Visual Studio Code v1.114 Changelog
What changed in VS Code v1.114 — explained in plain English.
TLDR
- The AI chat features got a major upgrade, making it easier to share responses and watch video attachments.
- Copilot's code search is now simpler and smarter, automatically understanding your project without you managing any settings.
- You can now troubleshoot past AI chat sessions to figure out why the AI ignored your instructions.
- The code editor updated its Python and TypeScript support, and added a way for school or company IT admins to turn off specific AI agents.
- This update is all about making your AI coding assistant easier to use and more reliable. It matters most to developers who use AI to help write code, especially those working in massive codebases or using Python and TypeScript.
Want a heads-up when Visual Studio Code updates?
We email you the moment a new Visual Studio Code version drops — plus plain-English release notes like these. No spam.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
What's new
- Watch videos in chat: If you attach a video file to an AI chat or click one in your file explorer, VS Code can now play it right inside the editor with standard pause/play controls.
- Copy the final answer: When the AI chat works on a problem, it often shows its "thinking process" or the tools it used. Now, you can right-click and select "Copy Final Response" to grab only the final answer, making it much easier to share.
- Troubleshoot past chats: If the AI acted weird or ignored your instructions in a previous chat, you can now use the
/troubleshootcommand to investigate what went wrong without having to recreate the exact problem.
Improvements
- Smarter code search: Copilot's
#codebasetool (which helps the AI understand your entire project) used to be split into confusing "local" and "remote" searches. Now, it's fully automatic. The AI just figures out the meaning of your code ("semantic search") on its own without you needing to manage any indexes. - Faster Pull Requests: When creating a Pull Request (a way to propose code changes to your team), the menu now loads target branches much faster. Also, web links to specific files in a Pull Request will now open the actual file on your computer if you have it.
- Better Python environment picking: If you use Python, the editor now correctly remembers your chosen Python setup even after you restart your computer. It also plays nicer with a popular tool called Pixi.
- TypeScript 6.0: The built-in support for JavaScript and TypeScript got a major upgrade to version 6.0, bringing better performance and fixing old bugs.
Fixes
- Python environment bugs: Fixed an annoying bug where the editor would constantly nag you about changing environment files. You can now permanently dismiss that notification.
Breaking changes
- Re-indexing required: Because the code search tool was completely rebuilt to be smarter, any projects that were previously indexed will need to be indexed again from scratch.
- Giant projects without GitHub: Extremely large codebases that aren't hosted on GitHub might not be able to use the new automatic code search just yet, though support for that is rolling out slowly.
This is our plain-language summary. Read the complete, official notes on the Visual Studio Code official changelog ↗.
Google Calendar