces
- Azure-sphere-tools-ui needs to be added to the proposed API list
- Newline missing when pressing Enter between open/close html tags in React files when tags have attributes
- Code snippet "Choice" feature no longer working
- editor.action.smartSelect.expand doesn't work if only basic language features are available
- f removed from origin name in git log?
- New notebook 'text/plain' renderer breaks alignment


Visual Studio Code 1.65.1
Fixed:
- Encode parent authority into webview origin
- ${env:PATH} not detected on terminal


Visual Studio Code 1.65.0
- New editor history navigation - Scope Go Back/Go Forward history to editor group or single editor
- Light High Contrast theme - Light theme for enhanced VS Code editor visibility
- New audio cues - Audio cues for warnings, inline suggestions, and breakpoint hits
- Drag and drop Problems and Search results - Drag results to new or existing editor groups
- Source Control diff editor management - Automatically close diff editors after Git operations
- Debugger lazy variable evaluation - Lazy evaluation of JavaScript/TypeScript property getters
- Preview: Terminal shell integration - Rerun terminal commands, command status decorations
- VS Code for the Web - Reopen recent local files and folders, improved Git integration


Visual Studio Code 1.64.2
Fixed:
- January 2022 Recovery 2 Endgame
- Web: Extension host fails to initialize when certain browser extensions are installed
- GVFS: can't open file
- Output view dropdown scrollbar UI is not clickable/usable (regression)
- jupyter notebook cell pending indicator missing
- Integrated terminal automatically sends 'Y' when terminating node batch script
- Latest update breaks due to proxy requirement.
- Version 1.64.0 breaks task quoting
- Resizing terminal inside side panel no longer works
- Part navigation and resizing commands fail on new side panel
- TypeScript plugin extensions don't load on Windows in 1.64.0
- Function breakpoints don't seem to be editable anymore
- Latex - Equation environment in markdown does not work
- How can we move the new side panel to the right?


Visual Studio Code 1.64.1
The update addresses these security issues:
- Restrict which sites out webview iframe can frame
- Webview arbitrary file read
- Avoid listening on all interfaces when debugging a remote extension host
- Bump distro and version


Visual Studio Code 1.64.0
- New Side Panel - Display more views at once with the new Side Panel
- Settings editor search - Search now prioritizes whole word matches
- Audio cues - Hear when the cursor moves to folded regions, errors, and breakpoints
- Unicode highlighting - Avoid highlighting characters in supported languages
- Automatic terminal replies - Create automatic responses to common terminal prompts
- Notebook UI improvements - Search text in Markdown and output cells
- Debug binary data view - View and edit binary data while debugging
- Markdown path suggestions - Quickly insert relative file paths and header links
- JS/TS surround with snippets - Insert selected code inside snippets
- VS Code for the Web - Support for signed GitHub commits in vscode.dev and github.dev


Visual Studio Code 1.63.2
- Interactive Window should collapse new cells by default
- November 2021 Recovery 2 Endgame
- Redundant requests are made to Marketplace
- Background tokenization is a lot slower in large files
- Ship TS 4.5.3 — fixes TS Server fatal error: Cannot read property 'flags' of undefined
- Terminal in Editor rendering errors and disposed errors
- Snippet suggestions are too eager
- Terminal breaks when dragging to a different group, only when created in editor area via command
- Background color is wrong when terminals are created in editor area via command
- Wrong scroll appears when clicking on


Visual Studio Code 1.63.1
The update addresses these security issues:
- Disable unsupported meta http-equiv tags in webviews
- Do not enable the git extension in restricted mode


Visual Studio Code 1.63.0
Fixed:
- Unable to run any tasks on a remote windows machine using openssh
- Google Japanese Input (IME) on Mac - Suggestions Overlap w/ Text
- Default settings deprecation warning with n breaks the json
- Asking for nvm to be installed, when it is already
- debug toolbar does not update if focused thread no longer exists
- Cannot type Korean. Splitted self or missing
- Zlib error: invalid distance too far back
- I cannot save a file when there is another file with longer name
- Call stack items aren't opening tabs with correct contents
- Emmet does not work in js/jsx files for VS Code 1.62.2(Universal)
- Perf: _removePropertiesWithPossibleUserInfo is ~10% of the cost of loading a renderer
- Perf: Update editor configuration only after extensions are registered
- vscode.dev can't switch branches in private repositories


