GitHub Copilot in VS Code Changelog & Release Notes
As of October 14, 2026, the latest GitHub Copilot in VS Code release is v1.142. Havoptic tracks all 12 GitHub Copilot in VS Code releases with dated, AI-summarized changelog notes, updated daily.
Track GitHub Copilot in VS Code: the Copilot, Chat and Agent updates from each Visual Studio Code release (separate from GitHub Copilot CLI).
What's new in GitHub Copilot in VS Code: this month's changes, summarized
Releases
- v1.142 (October 14, 2026) - Agents Copilot harness The Copilot harness is powered by the Copilot SDK, a shared foundation that helps align behavior, capabilities, and improvement
- v1.141 (October 7, 2026) - Agent loop Copilot harness The Copilot harness adds exciting new agent functionality to VS Code. It's powered by the Copilot SDK, so its behavior and
- v1.140 (September 30, 2026) - Agents Copilot harness The Copilot harness adds exciting new agent functionality to VS Code while keeping the way you work familiar. It's powered by t
- v1.139 (September 23, 2026) - Agents Run agent sessions in Dev Containers on remote hosts Setting: setting(chat.agentHost.devContainer.enabled) (Agents window only) Let agents buil
- v1.138 (September 16, 2026) - Agents Automations are now enabled by default and can be shared Settings: setting(chat.automations.enabled) (Agents window only) Automations are now e
- v1.137 (September 9, 2026) - Agents Automations (Preview) Setting: setting(chat.automations.enabled) Automations run recurring agent tasks on a schedule, so routine work does not
- v1.136 (September 2, 2026) - Agents Multi-root workspaces in editor window (Experimental) Settings: setting(chat.agentHost.copilotAgent.multiRootEnabled), setting(chat.agentHost.c
- v1.135 (August 26, 2026) - Agents Agent host The agent host lets you connect to the same agent session from multiple VS Code windows. It runs agent harnesses in a dedicated proc
- v1.134 (August 19, 2026) - Agents Agent host The agent host lets you connect to the same agent session from multiple VS Code windows. It runs agent harnesses in a dedicated proc
- v1.133 (August 12, 2026) - Agents Agent host The agent host lets you connect to the same agent session from multiple VS Code windows. It runs agent harnesses in a dedicated proc
- v1.132 (August 5, 2026) - Agents Agent host The agent host lets you connect to the same agent session from multiple VS Code windows. It runs agent harnesses such as Copilot, Cl
- v1.131 (July 29, 2026) - Agents Agent host As mentioned in our last few releases, we're rearchitecting how agent sessions work in VS Code around the agent host - a dedicated p