August 18, 2025
VS Code 0.532.1 Release Notes
New Features
- Added offline screen with troubleshooting tips when network connectivity issues are detected ## Improvements
- Added keyboard shortcut to open the context menu
- Added Escape key support to close full-screen overlays like the threads list
- Made the model selector responsive to prevent layout issues with small width windows
- Improved MCP server compatibility
- Improved styling of the expand/collapse buttons on tool blocks
- Miscellaneous UI improvements and bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed code block collapsing when copying content
- Fixed the Enter key to send while editing a message
- Fixed a rare issue that could cause the terminal tool to use the wrong shell
- Fixed one cause of the "selected text exceeds the allowable limit" errors
- Fixed MCP authentication infinite loop
- Fixed new thread shortcut also creating a new file