July 14, 2025
VS Code 0.502.1 Release Notes
New Features
- Added better native diff view integrations for agent-generated edits
- Add conversation navigation controls
- Add a setting to play a sound when the agent completes a turn
Improvements
- Change copy behavior to copy the entire chat
- Reduce clutter in the footer below agent/chat responses
- Show individual MCP tools immediately after adding the server
- Ask for confirmation when applying remote agent changes requires stashing local changes
- Improved Remote Agent onboarding experience
- Enhanced diff decorations
- Improved selection chip tooltips with clickable file paths and better formatting
- Improved Rules Editor interface with better layout, clearer labels, and enhanced user experience
- Miscellaneous UI improvements
Bug Fixes
- Improved terminal support for symlinked shell paths
- Fixed issue where switching to chat mode would sometimes fail
- Fixed issue where quick fix actions would sometimes open in the wrong mode
- Fixed automatic creation of empty new chat conversations when restarting VSCode
- Fixed issues with renaming threads
- Fixed diff view descriptions for new files in remote agent
- Fixed merge conflict card display in remote agent diff view
- Fixed copy button to include full text response
- Fixed multi-repository dropdown menu