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Visual Studio Code 1.120

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Last updated: May 7, 2026

Welcome to the 1.120 release of Visual Studio Code.

Happy Coding!

May 7, 2026

  • Group chat sessions by recency by default in the sessions Quick Pick. #314965
  • Add a context size picker to the model picker. #314814

May 6, 2026

  • Hide archived sessions by default in the chat sessions Quick Pick to reduce visual clutter. Searching in the Quick Pick still matches archived sessions, so you can revive one by title. #297421
  • Surface GitHub metadata, including a pull request button, in the agent host UI for sessions backed by a GitHub repository. #314811
  • Detect password and passphrase prompts in chat agent terminal commands and show a confirmation dialog that focuses the terminal so you can enter the secret directly. The prompt is announced to screen readers, and secrets are never routed through the model. #314796
  • Discover Copilot CLI user-installed plugins from ~/.copilot/installed-plugins/. #302152

May 5, 2026

  • Agent host terminals respect the user's preferred shell from terminal.integrated.defaultProfile Open in VS Code Open in VS Code Insiders instead of hardcoding the platform default. #313160
  • Add support for custom diff editors with the new customDiffEditorProvider proposed API. Extensions that implement resolveCustomDiffEditor can render a unified diff in a single webview with access to both the original and modified documents, instead of two side-by-side custom editor webviews. #298924
  • Restore the ability to select and copy code in chat edit suggestions that the agent proposes to remove. #252762

May 4, 2026

  • Add a custom duration option to the Snooze Inline Suggestions Quick Pick. #288770
  • Reduce the CSS context attached when adding a DOM element to chat. The attachment only includes modified computed styles and CSS rules and variables that actually affect the element. #314188

We really appreciate people trying our new features as soon as they are ready, so check back here often and learn what's new.