2026-02-18 - 20:22Z
Commit: 8eef7de · Previous: 2518e1f · Compare: GitHub Version: 1.110.0-insider · Branch: main · Upstream: microsoft/vscode
✨ NEW
- #296067 Add logging for stop button
Adds telemetry logging to track when the chat stop button fails to cancel requests, helping developers identify cancellation issues in chat service.
- #295985 Add Azure Pipeline skill
Adds an Azure Pipeline skill with scripts to queue, check status, and cancel Azure DevOps pipeline builds, helping developers manage pipelines efficiently.
- #295653 Add "Show Details" button to chat setup timeout message
Adds a 'Show Details' button to chat setup timeout messages allowing users to directly open the GitHub Copilot Chat output channel for troubleshooting.
- #296035 Add cyclic dependency check script and tests
Introduces a script and tests to detect cyclic dependencies in JavaScript files during build time, preventing problematic dependency cycles in the codebase.
- #296040 feat: Add emergency alert banner to all qualities, with polling
Adds emergency alert banners to all VS Code release qualities with periodic polling to update alerts automatically for better user notifications.
🐛 FIXES
- #296085 Revert "adding inline completions in the chat input"
Reverts a prior PR that added inline completions in chat input, restoring the chat input editor to its previous behavior without inline completions.
- #296086 Revert "sessions - show count for all groups (fix #291606)"
Reverts a change that showed session counts for all groups in the sessions view, so only the 'Archived' section now shows session counts as before.
- #296081 improve emergency alert banner update logic to avoid unnecessary updates when message and actions didn't change
Enhances the emergency alert banner logic to avoid unnecessary updates when alert message and actions have not changed, improving performance and fixing alert matching bugs.
- #296068 Remove modal dialog when disabling chat tips
Removes the modal confirmation dialog when disabling chat tips, instantly disables tips, and opens the settings page so users can re-enable tips easily.
- #296058 fix tip dismissal
Fixes a bug where dismissed chat tips could reappear after re-enabling by deduplicating dismissed tips and removing reset logic, ensuring dismissals persist accurately.
- #296070 Remove context window usage tip
Removes the 'View your context window usage' chat tip because it shows before any requests run, preventing users from seeing an irrelevant tip.
- #296053 Brighten list selection foreground in 2026 dark theme
Brightens the text color for active and inactive list selections in the 2026 dark theme, improving readability for users.
🔨 REFACTORS
- #296074 Polish action widget styling
Improves styling of action widgets by using hover colors for focus highlights, better description text color and size, and standardized border radius variables.
- #295104 Use esbuild instead of webpack to bundle the css extension
Switches the CSS extension's build process from webpack to esbuild for faster bundling and alignment with newer tooling, maintaining client/server structure.
- #296048 use a simple action widget dropdown
Simplifies the chat model picker UI by introducing a lightweight dropdown widget and removing the 'new models' badge feature for cleaner interaction.
- #296041 fix pickers in chat view pane
Refactors chat view pane pickers to use a consistent dropdown menu UI with better option caching and improved default selection logic for smoother experience.
- #296059 Fix styling and functionality of sidebar sessions
Updates sidebar styling and sessions toolbar in Agent Sessions to use button-styled toolbars and dynamic visibility, improving layout and user interactions.
- #294282 Refresh checkpoint UI
Refreshes chat checkpoint UI by adding hover-only visibility, updating spacing and colors, and improving screen reader accessibility with aria attributes.
- #296050 use URI instead of ID
Migrates terminal chat features to use session URIs instead of legacy IDs, removing deprecated APIs and simplifying session identification.
- #295862 Adopt unified js/ts setting for format settings
Unifies JavaScript and TypeScript format settings to use shared configuration keys, simplifying formatting logic and maintaining backward compatibility.
⬆️ UPGRADES
- #295928 Bump tar from 7.5.7 to 7.5.9
Updates the 'tar' package from version 7.5.7 to 7.5.9 to include bug fixes and improvements in the dependency management.
- #295914 Bump fast-xml-parser and @azure/core-xml in /build
Updates 'fast-xml-parser' and '@azure/core-xml' dependencies to their latest versions improving XML parsing security, performance, and bug fixes.
- #295930 Bump tar from 7.5.7 to 7.5.9 in /build/npm/gyp
Bumps 'tar' package from 7.5.7 to 7.5.9 in the /build/npm/gyp directory to include the latest fixes and enhancements.
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Installers
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