Visual Studio Code 1.62.3
Fixed:
- Git operations fail due to empty VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_EXTRA_ARGS
- [json] editor stops validating: Invalid regular expression
- LanguageClient failing to initialize language server on 1.62.1
- Setting Sync: failed because of Unauthorized (401)


Visual Studio Code 1.62.2
Fixed:
- Always use a command line flag together with ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE
- Git operation hangs due to empty string in $GIT_ASKPASS
- Resolve shell environment failed on 1.62.1
- 1.62.1 - Sanity testing Mac server is failing
- WSL Extension instalation failure
- SetDecorations using contentText do not render on non ASCII lines
- Custom task problemMatcher results not appearing in problems panel when problem is on the first line
- Never prompted to select a kernel in Notebooks
- Semantic highlighting flickers on 1.62.0 and later
- Editors - pathsToEditors should ignore folders
- Crash on opening large files with bracket pair colorization
- Close Remote Connection blocked due to a veto from terminal


Visual Studio Code 1.62.1
The update addresses this security:
- Always use a command line flag together with ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE


Visual Studio Code 1.62.0
Visual Studio Code for the Web - vscode.dev (Preview):
- This iteration, we released a preview of Visual Studio Code for the Web. Visual Studio Code for the Web provides a zero-install experience running entirely in your browser, allowing you to quickly and safely browse source code repositories and make lightweight code changes. To get started, go to https://vscode.dev in your browser.
- VS Code for the Web has many of the features of VS Code desktop that you love, including search and syntax highlighting, along with extension support to work on your codebase. In addition to opening repositories, forks, and pull requests from source control providers like GitHub and Azure Repos, you can also work with code that is stored on your local machine.
- Not all extensions can run when VS Code is in the browser. Extensions that are purely declarative, such as themes, snippets, or grammars, can run unmodified in the browser. However, extensions that need to run code must be updated by the extension authors. We'd like to say thank you to the extension authors that already have published their extensions as web extensions.

Workbench:
Settings editor accessibility:
We made various Settings editor accessibility improvements:
- The Settings editor scrolls back to the top after performing a search, so the user does not end up midway through the search results after each search.
- The settings scope switcher is accessible via keyboard.
- Deprecated setting text blocks display an icon. Previously, the deprecated text was distinguished from the rest of the setting text only by color.
- More UI elements within the Settings editor have the setting ID as their name.

Updated search icons:
- The search icons are now the same weight and the match whole word icon was updated to be more distinguishable from the rest.

Parameter hint highlight:
- VS Code now highlights the current parameter in the parameter hint and the color can be themed via editorHoverWidget.highlightForeground

Editor:
Improved bracket pair guides:
- We continued iterating on bracket pair guides. Horizontal lines now outline the scope of a bracket pair. Also, vertical lines now depend on the indentation of the code that is surrounded by the bracket pair.
- Bracket pair guides can be enabled by setting editor.guides.bracketPairs to true (defaults to false). We added a third option "active" to only show a bracket pair guide for the active bracket pair.
- The new setting editor.guides.bracketPairsHorizontal controls if and when to render horizontal guides (defaults to active).
- New themable colors editorBracketPairGuide.background{1,...,6} and editorBracketPairGuide.activeBackground{1,...,6} can be used to customize the color of bracket pair guides

Customizable bracket pairs:
- You can now configure bracket pairs for a specific programming language through settings. editor.language.bracketPairs can be used to configure which bracket characters should be matched. If set, editor.language.colorizedBracketPairs independently configures which bracket pairs are colorized when bracket pair colorization or bracket pair guides are enabled.

Display hovers above or below the current line:
- You can now choose between displaying IntelliSense hovers above (default) or below the current line. By setting editor.hover.above to false, hovers will render below the current line.

Unicode directional formatting characters:
- To address CVE-2021-42574, VS Code now renders Unicode directional formatting characters by default. Consider the following text snippet.
- The above text snippet contains two explicit directional formatting characters, U+202E (RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE) and U+202C (POP DIRECTIONAL FORMATTING). These characters can influence Unicode's Bidirectional Algorithm and could be used to craft source code that renders differently than what compilers would execute.
- The special rendering of these directional formatting characters can be turned off by setting editor.renderControlCharacters to false. The setting editor.renderControlCharacters is now true by default.

