July 21, 2025

VS Code 0.509.1 Release Notes

Improvements
  • Removed the auto mode warning dialog
  • Improved mode switcher tooltips with clearer descriptions
  • Added pagination support for remote agent repository selection to handle users with many repositories
  • Fixed chat input collapsing unexpectedly when typing multi-line messages in remote agent mode
  • Improved chat auto-scroll behavior
  • Improved UI for generating and saving setup scripts for remote agents
  • Improved thread selector dropdown UI
  • Ensured images are inserted at the end of chat content
  • Supported previewing images in the chat editor
  • Miscellaneous UI improvements
Bug Fixes
  • Improved chat input undo functionality
  • Fixed an issue where we would open chat mode instead of agent mode
  • Fixed an issue where the chat input box would not be full width