This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.
✓ No known CVEs patched in this version
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Summary
AI summaryRevamped multi-agent development features including faster chat UX, session management, customization, extensibility, optimizations, security enhancements, and an integrated browser.
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Welcome to the January 2026 release of Visual Studio Code. In this release, we are further evolving VS Code to make it the home for multi-agent development.
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Chat UX: chat just feels better and snappier with faster streaming, improved reasoning results, and a revamped editor inline chat
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Agent Session Management: it's now easier to delegate tasks to agents across local, background, and cloud and jump in when needed
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Agent Customization: build your own workflows using agent orchestrations, and have consistent results with Agent Skills and organization-wide customizations
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Agent Extensibility: reuse your knowledge with Claude agent support and new Anthropic model capabilities, and enjoy rich chat interactions with MCP Apps
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Agent Optimizations: agents work smarter with Copilot Memory and experience faster code search with external indexing
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Agent Security & Trust: feel confident running terminal commands with sandboxing and effective auto-approval rules
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Workbench & productivity: test your apps without leaving the editor with the new integrated browser
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Earlier breaking changes
- v1.120.0 Removed legacy command palette UI, introducing new design.
Beta — feedback welcome: [email protected]