Extensions:
Verified extension publishers:
- VS Code now shows if the domains of an extension publisher are verified by the Visual Studio Marketplace
- If you are an extension author, more details about how to become a verified publisher can be found in the Publishing Extensions topic

Terminal:
New default keybindings for special characters:
- The following keybindings were added that are typically supported in other terminals:
- ctrl+shift+2: Inputs the null character (0x00).
- ctrl+shift+6: Inputs the record separator character (0x1E).
- ctrl+/: Inputs the unit separator character (0x1F).

Languages:
- Configure how HTML completes attributes:
- There is a new setting html.completion.attributeDefaultValue that lets you choose how values are filled in when an HTML attribute is completed:
- doublequotes: The value is placed in double quotes (default)
- singlequotes: The value is placed in single quotes
- empty: The value is left empty

Emmet improvements:
- The new Emmet: Update Tag command (editor.emmet.action.updateTag) updates the placeholder with the HTML tag to be updated.
- The extension also activates now when one tries to run any Emmet command. This change should fix an issue where some commands were not found when run from the Command Palette, while also keeping the activation event list more precise so that Emmet does not start up unnecessarily, such as in an empty workspace.
- For multi-root workspaces, Emmet now sources snippets from all workspace folders, rather than just the first one. As a result, custom snippets from all workspace folders will be suggested when editing an applicable file in the workspace.

Notebooks:
Find and Replace supports capturing groups:
- The Find and Replace widget in the notebook editor now supports regular expression capturing groups
- In the short video below, replace uses the first (and only) captured text ('a')

Better selection of output renderers and mimetypes:
- Notebook cells can output multiple types of data (mimetypes) that can be rendered in different ways both by VS Code itself and extensions. Previously, VS Code had basic memoization (caching) of the selected renderer for a mimetype, and you could manually configure your preferred mimetypes using the notebook.displayOrder setting. However, VS Code wasn't particularly smart about picking the best renderer for a mimetype, and preferred mimetypes had to be updated manually.
- Now, preferred renderers are cached on a per-notebook type, level in the workspace. Additionally, if you switch to view a different mimetype, that preference will be updated in-memory for the VS Code session, and you can use the Notebook: Save Mimetype Display Order command to easily update the notebook.displayOrder setting to the working preference.

Contributions to extensions:
Jupyter:
- Kernels
- In order to make it easier to identify kernels, the Jupyter extension now groups kernels in the kernel picker.
- You can now filter the list of kernels displayed in the kernel picker, either globally or on a workspace basis. This is helpful if you have a large number of kernels installed but usually only work with a subset.
- To manage the list of kernels displayed, you can use the command Jupyter: Filter Kernels from the Command Palette.

Interactive Window:
- Automatic cell creation when running the last cells in an Interactive Window using Shift+Enter can now be configured via the setting jupyter.newCellOnRunLast. If you don't want the default behavior to add a new cell, you can set jupyter.netCellOnRunLast to false.

ESLint:
- A new version of the ESLint extension has shipped. Major improvements are:
- Extended support for ESLint version 8.x.
- The ability to define the rule set that is applied during code action on save and format via the setting eslint.codeActionsOnSave.rules.

GitHub Pull Requests and Issues:
- Work continues on the GitHub Pull Requests and Issues extension, which allows you to work on, create, and manage pull requests and issues. Check out the changelog for the 0.32.0 release of the extension to see the highlights.

Remote Development:
- Work continues on the Remote Development extensions, which allow you to use a container, remote machine, or the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as a full-featured development environment.

Feature highlights in 1.62 include:
- New setting remote.SSH.foldersSortOrder to sort SSH targets alphabetically or by recent use.
- Windows Subsystem for Linux indicator lets you quickly know whether you are using WSL 1 or WSL 2.
- Advanced container configuration videos covering how to persist bash history and work with monorepos.

