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2026-01-15 - 04:25Z ​

Commit: 2c357a9 · Previous: 17523c0 · Compare: GitHub Version: 1.109.0-insider · Branch: main · Upstream: microsoft/vscode

Agents and Chat ​

  • new: add quick chat open on Agents Control click outside focus view #287918
  • new: enable agent skills by default #287930
  • new: unify agent skills internal architecture with new prompts type and config #286860
  • refactor: change 'agent projection' visual cues #287957
  • refactor: swap icons and indicators in the title bar agents control #287935
  • refactor: use a vscode theme color for focusView #287891
  • refactor: support local sessions in focus view service #287927
  • upgrade: enable outputLocation: chat in stable #287836
  • fix: don't show default tool progress message without a stream handler #287938
  • fix: harden handling of old timing info in agent sessions #287932
  • fix: force side by side mode when chat is maximized #287859
  • fix: fix locked optionGroup display in chat input to be grayed out and non-clickable #287808

Integrated Browser ​

  • new: add new tab welcome screen before URL input in integrated browser #287638
  • refactor: truncate long page titles in integrated browser tabs for better display #287702
  • new: support additional actions and a redirect setting in integrated browser #287653

Terminal and Command Handling ​

  • fix: clear promptInput value on command finished to avoid spurious ^C on Windows #287139
  • fix: remove timeout warning and continue polling for long-running commands #287665
  • upgrade: bump node-pty dependency #287627

SCM (Source Control) ​

  • fix: fix sync changes button layout regression #287873
  • fix: hidden repositories should not be exposed in SCM #287786

User Interface and Theming ​

  • refactor: polish buttons and inputs with consistent border radius and styles #280457
  • fix: fix reading theme setting in ThemeMainService #287770
  • fix: fix memory leak in createStyleSheet2 for peek definition #287754
  • fix: fix how _selectVendorDefaultLanguageModel is set #287804

Accessibility ​

  • new: make chat thinking stream accessible to screen readers with new accessible view #287640

Git Extension API ​

  • new: expose repository kind through the git extension API #287737

Agent Sessions Sidebar ​

  • new: allow resizing agent sessions sidebar like terminal tabs #287817

CI and Engineering ​

  • refactor: improve sanity tests pipeline and fix cross-platform issues #287721

Other Fixes and Improvements ​

  • fix: fix tunnel command path resolution on Windows Insiders #282431
  • fix: add several new auto approved commands #287762
  • fix: retokenize on custom font token setting change #287577
  • fix: fix reading theme setting in ThemeMainService with debug statements #287735
  • fix: complete the fix for issue #287509 #287824
  • fix: fix spelling errors #287828
  • refactor: updates to learnings documentation #287749
  • refactor: add CSS extension point proposal #287871
  • refactor: chat icon button rendering in working set title bar #287743
  • new: add telemetry for number of additional certificates #287745
  • fix: reapply timing and chat session changes reverting problematic commit #287881
  • fix: chat - revert change to expand working set #287768