VS Code 1.123 adds a two-hour delay before extensions auto-update to newer versions when automatic updates are enabled.

VS Code 1.108 adds experimental Agent Skills support, enabling Copilot to load workspace-defined skills on demand. Chat sessions are now organized around agent sessions, with a revamped session picker ...

AI Toolkit for VS Code v0.30.0 adds a new Tool Catalog for discovering, configuring, and managing agent tools, including local stdio MCP servers and tools from the public Foundry catalog. A new Agent ...

Following on from the release of Visual Studio Code 1.121 last week, Microsoft has announced Visual Studio Code 1.122. This week, the Redmond giant has enhanced the agent experience and made Bring ...

Visual Studio Code is moving to weekly releases. Microsoft will replace the long-standing monthly update cycle with smaller weekly updates, starting with version 1.111, to deliver features more ...

VS Code agents are now in Stable preview, and the 1.122 update removed the GitHub OAuth requirement from BYOK, letting defense, healthcare, and finance developers run fully air-gapped AI-assisted ...

Microsoft has just released Visual Studio Code 1.111. This the first weekly release of VS Code. Microsoft decided to change the schedule so you get features faster. Microsoft has announced the ...

I switched for speed and stayed for everything else.

Latest VS Code update introduces prepackaged bundles of chat customizations that can include skills, commands, agents, MCP servers, and hooks. Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.110, an ...