Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.124 Focuses on Agent Autonomy and Parallel Sessions

Microsoft's June 2026 VS Code update turns on Autopilot by default and adds background sending for agent sessions.
The Hacker News

VS Code Adds 2-Hour Extension Auto-Update Delay to Limit Supply Chain Attacks

VS Code 1.123 adds a two-hour delay before extensions auto-update to newer versions when automatic updates are enabled.
Windows Report

Visual Studio Code Adds More Autonomous AI Workflows and Cross-Device Agent Sessions

Visual Studio Code 1.124 brings more autonomous AI agents, cross-device session support, browser history, and new enterprise controls.
Visual Studio Magazine

Threat Actors Keep Weaponizing VS Code Extensions

Threat actors continue to probe Visual Studio Code's extension ecosystem, and a late November incident shows how quickly a trusted developer tool can be turned into a supply chain beachhead. In a ...
Tech Times

VS Code Agents Hit Stable: Air-Gapped BYOK Unlocks Enterprise AI Coding

VS Code agents are now in Stable preview, and the 1.122 update removed the GitHub OAuth requirement from BYOK, letting defense, healthcare, and finance developers run fully air-gapped AI-assisted ...

Visual Studio Code 1.123 synchronizes agent sessions across devices

Developers can now continue VS Code chats started on other devices, and OpenAI and Anthropic models get an enlarged context window.