October 2023 Recovery 1

The update addresses these issues.

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

October 2023

Welcome to the October 2023 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:

More audio cues - New audio cues to indicate clear, save, and format activity.
Activity bar position - Move Activity bar to the top for compact display.
Hide editor tabs - Show multiple, single, or no editor tabs.
Maximize Editor Groups - Quickly expand the active Editor Group.
Python improvements - Better run code in terminal, easier virtual environment creation.
FastAPI tutorial - Learn about developing Python FastAPI apps with VS Code.
Gradle for Java - Improved support for Java Gradle projects.
Preview: GitHub Copilot - Chat "agents", generate commit messages, terminal support.

If you'd like to read these release notes online, 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.

September 2023 Recovery 1

The update addresses these issues.

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

September 2023

Welcome to the September 2023 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:

Accessibility improvements - Screen reader support for the pull request comments.
Better Command Palette search - New "similar commands" list to help command discovery.
Add custom icons to profiles - Display an icon to easily identify the active profile.
Compact editor tab height - Shrinks editor tab height for larger editor region.
Dedicated pinned editor row - New editor tab row supports pin/unpin via drag and drop.
Go to Symbol in notebooks - Quickly navigate to code symbols in your notebook.
Python debugger updates - Configure whether to step into system/library or just your code.
Preview: GitHub Copilot - Test generation based on current framework and project conventions.

If you'd like to read these release notes online, 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.
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August 2023 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.

August 2023 Recovery 2

The update addresses these issues.

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

August 2023 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.

August 2023

Welcome to the August 2023 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:

• Accessibility improvements - Accessible View support for inline completions, updated keybindings.
• Built-in port forwarding - Forward local server ports from within VS Code.
• Sticky Scroll updates - Scrolls horizontally with editor, display last line in scope, folding UI.
• New diff editor features - Detect moved code, dynamically switch inline and side-by-side view.
• Command Center displayed by default - Quickly open files or run commands from the title bar.
• Copy Notebook output - Easily copy cell output as well as generated images.
• WebAssembly debugging - Decompile WASM code to step through and set breakpoints.
• New TypeScript refactorings - Move to File and Inline Variables refactorings.
• New Python Formatting topic - Learn how to integrate formatters such as autopep8 and Black.
• Preview: GitHub Copilot - CreateWorkspace command previews file structure of proposed code.

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.

July 2023 Recovery 1

The update addresses these issues.

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

July 2023

Welcome to the July 2023 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:

• Accessibility improvements - Accessible View support for notifications, chat responses, and hovers.
• VS Code Profiles - Finer control with partial profiles and "Apply to all profiles" options.
• New diff editor features - Collapse unchanged regions, better diff region text alignment.
• Git repositories with symlinks - Support for repository paths with symbolic links.
• Notebook updates - Search text in closed notebooks, "sticky scroll" displays Markdown headers.
• Python test discovery - Error tolerant pytest discovery continues across all files.
• Access Jupyter servers in GitHub Codespaces - Connect to a remote Jupyter server in a codespace.
• GitHub pull request creation - Better base branch detection, remember previous create PR options.
• Preview: GitHub Copilot UX - Quick Chat improvements, iterative /fix command.

If you'd like to read these release notes online, 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.