What's new in GitHub Copilot in VS Code
The latest GitHub Copilot in VS Code release is v1.142, released Oct 14, 2026. 4 releases shipped in the last 30 days.
Latest GitHub Copilot in VS Code releases
- v1.142 (Oct 14, 2026) — Agents Copilot harness The Copilot harness is powered by the Copilot SDK, a shared foundation that helps align behavior, capabilities, and improvements across Copilot products. In VS Code, the Copi...
- v1.141 (Oct 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 capabilities are consistent with other Copilot...
- v1.140 (Sep 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 the Copilot SDK, so its behavior and capabilitie...
- v1.139 (Sep 23, 2026) — Agents Run agent sessions in Dev Containers on remote hosts Setting: setting(chat.agentHost.devContainer.enabled) (Agents window only) Let agents build and test your remote project with the right t...
- v1.138 (Sep 16, 2026) — Agents Automations are now enabled by default and can be shared Settings: setting(chat.automations.enabled) (Agents window only) Automations are now enabled by default, making it easier to streamli...
- v1.137 (Sep 9, 2026) — Agents Automations (Preview) Setting: setting(chat.automations.enabled) Automations run recurring agent tasks on a schedule, so routine work does not have to be started manually. Start with a templ...
- v1.136 (Sep 2, 2026) — Agents Multi-root workspaces in editor window (Experimental) Settings: setting(chat.agentHost.copilotAgent.multiRootEnabled), setting(chat.agentHost.claudeAgent.multiRootEnabled) Copilot and Claude...
- v1.135 (Aug 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 process based on the Agent Host Protocol (AHP). The...
- v1.134 (Aug 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 process based on the Agent Host Protocol (AHP). The...
- v1.133 (Aug 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 process based on the Agent Host Protocol (AHP). The...
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