Visual Studio Code v1.130 Changelog
What changed in VS Code v1.130 — explained in plain English.
TLDR
- AI agents (like Copilot) now run in their own background space, letting you connect to them from multiple windows.
- You can let the AI evaluate the risk of its actions to cut down on annoying permission pop-ups.
- Reviewing AI-made code changes is faster with a cleaner, more compact layout.
- You can now click file links directly in the terminal when looking at Git code changes.
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This update is a big step forward for developers using AI coding assistants. It focuses on making AI "agents" run more smoothly in the background, giving you better ways to review the code they write, and reducing annoying interruptions so you can stay in the flow.
What's new
- Background Agent Host: AI agents (like Copilot, Claude, or Codex) now run in a dedicated background process. Think of it like giving the AI its own workspace separate from your editor. Because of this, you can open the exact same AI session from multiple VS Code windows at the same time.
- Smarter Tool Approvals: Usually, an AI agent asks for your permission every single time it wants to run a tool or command. With this new feature, the AI evaluates how risky its action is. If it's safe, it just does it, saving you from constantly clicking "approve."
- Git Worktrees for All Agents: A "Git worktree" lets you work on different features at the same time without messing up your main code. Now, this works with all AI agents, not just Copilot, making it much easier to run multiple AI tasks in parallel.
- Chat Timestamps: You can now see exactly when you asked the AI a question and how long it took to answer. Just hover over the message toolbar to see the timestamp and elapsed time.
- AI Credit Tracking: If you use Copilot through a school or company account, you can now see how many AI credits you've used this month right from the status menu, so you know if you are running low.
Improvements
- Cleaner Code Reviews: When an AI changes multiple files, the view used to check those changes is now much more compact. It removes empty space and lines everything up neatly, giving you more room to actually read the code.
- File Change Stats: Next to every file name in the review window, you'll now see live numbers showing exactly how many lines were added or deleted. This helps you quickly figure out how big the changes are.
- Better Quick Chat Layout: Quick chats now take up just a single line in your chat list, making them easier to tell apart from your bigger, regular project chats.
- Terminal File Links: When you use Git to compare files in the terminal, VS Code is now smarter about recognizing file paths. If you have special Git prefixes turned on (like
i/for index orw/for working tree), you can click the file name right in the terminal and it will open the correct file in your editor.
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where sending PDFs to Anthropic AI models was incorrectly formatting them as image blocks.
- Fixed a bug where the Process Explorer (a tool to see what VS Code is doing behind the scenes) couldn't handle special UTF-8 characters in command lines.
- Fixed a problem where the simple file dialog box would show old, outdated folder information.
- Fixed an issue where the simple file dialog wouldn't let you create new nested folders (folders inside other folders).
- Fixed a math error in how the app calculated billing periods for usage quotas.
Breaking changes
No breaking changes in this release.
This is our plain-language summary. Read the complete, official notes on the Visual Studio Code official changelog ↗.
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