2026-02-04T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/ Copyright (c) 2021, Microsoft, Inc.; all rights reserved. 2026-02-04T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_109 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code January 2026 Release (1.109).</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_109">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2026-01-26T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/01/26/mcp-apps-support <p>VS Code now supports MCP Apps, enabling AI agents to display interactive UIs for richer developer workflows.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/01/26/mcp-apps-support">Read the full article</a></p> Harald Kirschner, Connor Peet https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/01/15/docfind <p>How we built docfind, a high-performance client-side search engine using Rust and WebAssembly, and how GitHub Copilot accelerated development.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/01/15/docfind">Read the full article</a></p> João Moreno https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2026-01-08T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_108 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code December 2025 Release (1.108).</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_108">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-12-10T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_107 <p>What's new in the Visual Studio Code November 2025 Release (1.107).</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_107">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/12/03/introducing-vs-code-insiders-podcast <p>The VS Code Insiders Podcast is your insider's guide to the features, decisions, and people shaping the future of Visual Studio Code.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/12/03/introducing-vs-code-insiders-podcast">Read the full article</a></p> James Montemagno https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/11/18/PrivateMarketplace <p>Private Marketplace for VS Code extensions now generally available.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/11/18/PrivateMarketplace">Read the full article</a></p> Sean Iyer https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-11-12T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_106 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code October 2025 Release (1.106).</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_106">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/11/04/openSourceAIEditorSecondMilestone <p>Ghost text suggestions are now open source as part of the Copilot Chat extension - the second milestone in making VS Code an open source AI editor.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/11/04/openSourceAIEditorSecondMilestone">Read the full article</a></p> The VS Code team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/11/03/unified-agent-experience <p>Agents took over VS Code in 2025. We released agent mode for VS Code, integration for the Copilot coding agent, and the new GitHub Copilot CLI. But Copilot is not the only agent game in town. There are now more coding agents than ever, including options from OpenAI and Anthropic.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/11/03/unified-agent-experience">Read the full article</a></p> VS Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-10-22T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/10/22/bring-your-own-key <p>Learn how the new Language Model Chat Provider API in VS Code is enabling more model choice and extensibility for chat experiences via the Bring Your Own Key experience.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/10/22/bring-your-own-key">Read the full article</a></p> Olivia Guzzardo McVicker, Pierce Boggan https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-10-09T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_105 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code September 2025 Release (1.105).</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_105">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/09/15/autoModelSelection <p>Use auto model selection in VS Code to get faster responses, reduced rate limiting, and a 10% discount on premium requests for paid users.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/09/15/autoModelSelection">Read the full article</a></p> Isidor Nikolic https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-09-11T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_104 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code August 2025 Release (1.104)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_104">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-08-26T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/08/27/vscode-dev-days <p>Join a VS Code Dev Days event to learn about GitHub Copilot in VS Code</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/08/27/vscode-dev-days">Read the full article</a></p> Katie Savage, Cynthia Zanoni https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-08-07T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_103 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code July 2025 Release (1.103)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_103">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/07/17/copilot-coding-agent <p>VS Code's integration with GitHub Copilot Coding Agent allows you to delegate tasks to the agent and let it handle them in the background.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/07/17/copilot-coding-agent">Read the full article</a></p> Burke Holland https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-07-09T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_102 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code June 2025 Release (1.102)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_102">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/06/30/openSourceAIEditorFirstMilestone <p>We are open sourcing the GitHub Copilot Chat extension. It’s the first milestone in making VS Code an open source AI editor.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/06/30/openSourceAIEditorFirstMilestone">Read the full article</a></p> The VS Code team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-06-12T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_101 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code May 2025 Release (1.101)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_101">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/06/12/full-mcp-spec-support <p>VS Code now supports the complete Model Context Protocol specification, including authorization, prompts, resources, and sampling.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/06/12/full-mcp-spec-support">Read the full article</a></p> Harald Kirschner https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-05-27T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/05/27/ai-and-remote <p>Enhance your developer productivity with AI and Remote Development.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/05/27/ai-and-remote">Read the full article</a></p> Brigit Murtaugh, Christof Marti, Josh Spicer, Olivia Guzzardo McVicker https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-05-19T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/05/19/openSourceAIEditor <p>We will open source the GitHub Copilot Chat extension. It’s the next step towards making VS Code an open source AI editor.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/05/19/openSourceAIEditor">Read the full article</a></p> The VS Code team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/05/12/agent-mode-meets-mcp <p>Bring your own tools to VS Code's agent mode with MCP.