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 1.117 adds bring-your-own model key support for Copilot Business and Enterprise users and introduces a set of chat, agent, terminal, and TypeScript updates.

The April update suppresses Copilot completions while IntelliSense is active, addressing a long-running editor conflict.

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code version 1.116, introducing a set of AI-focused improvements that refine developer ...

New Profiler Agent uses Copilot to analyze CPU, memory, and .NET allocations and suggest fixes. Copilot App Modernization Agent helps upgrade legacy .NET projects and migrate them to Azure. Markdown ...

Visual Studio Code 1.117 adds Copilot BYOK, faster chat streaming, and terminal fixes, giving developers more control.

Microsoft's latest Visual Studio Code update promises faster startup times with ESM format. The September 2024 release also includes several key improvements for developers. Microsoft has released the ...

Microsoft's latest Visual Studio Code update adds custom instructions and reusable prompts for the Chat feature. The April 2025 release also includes better multi-window support. Microsoft has ...

Business and enterprise users can now connect their own API keys to use LLMs via OpenRouter, Ollama, Google, OpenAI, and more ...

Visual Studio 2026 18.5 arrives with two headline changes – a smarter code suggestion system and an AI-powered debugger. Yet ...