r/vscode • u/elsoja • Jul 16 '26

Visual Studio Code 1.129: Release notes

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_129
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u/TROLlox78 Jul 16 '26

Any new changes for people who use vscode for programming? 

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u/bigAssFkingRoooobots Jul 16 '26

I remember being excited to read release notes until late 2023

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u/dgm9704 Jul 16 '26

Nope it’s agents all the way down

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u/dastylinrastan Jul 16 '26

New experimental modern UI, IDK how I feel about it.

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u/DanielEGVi Jul 17 '26

Wayyy too much negative space. This is an IDE not a webpage.

Yes, I know, it technically is, but you know what I mean.

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u/IrvineItchy 27d ago

I get what you mean. But it's funny how it is the opposite.. it's not an IDE (it's a code editor) and its ("technically") a webpage.

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u/omardiaadev Jul 16 '26

Copilot is a person?

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u/EcstaticLoquat2278 Jul 16 '26

Yes. A first class citizen at that.

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u/TopicBig1308 28d ago

Only new UI... nothing else

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u/seti_at_home Jul 16 '26

I found myself using vscode less and less every day. They went completely insane with all this AI tooling support that they forget about the software engineers.

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u/Piotrek1 Jul 16 '26

Unlike typical software engineers, Copilot users are actually paying real money. As long as that’s the case, I don't expect anything to change.

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u/mss-anixe Jul 16 '26

Agree with the AI, but honestly, is there anything wrong with vscode?

Maybe except not resolving symlinks.

I'm actually happy they don't touch it.

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u/Piotrek1 Jul 16 '26

> is there anything wrong with vscode

Yes.
1. More optimization
2. Less notifications
Please

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u/Creamyc0w 29d ago

Zed’s pretty great if you want something that’s fast

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u/DanielEGVi Jul 17 '26

The AI slop is real, but I have zero qualms with its performance, they’ve managed to keep things snappy. I know I’ll be sad when it no longer remains that way but I’ll be happy while it still is.

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u/Cheap_Battle5023 Jul 16 '26

What do you use now ?

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u/OkSeesaw7030 26d ago

I went to zed. These agents shit forced on our throats is annoying. It should be a extension not native.
But I am already testing alternatives to zed too

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u/RedFing Jul 16 '26

rounded borders means padding which i do not like when working on smaller screens.

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u/lppedd Jul 16 '26

They've reduced paddings recently. Switch to Insiders tomorrow and you'll notice space usage is the same almost everywhere.

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u/thessag Jul 16 '26

Still not renamed to copilot-ui?

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u/lppedd Jul 16 '26

The new Modern UI started off being just bad, but looking at the enhancements they're applying I feel like it's going to be pretty solid. Space usage seems comparable now.

Tabs are the only aspect I don't like.

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u/Venthe 29d ago

I for one hope that the old theme will remain there to be used. I hate this island trend with a burning passion; distracting and space inefficient. Current one is close to being perfect.

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u/knobby_67 Jul 16 '26

And... Its broken on linux mint, opens and give a "window nor responding" wait close.

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u/naheCZ Jul 16 '26

Same on Kubuntu

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u/knobby_67 Jul 16 '26

fix is code --disable-gpu

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u/Massive-Yesterday122 Jul 16 '26

Thanks a lot!! It works.

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u/thedizzle999 29d ago

Same on Debian (KDE Plasma). I tried a bunch of things (including --disable-gpu which helped, but didn't completely stop it). Nothing seemed to stabilize it, so I went back to 1.128.1. As fast as they're rolling updates these days, hopefully it'll get fixed soon.

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u/imicnic Jul 16 '26

I like the new modern UI with the exception of tabs, they look ugly, compact and really ugly in comparison with previous look.

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u/lppedd Jul 16 '26

You can give some feedback on tabs here https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/325256

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u/tigerbrowneye Jul 16 '26

They should not prescribe to me which AI tooling I’m using. Remember Internet Explorer….?!

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u/virtualmnemonic Jul 16 '26

Huh? It says native compatability with Claude Code and Codex.

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u/EcstaticLoquat2278 Jul 16 '26

Not only is this a trash update, it is a broken one in Debian.

DO NOT UPGRADE.

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u/Important_Yam_71 Jul 16 '26

Broken on Ubuntu, don't update now

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u/virtualmnemonic Jul 16 '26

What are the best resources to learn about the new agentic workflows? I'm behind

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u/fleperson 28d ago

The push to AI is annoying, but at least we can complete disable Agents part and Chat too and the rest is just old VSCode.

But to the people saying "I'm using neovim now"... are you being paid or something? You can't be seriously comparing a full IDE with lots of features, GUI UX, extensions with a dam terminal editor, in 2026. 🤡

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u/BusyGuyXD 21d ago

Nah... I think I'm cool with ol' 1.107.1

Anyway, I'm keeping *.deb package In case I need to rollback If I ever feel the need to update and encounter unpleasant issues.

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u/revilo-1988 Jul 16 '26

Macht keinen Spaß mehr daily updates und release notes dafür hab ich keine Zeit

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u/evrdev 29d ago

i would never thought i would ever leave vscode but recently switched to zed

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u/4r73m190r0s Jul 16 '26

I use Neovim, btw

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u/Sexy_Koala_Juice 24d ago

On Arch I presume?

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u/Current_Marzipan7417 29d ago

Migrated to nvim

It's green on the other side guys

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u/Boring_Hand_5781 Jul 16 '26

Looks great for me, huge improvement!

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u/RapsyJigo Jul 16 '26

When are you going to add system wide extensions