Preview features:
TypeScript 4.5 support:
This update adds support for the upcoming TypeScript 4.5 release. The TypeScript 4.5 beta announcement post has more information about the new language and tooling features. Some tooling highlights:
- Method signature completions.
- JSX attribute completions.
- More accurate reference counts for the references CodeLens.
- To start using the TypeScript 4.5 nightly builds, install the TypeScript Nightly extension.
- Please share your feedback and let us know if you run into any bugs with TypeScript 4.5.
- Extension authoring:
- Emoji support in file decorations
- The file decorations API now supports emojis as badge texts.

MarkdownString.supportHtml:
- The new supportHtml property on MarkdownString enables rendering of a safe subset of raw HTML that appears inside the Markdown text.
- The supportHtml property defaults to false. When disabled, VS Code will strip out any raw HTML tags that appear in the Markdown text.

Engineering:
File watching changes:
- File watching in VS Code changed to a new library, thanks to the work of the Parcel team with their @parcel/watcher. We will gradually roll out this change to all users in the upcoming weeks. Linux users will be happy to learn that the files.watcherExclude now applies natively so that the number of file handles VS Code needs open for file watching can be greatly reduced.
- The existing files.legacyWatcher setting was changed to an enumeration with these values:
- on - The new file watcher will never be used.
- off - The new file watcher will always be used.
- default - The new file watcher will only be used when you open multi-root workspaces (via a .code-workspace file).
- You should not notice any difference in your day to day work, but if file watching is broken for you, please report an issue.

Progress for Electron sandbox support:
- As we continue to make the VS Code workbench ready for enabling Electron's sandbox, we made progress on moving Node.js file services out of the workbench window into a different process. The same is true for the file watcher that no longer forks from the workbench window, but from a background process. This change is enabled by default in VS Code Insiders and will be the default in Stable for our November release.

Notable fixes:
- 73061: Enumerable properties mixed with regular properties
- 130868: Emmet suggestions list missing entries after adding custom snippets.json
- 131966: Emmet unable to expand abbreviation with onclick attribute
- 135110: Support different border settings for vertical or horizontal layouts, for in-group editor splitting


Visual Studio Code 1.61.2
The update addresses these issues:
- Web: Handles may contain slashes at the end
- Focus of commit message textbox swaps when files are changed meanwhile


Visual Studio Code 1.61.1
Fixed:
- Process handles leaked by pty host on windows
- September 2021 Recovery Endgame
- High CPU Usage: Every VS Code window eats 5+% CPU, even idle, even in the background
- Empty HoverWidget is visible at startup
- New Telemetry Level should respect my prior settings
- Source Control bug when creating or changing branch in the workspace


Visual Studio Code 1.61.0
- Split editors within the same group - Quickly create side-by-side editors for the same file
- Locked editor groups - Select editor types to automatically lock in an editor group
- Better display of deleted and readonly files - Tab decorations highlight deleted and readonly files
- Bracket pair guides - Display vertical guides to link matching bracket pairs
- Fixed terminal dimensions - Set an active terminal's width and height
- Jupyter Notebook improvements - Table of Contents view, full debugging support
- Platform-specific extensions - Publish different extension versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Virtual Workspaces extension guide - Learn how to update your extension for virtual environments
- Advanced container configuration - Tips, code samples, and videos to help configure development containers


Visual Studio Code 1.60.2
The update addresses these issues:
- The GitHub.codespaces extension gets activated twice when creating a new codespace
- Bundle TS 4.4.3
- ugust 2021 Endgame Recovery 2 endgame-plan
- Codespaces: Debugging is broken
- Automatic language detection overrides openTextDocument API language parameter
- Undo stops working after focusing webview


Visual Studio Code 1.60.1
Fixed:
- npm script not work in default terminal
- Context menu command "Open in Integrated Terminal" does not use Default Profile
- Go to Symbol in Workspace
- Allow also setting the language_info in a notebook
- Show Log from Container Creation Progress notification has no effect
- SSH Remote fails to connect
- Inline-suggestion appearing at previous cursor location
- August 2021 Endgame Recovery
- v1.60: "Auto language select" feature sets "CoffeeScript" language in "Git commit" files
- Powershell console opens every time I launch VS Code with a project
- Unable to save notebook when executing a long running cell


