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2026-01-16 - 11:59Z ​

Commit: f461960 · Previous: 03f79ac · Compare: GitHub Version: 1.109.0-insider · Branch: main · Upstream: microsoft/vscode

Agent Sessions & Chat ​

  • new: Add context menu actions on Agent Session section headers for "Archive All", "Unarchive All", and "Mark All as Read" (#288148)
  • fix: Mark agent sessions as read when archiving to update unread counts correctly (#288228)
  • fix: Chat background sessions no longer use the editing sessions file list (#288324)
  • fix: Chat background sessions always use the session menu (#288254)

Terminal ​

  • upgrade: Update @xterm/xterm to version 6.1.0-beta.102 (#287561)

Problems & Navigation ​

  • new: Trigger events when navigating to next/previous problem (#288316)

Editor & Theme ​

  • new: Retrieve font, fontFamily, and lineHeight from parent scopes for theming (#286183)

Performance & Activation ​

  • new: Defer remote extension host activation for Immediate activations until remote host is ready (#288262)

UI & Experience ​

  • fix: Improve subagent UI responsiveness by properly joining tool invocations (#288227)
  • fix: Do not pin Mermaid tool call to improve UI behavior (#288226)
  • fix: Update thinking icons and fix UI glitches (#288248)

Other Changes ​

  • fix: Workaround for issue causing CPU spike when watched file is deleted on Windows, reverting a prior fix (#288311, #288266)
  • upgrade: Check in a package.lock file to improve dependency consistency (#288233)
  • new: Add telemetry event (#288280)
  • new: Present current working directory as separate from command input (#287909)
  • fix: Update distribution hash (#288309)