Visual Studio Code 1.144 (Insiders)

Name: Visual Studio Code
Author: Microsoft

Last updated: October 21, 2026

Welcome to the 1.144 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!

October 20, 2026

In the experimental new session composer, clear the selected workspace to start without a project or choose another workspace. #342930: Agents window: clear the selected workspace from the new session composer
Resize Mermaid diagrams, expand them to the editor width, or open them in full view in the rich Markdown editor. #342880: Support presentation controls for Mermaid in the rich Markdown editor
Keep OAuth tokens separate for each MCP server. #293533: MCP: Cannot authenticate to multiple Atlassian sites simultaneously - OAuth credentials shared across MCP server configurations

Add experimental support for comparing multiple models without opening a folder. #342578: Bake off feedback

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