Visual Studio Code 1.136

Follow us on LinkedIn, X, Bluesky, Instagram | Follow Insiders Changelog on X or Bluesky Last updated: August 31, 2026 Welcome to the 1.136 Insiders release of Visual Studio Code. These release notes cover the Insiders build of VS Code and continue to evolve as new features are added. You can still track our progress in the Commit log and our list of Closed issues. Happy Coding!

August 30, 2026

• Add support for identifying and managing uncommitted files from the new-session branch picker, with a changed-branch icon, file count, and Show Changes action. #333414: Agents - improve repository state information on the new session page
• Add support for deep links that open a specific Agent Host session or chat directly in the Agents window. #332186: Agents Window: Open deep links to Agent Host sessions and chats

August 29, 2026

• Add support for pasting GitHub URLs into issue and pull request pickers when starting an agent session. #333149: Clicking issue on agents window landing page should allow for pasting GitHub url

August 28, 2026

• Remove the chat pet's peeking animation to reduce distracting motion above the chat input. #331393: Disable the pet’s peeking animation
• Add support for Agent Host-managed automation run and session linkage, preventing failed automation sessions from disappearing from history. #331513: Show automations that failed to commit a session in the session list history
• Add support for accurate word wrapping around fixed-width inline text adornments. #32856: Inline text adornments break word wrapping

August 27, 2026

• Add support for reasoning-effort in custom .agent.md files so you can tune each agent's reasoning depth, speed, and token usage. Supported values are low, medium, high, xhigh, and max. #313546: Support reasoning effort configuration in custom .agent.md files
• Add enterprise policies for dictation.model and dictation.experimental.llmCleanup , enabling administrators to standardize on-device transcription and control whether developers can use LLM-based transcript cleanup. #331845: Add enterprise policies for dictation model and LLM cleanup
• Add support for gpt-5.4-nano in dictation.experimental.llmCleanupModel so dictation can use a low-latency cleanup model and fall back to copilot-utility-small when Nano is unavailable. #332969: Add GPT-5.4 Nano as a dictation LLM cleanup backend option
• Add an Open Pull Request on GitHub action to pull request tabs, giving you a fallback when the in-product viewer remains loading. #332009: In-product PR viewer stuck. No way to open in external web browser
• Add support for attaching folders, repositories, issues, and pull requests to a new chat session while keeping the primary workspace as the main execution context. #332805: Redesign new session chat input

August 26, 2026

• Add support for asking agents in enabled Agent Merge sessions to update pull request branches that are behind the base branch or have merge conflicts. #332752: Setting to detect and auto-resolve merge conflicts
• Delegated sessions appear beside their creator, inherit its custom group, and provide a Created by link to the source chat, making independently scoped work easier to trace. #331554: Show delegated child chats/sessions in the Agent Sessions UI
• Completed create_session, create_chat, and targeted send_message tool calls show linked session or chat titles, making delegated work easier to identify and open. #332741: create_session link/artifact is ugly
• Add VS Code support for session-aware Voice mode so compatible voice backends can report active and recent session status, navigate between sessions, and direct later voice turns to the selected session. #329488: Voice mode: add session awareness and session navigation
• Add support for expanding the changed-files summary on completed agent turns so you can inspect the individual changed files from the chat summary. #257986: "files changed" does not clear in Copilot chat
• Add support for exporting chats as JSON, Markdown, or ZIP with repository context so you can keep conversations after deleting the local workspace. #260769: Export chats

August 25, 2026

• The chat Artifacts pill uses a package icon instead of an archive icon, making it clearer that the pill represents generated outputs from the current session. #332069: Use a different icon for the Artifacts pill We really appreciate people trying our new features as soon as they are ready, so check back here often and learn what's new.