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CHANGELOG
May 14, 2026

VSCode Extension 0.859.7 Release Notes

New Features

  • Added MCP Tool Search with a settings toggle for discovering and summarizing available MCP tools.
  • Added settings deep links so Augment can open directly to the relevant settings section.
  • Added KaTeX math rendering and improved Mermaid diagram styling in chat.
  • Built-in commands in Settings are now collapsible and sorted alphabetically.

Conversation Forking

  • Editing an earlier message now branches the conversation into a new thread, preserving the original chat history so you can switch between, compare, or continue either version instead of losing the previous one.

Performance and Reliability

  • Improved chat reconnection reliability after restarting the IDE or losing the connection mid-response.
  • Improved handling of long tool outputs so the full content is available when needed.
  • Improved reliability for very large file edits.
  • Improved MCP OAuth reliability by preserving refresh tokens and retrying after expired auth.
  • Improved MCP setup reliability for servers that require OAuth proxies, custom headers, or scope changes.
  • Improved Bitbucket Server repository matching for more URL formats.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed checkpoints not being created or numbered correctly in some conversations.
  • Fixed duplicate retried or stopped exchanges appearing after chat history recovery.
  • Fixed forked conversations, draft conversations, summary nodes, and backend-missing history recovery states.
  • Fixed interrupted responses with clearer wording and an inline Retry option.
  • Fixed MCP settings showing servers as Connected before authentication completed.
  • Fixed missing Authenticate buttons for MCP servers that still need authorization.
  • Fixed desktop notifications playing duplicate sounds.
  • Fixed noisy Hooks load-error toasts and moved hook errors to Hooks settings.
  • Fixed chat webviews sometimes rendering a blank or failed state after UI framework updates.
  • Fixed tool-call titles for ranges that read to the end of a file.
  • Fixed code block first lines being clipped.
  • Fixed MCP server JSON export preserving headers.
  • Fixed update notifications so beta and nightly users are notified only for their release channel.
  • Bulk thread deletion prompts now appear at 300 conversations instead of 1,000 to protect large chat histories.