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Visual Studio Code 1.123

Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.123 on May 29, 2026, introducing the ability to hand off chat sessions to a standalone Agents window and to add area screenshots as chat context from the integrated browser. The update also includes support for sending chat requests with only attachments, updated Electron 42 with Chromium 148 and Node.js 22.x, and fixes for BYOK reasoning model errors and Windows CLI flag failures.

read2 min publishedJun 3, 2026

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Welcome to the 1.123 release of Visual Studio Code.

Happy Coding!

May 29, 2026 #

You can now hand off a chat session from VS Code to the Agents window, so you can continue your conversation in the standalone agents experience.

#316565 - In the integrated browser, you can now add an area screenshot as context to chat by selecting a region of the page.

#318791 - Prompt file subcommands can now be invoked with a space instead of a colon, for example

/chronicle tips

instead of/chronicle:tips

.#318867

May 28, 2026 #

Chat now lets you send a request with only attachments and no text. For example, you can attach an image or file and send it directly without adding a message.

#317776 - Agent mode chat indicators in the title bar are now hidden when Zen mode is active.

#318848 - Copilot Cloud tasks now renders with the same tool cards, edit diffs, and terminal output as local Copilot CLI sessions.

#318646 - Fixed

/doc

placing Python docstrings before decorators instead of inside the function body.#318571 - Fixed BYOK reasoning models from OpenRouter, DeepSeek, and similar providers failing with HTTP 400 errors after tool calls.

#318809 - Fixed the

`--folder-uri`

and`--file-uri`

CLI flags failing silently on Windows when not used as the last argument or when combined with--wait

.#308150

May 27, 2026 #

Updated to Electron 42, which includes Chromium 148 and Node.js 22.x.

#292445 - The AI Customization management editor now uses a compact header mode for a cleaner, more integrated look.

#318378 - Browser-related settings now appear in their own section in the Settings editor.

#318602

May 26, 2026 #

The Agents window now displays sessions in a grid layout.

#317309 - Agent feedback in the Agents window now supports threaded replies, so you can respond to individual comments.

#318324 - Steering messages sent during an agent host session now appear as their own user turn in the chat, instead of being folded into the in-flight turn.

#318456 - When agent mode runs multiple terminal commands in parallel, completion notifications are now batched into a single message instead of creating a separate agent turn for each command.

#316275 We really appreciate people trying our new features as soon as they are ready, so check back here often and learn what's new.

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