Visual Studio Code v1.115 Changelog

This release is all about making AI "agents" (smart assistants that can write and edit code for you) more powerful and independent. It introduces a separate companion app designed to let you manage several of these AI agents working on different projects at once. This matters a lot for developers who use AI to help build software and want to juggle multiple tasks at the same time without losing track of what the AI is doing.

What's new

• VS Code Agents App: This is a new companion app that runs next to VS Code. It lets you start multiple AI agent sessions across different coding projects at the same time. Each agent works in its own isolated space (called a "worktree," which is like a separate sandbox folder for code). You can watch their progress, review the code they write, and even send them feedback without leaving the app. All your normal VS Code settings and themes carry over automatically.
• Sending input to background terminals: Sometimes an AI agent runs a command in the terminal (the text-based interface for your computer) that takes a long time and gets sent to the "background." Previously, the AI couldn't interact with it anymore once it was in the background. Now, there's a new tool that lets the AI type into those background terminals. For example, if a background connection asks for a password, the AI can finally type it in.
• Background terminal notifications (Experimental): Instead of the AI constantly checking to see if a background terminal command is finished, the AI now gets an automatic notification when it's done or needs your input. This saves time and makes the AI more efficient.

Improvements

• Better browser tool labels: When an AI agent uses the built-in web browser, it now leaves clearer labels and links showing exactly which browser tab it's working in.
• Long-running script support: If an AI uses a tool to run a script (a list of automated instructions) in the browser that takes more than five seconds, it no longer breaks. The system gives the AI a "deferred result," meaning the AI can check back later instead of waiting and freezing up.
• Fewer duplicate tabs: AI agents are now smarter about web browsing. If a tab is already open to a specific website, the AI won't open a duplicate tab unless it absolutely has to.
• Pinch-to-zoom on Mac: If you use a Mac trackpad, you can now use the pinch gesture to zoom in up to 3x on web pages inside the built-in browser. This just makes things visually bigger without messing up the layout of the webpage.

Fixes

• Terminal cursor glitch: Restarting the PowerShell terminal sometimes made the blinking text cursor jump to the wrong spot. This is now fixed.
• Caps Lock bug: If you were using the Claude Code AI inside the VS Code terminal and pressed the Caps Lock key, it would weirdly type out raw code like "[57358u". That annoying bug has been squashed.

Breaking changes

No breaking changes in this release.