2026-03-18T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/ Copyright (c) 2021, Microsoft, Inc.; all rights reserved. 2026-03-18T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_112 <p>Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.112 (Insiders)</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_112">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2026-03-13T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/03/13/how-VS-Code-Builds-with-AI <p>Learn how VS Code uses AI across its own development workflow with GitHub Copilot agent mode, automated testing, and AI-powered code review.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/03/13/how-VS-Code-Builds-with-AI">Read the full article</a></p> Pierce Boggan https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2026-03-09T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_111 <p>Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.111</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_111">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/03/05/making-agents-practical-for-real-world-development <p>Explore agent orchestration, extensibility, and continuity in VS Code 1.110: lifecycle hooks, agent skills, session memory, and integrated browser tools.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/03/05/making-agents-practical-for-real-world-development">Read the full article</a></p> VS Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2026-03-04T17:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_110 <p>What's new in the Visual Studio Code February 2026 Release (1.110).</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_110">Read the full article</a></p> Visual Studio Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2026-02-26T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/02/26/long-distance-nes <p>Learn how we extended next edit suggestions to work across your entire file, reducing friction and improving productivity in GitHub Copilot.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/02/26/long-distance-nes">Read the full article</a></p> Vikram Duvvur, Gaurav Mittal, Benjamin Simmonds https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/02/05/multi-agent-development <p>VS Code has become the unified interface for all your coding agents. Manage local, background, and cloud agents in one place, use Claude and Codex agents alongside Copilot, and benefit from open standards like MCP and Agent Skills.</p> <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/02/05/multi-agent-development">Read the full article</a></p> VS Code Team https://code.visualstudio.com/branding/code-stable.png 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 2025-08-07T17:00:00.000Z 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 2025-04-03T17:00:00.000Z 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