Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.99.2, featuring various updates, including an experiment for configuring the default language model/mode. The identified changes are likely candidates for resolution in the upcoming release. Identified issues include crashes of the updater during updates, installation and upgrade system challenges, Windows-related concerns, a bug in the agent mode chat window, significant input delays post version 1.99 when policies are activated, configuration and setup difficulties, performance issues, chat context problems following the recent update, errors when attempting to open notebook cell output in a new tag text editor, and complications with quick fix overlay tips not displaying due to inadequate CSS.
Release March 2025 Recovery 2 · microsoft/vscode
The update addresses these issues.
For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.