May 2025 Recovery 1

The update addresses these issues.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

May 2025

Welcome to the May 2025 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:

MCP

• Expand your agent coding flow with support for prompts, resources, and sampling (Show more).
• Access MCP servers that require authentication (Show more).
• Debug MCP servers with development mode (Show more).
• Publish MCP servers from an extension (Show more).

Chat

• Group and manage related tools by combining them in a tool set (Show more).

Source Control

• View files in Source Control Graph view (Show more).
• Assign and track work for GitHub Copilot Coding Agent from within VS Code (Show more).

If you'd like to read these release notes online, go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

Want to try new features as soon as possible? You can download the nightly Insiders build and try the latest updates as soon as they are available.

April 2025 Recovery 3

The update addresses these issues, including a fix for a security vulnerability.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

April 2025 Recovery 2

The update addresses these issues, including a fix for a security vulnerability.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

April 2025 Recovery 1

The update addresses these issues, including a fix for a security vulnerability.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

April 2025

Welcome to the April 2025 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:

• Chat

  • Custom instructions and reusable prompts (more...).
  • Smarter results with tools for GitHub, extensions, and notebooks (more...).
  • Image and Streamable HTTP support for MCP (more...).

• Chat performance

  • Faster responses on repeat chat requests (more...).
  • Faster edits in agent mode (more...).

• Editor experience

  • Improved multi-window support for chat and editors (more...).
  • Staged changes now easier to identify (more...).

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

Insiders: Want to try new features as soon as possible? You can download the nightly Insiders build and try the latest updates as soon as they are available.

March 2025 Recovery 3

The update addresses these issues.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

March 2025 Recovery 2

The update addresses these issues.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

March 2025 Recovery 1

The update has a fix for the security vulnerability in this issue.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

March 2025

Welcome to the March 2025 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:

• Agent mode

  • Agent mode is available in VS Code Stable. Enable it by setting chat.agent.enabled:true (more...).
  • Extend agent mode with Model Context Protocol (MCP) server tools (more...).
  • Try the new built-in tools in agent mode for fetching web content, finding symbol references, and deep thinking (more...).

• Code editing

  • Next Edit Suggestions is now generally available (more...).
  • Benefit from fewer distractions such as diagnostics events while AI edits are applied in the editor (more...).

• Chat

  • Use your own API keys to access more language models in chat (preview) (more...).
  • Easily switch between ask, edit, and agent mode from the unified chat experience (more...).
  • Experience improved workspace search speed and accuracy with instant remote workspace indexing (more...).

• Notebook editing

  • Create and edit notebooks as easily as code files with support for edit and agent mode (more...).

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

Insiders: Want to try new features as soon as possible? You can download the nightly Insiders build and try the latest updates as soon as they are available.