For the last few years, Visual Studio Code has delivered new major updates each month. Now, those updates will arrive once a week, and the first weekly update has some helpful changes to AI agents.

VS Code update also introduces assisted permissions for agent tool calls in the agent host and clickable file links in Git ...

Visual Studio Code 1.130 is the latest weekly update from Microsoft. The company focused heavily on agents in this update.

Visual Studio Code 1.130 adds a dedicated agent host, assisted permissions, compact diffs, worktree isolation, and smarter ...

Some of the big updates in this update pertain to accessibility. If you’re a screen reader user, Microsoft has made the editor and terminal more compatible with readers. Additionally, Microsoft has ...

The July 2025 update to Visual Studio Code, taking it to version 1.103, adds support for chat checkpoints, allowing developers to restore their workspace and conversation to earlier states during AI ...

Visual Studio Code 1.129 adds a Modern UI preview, a redesigned Agents editor panel, and support for running terminal commands through chat.

VS Code 1.115 introduced a preview Agents app in VS Code Insiders. VS Code 1.116 added persistent debug logs for current and past agent sessions. Both releases expanded how agents work with terminals, ...