Visual Studio Code 1.60.0
- Automatic language detection - Programming language detected when you paste into VS Code
- Built-in fast bracket colorization - Fast bracket matching and colorization for large files
- Settings editor syntax highlighting - Rich syntax highlighting for setting description code blocks
- Custom terminal glyph rendering - Better display of box drawing and block element characters
- Set debugging Watch values - Change watched values during a debugging session
- Notebook improvements - Markdown link navigation, faster rendering of large outputs
- JavaScript/TypeScript inlay hints - Inline hints for parameter names and types, and more
- Locked editor group preview - Keep a preferred editor layout by locking the editor group
- Python extension testing updates - Better support for test discovery, navigation, and status
- Web extension authors guide - Learn how to update your extension for VS Code in the browser


Visual Studio Code 1.59.1
Fixed:
- Notebooks cannot be opened on 1.59
- Authentication decryption error
- tasks.onDidEndTaskProcess is called too many times in VS Code v1.59
- Perma-hang/crash on M1 MBP with universal build
- July 2021 Endgame Recovery
- Stdout generated raw data file not in expected format.
- Typing repeated dots in js expands to first suggestion


Visual Studio Code 1.59.0
- Extensions view improvements - Rich extension detail hovers, new runtime status tab
- Settings editor validation - Quickly find editing errors for object-based settings
- Drag and drop terminals - Move terminals across windows to both editor and panel areas
- Extended theme customization - Customize multiple color themes at once
- Built-in support for Jupyter notebooks - Open .ipynb files directly in VS Code
- Notebook UI improvements - Display first line of collapsed cells, Undo/Redo per cell
- Testing API finalized - Native support for running tests in VS Code with built-in Test Explorer
- Debug Disassembly view preview - Display disassembled C++ code in VS Code
- Live Preview extension - Live HTML preview within VS Code with JavaScript debugging support
- Remote - Containers devcontainer CLI - Command line interface for working with development containers


Visual Studio Code 1.58.2
Fixed:
- June 2021 Endgame Recovery 2
- Only acquire workspace storage locks on the remote extension host
- Remote extension will not work if it depends on a local UI one
- Terminal is tiny when extensions create and show them
- When multiple ghost text parts have line breaks, the first line of the ghost text gets deleted
- Using command line to open vscode causes code warning
- Trust and Continue dialog need two clicks on Continue to go away
- VS Code Terminal doesn't autofocus
- MacOS: Could not move terminal into editor area after first move


Visual Studio Code 1.58.1
The update addresses these security issues:
- Improves Git security with untrusted workspaces bug git important
- Don't use guessable nonces in webview
- Update distro hash


Visual Studio Code 1.58.0
- Terminals in the editor - Create or move terminals into the editor area
- Workspace Trust - Quickly customize Workspace Trust settings, disable Restricted Mode banner
- Editor scroll bar customization - Set bar visibility and width, click navigation behavior
- Markdown preview KaTeX support - Math support in the Markdown preview
- Settings editor improvements - Support for multiple checkboxes and enumeration dropdowns
- Sticky debug environment choice - Debugger remembers your previous environment choice
- Jupyter Interactive window - Run Jupyter code directly in an interactive window
- Jupyter notebook debugging - Debug Jupyter notebook code from within VS Code
- 'Open in VS Code' badge - Lets visitors quickly open your GitHub repo in VS Code
- Data Science tutorials - Learn about Jupyter Notebooks, PyTorch, and more


Visual Studio Code 1.57.1
- May 2021 Endgame Recovery
- Scrolling on mouse click
- macOS: restore Cmd+W closing the window when all tabs are closed
- 1.57.0 (macOS): window behaves different now (fullscreen & priority issues)
- "Open New External Terminal" doesn't work if no terminal settings are present
- Entire settings file got erased on new latest update. Just FYI


Visual Studio Code 1.57.0
- Workspace Trust - Extra security against code execution when browsing unfamiliar source code
- New Getting Started experience - Helps you quickly set up and learn about VS Code
- Remote Repositories - Browse and edit code without locally cloning repositories
- Terminal tabs - Tabs let you easily create, manage, and group multiple open terminals
- Edge browser debugging - Integrates the Microsoft Edge Developer Tools directly into VS Code
- JSDoc @link support - Add @link tags in your comments for fast symbol navigation
- Go to Definition for non-code files - Quickly jump to images and stylesheets
- Notebook API finalized - Notebook API for native notebook support in VS Code
- VS Code at Build 2021 blog post - Catch up with on-demand sessions featuring VS Code