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/05/12/agent-mode-meets-mcp">Read the full article</a></p> Harald Kirschner https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-05-08T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_100 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code April 2025 Release (1.100)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_100">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/04/07/agentMode <p>Agent mode is now available to all users and supports MCP.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/04/07/agentMode">Read the full article</a></p> Isidor Nikolic https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-04-03T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_99 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code March 2025 Release (1.99)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_99">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-03-26T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/03/26/custom-instructions <p>Announcing the general availability of custom instructions for VS Code.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/03/26/custom-instructions">Read the full article</a></p> Rob Conery, Harald Kirschner https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-03-05T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_98 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code February 2025 Release (1.98)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_98">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/02/24/introducing-copilot-agent-mode <p>Announcing the GitHub Copilot agent mode in Visual Studio Code.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/02/24/introducing-copilot-agent-mode">Read the full article</a></p> Isidor Nikolic https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/02/12/next-edit-suggestions <p>Announcing the Next Edit Suggestions and Agent Mode for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/02/12/next-edit-suggestions">Read the full article</a></p> Brigit Murtaugh, Burke Holland https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2025-02-06T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_97 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code January 2025 Release (1.97)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_97">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-12-18T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/12/18/free-github-copilot <p>Announcing a free plan for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/12/18/free-github-copilot">Read the full article</a></p> Burke Holland https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-12-11T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_96 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code November 2024 Release (1.96)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_96">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-11-15T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/11/15/introducing-github-copilot-for-azure <p>Introducing GitHub Copilot for Azure, a chat participant to ask about Azure and help you manage and troubleshoot your Azure resources.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/11/15/introducing-github-copilot-for-azure">Read the full article</a></p> Chris Harris https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-11-12T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/11/12/introducing-copilot-edits <p>Copilot Edits allows you to get to the changes you need in your workspace, across multiple files, using a UI designed for fast iteration. You can specify a set of files to be edited, and then use natural language to simply ask Copilot what you need. You stay in the flow of your code while reviewing the suggested changes, accepting what works, and iterating with follow-up asks.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/11/12/introducing-copilot-edits">Read the full article</a></p> Isidor Nikolic https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-10-29T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_95 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code October 2024 Release (1.95)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_95">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-10-03T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_94 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code September 2024 Release (1.94)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_94">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-09-05T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_93 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code August 2024 Release (1.93)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_93">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-08-01T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_92 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code July 2024 Release (1.92)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_92">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-07-03T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_91 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code June 2024 Release (1.91)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_91">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-06-24T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/06/24/extensions-are-all-you-need <p>Learn how to extend GitHub Copilot by using the Chat and Language Model APIs in your Visual Studio Code extension. Get inspired by early adopters and their extensions.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/06/24/extensions-are-all-you-need">Read the full article</a></p> Isidor Nikolic https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-06-07T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/06/07/wasm-part2 <p>Use WebAssembly in VS Code extensions to run in a separate worker, or write a language server with a language that compiles to WebAssembly.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/06/07/wasm-part2">Read the full article</a></p> Dirk Bäumer https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-06-05T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_90 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code May 2024 Release (1.90)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_90">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-05-08T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/05/08/wasm <p>Using WebAssembly for Extension Development.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/05/08/wasm">Read the full article</a></p> Dirk Bäumer https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-05-02T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_89 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code April 2024 Release (1.89)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_89">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-04-15T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/04/15/vscode-day <p>Learn about the latest Visual Studio Code features and extensions during VS Code Day 2024 on April 24, 2024</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/04/15/vscode-day">Read the full article</a></p> Reynald Adolphe https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-04-04T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_88 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code March 2024 Release (1.88)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_88">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-02-28T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_87 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code February 2024 Release (1.87)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_87">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2024-02-01T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_86 <p>Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code January 2024 Release (1.86)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_86">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png