2026-01-19 - 16:58Z

Commit: f8f8ba0 · Previous: 6b921dd · Compare: GitHub Version: 1.109.0-insider · Branch: main · Upstream: microsoft/vscode

Chat and Chat UI

new: add workbench.action.chat.newLocalChat command for creating local chat sessions #288928
new: add context window usage indicator widget with token consumption breakdown in chat input UI #288921
new: show preview of chat response in session hover with interactable actions #288507
fix: adjust position of state indicator in chat CSS for better layout #288923
fix: fix padding in chat scroll down button in interactive list for improved spacing #288927
fix: fix excessive top padding in request bubble when user replies with a bullet list #288113
fix: indicate running chat session in view badge #288905
fix: stop log spam when reading chat data from disk #288877
fix: allow agents to define which subagents are usable #288902
fix: fix regression where projection was not applied when opening chat sessions #288889

fix: log error for invalid chatContext icon format instead of silently ignoring, improving debugging for extension authors #288885
fix: do not persist extension contributed chat contexts with in-memory handles across window reloads; filter out non-restorable context entries on serialization #288106
new: add tooltip support to chat context items #288418

new: support grouping of selections in lists and trees to prevent selection of non-selectable groups #288924
new: add delegation session picker action item to manage session delegation and session type handling #288850
remove: remove chat_enabled flag from entitlements and related logic #288863

upgrade: enable Windows version update for stable builds #288126
upgrade: add suspend/resume telemetry for reliability insights #288867
refactor: optimize rendering performance by scheduling DOM updates at next animation frame in NativeEditContext and TextAreaEditContext to improve smooth scrolling in chat view #285906

fix: do not open files using openExternal in remote CLI #288856
fix: trim keys in relevant code areas #288819
fix: do not set policy data if it was not fetched #288866
fix: fix viewing changes action in working set in chat-background-agent #288845
fix: address review comments from prior PR #288913
fix: engineering - add second build schedule #288903