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🚀 The latest VS Code release makes large agent session lists faster and easier to manage and lets you run agent sessions in Dev Containers, both locally and on remote hosts. 🧵 Here’s what’s new: aka.ms/VSCode/139

aka.msVS Code v1.139New release

23/9/26, 6:54 pm4 reposts28 likes

Visual Studio Code

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23 Sept

📦 Run agent sessions in your project’s Dev Container from the Agents Window, locally or on SSH, Tunnel, and WSL hosts. Enable ⚙️ chat agentHost devContainer enabled. Then select Use Dev Container for the project. Docker is required on the remote host.

Visual Studio Code

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23 Sept

📊 Fit more agent sessions on screen without losing sight of active work. Enable Compact View in the Agents Window. Rows expand when a session needs input or approval, and collapsed sessions summarize progress from collapsed chats.

Visual Studio Code

@vscode.dev

23 Sept

📄 Spot wrapped lines at a glance. Word wrap indicators add an arrow at the word wrap column when a line continues on the next visual line.

Visual Studio Code

@vscode.dev

23 Sept

⌨️ Keep typing without duplicate closing brackets. When you type an opening bracket, VS Code uses an existing matching closing bracket when available. Otherwise, it inserts one.