This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.
✓ No known CVEs patched in this version
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Summary
AI summaryAdded MCP support for prompts, auth, development mode, extension APIs; introduced chat tool sets; added Source Control Graph view and Copilot Coding Agent integration.
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Welcome to the May 2025 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:
MCP
- Expand your agent coding flow with support for prompts, resources, and sampling (Show more).
- Access MCP servers that require authentication (Show more).
- Debug MCP servers with development mode (Show more).
- Publish MCP servers from an extension (Show more).
Chat
- Group and manage related tools by combining them in a tool set (Show more).
Source Control
- View files in Source Control Graph view (Show more).
- Assign and track work for GitHub Copilot Coding Agent from within VS Code (Show more).
If you'd like to read these release notes online, go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.
Want to try new features as soon as possible? You can download the nightly Insiders build and try the latest updates as soon as they are available.
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- v1.120.0 Removed legacy command palette UI, introducing new design.
Beta — feedback welcome: [email protected]