Visual Studio Code v1.107 Changelog

This update is a big step forward for using AI to write code. It introduces "multi-agent orchestration," which is a fancy way of saying you can have an AI assistant (like GitHub Copilot) and other custom AI agents work together or side-by-side to speed up your programming. This matters a lot for developers who want to delegate chores to AI so they can focus on the big picture.

What's new

• Agent HQ: A new control center where you can manage all your AI agents in one place, letting them collaborate on different tasks.
• Background and Cloud Agents: You can now hand off tasks to agents that run in the background or in the cloud. They work in isolated spaces so they don't get in the way of what you are actively typing.
• Git Worktrees for Agents: When you set a background agent to work, it can create a "Git worktree" (a separate, temporary copy of your project folder). This lets multiple agents work on the same project at the exact same time without messing up each other's code.
• Passing the Baton: You can start planning a task with a local agent in your chat, and then seamlessly hand it off to a background or cloud agent to actually finish the work.
• Context Attachments: You can now attach specific code selections, error messages, and other files to background agents so they have the context they need to do their job.
• Sharing Agents: You can now share the custom agents you build with other people across your organization or team.

Improvements

• Unified Chat View: Agent sessions are now built right into the main Chat view. You can see the status, progress, and file changes of your agents at a glance without opening a bunch of separate windows.
• Side-by-Side Layout: When you make your chat window wide enough, your list of active agent sessions automatically pops up next to it, making it easy to switch between tasks. If you hide the list, VS Code remembers your choice.
• Local Agents Keep Running: In the past, if you closed a chat window, the AI would stop working. Now, local agents keep running in the background, so you can start a long task, close the window, and check back on it later.
• Better Session Management: You can now archive old sessions to keep your list clean. The chat also smartly filters sessions to only show the ones related to the specific project you have open.
• Clearer Prompts: When you start a new agent session, the chat box no longer clears out your previous prompt, and sessions that need you to answer a question are now clearly marked.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where closing a local chat window would immediately cancel any ongoing AI tasks, which made it impossible to run long or multiple tasks at once.
• Fixed a problem where running multiple background agents at the same time could cause them to fight over and modify the same files, which is now solved by the new isolated Git worktree feature.

Breaking changes

The old, standalone "Agent Sessions" view is now turned off by default because everything was moved into the main Chat view. If you really liked the old way, you can still turn it back on in the settings, but the developers plan to remove it entirely in a future update.