Visual Studio Code 1.118

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Last updated: April 24, 2026

Welcome to the 1.118 release of Visual Studio Code.

Happy Coding!

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April 23, 2026

• Adopt the Copilot CLI SDK session-title APIs as the source of truth for session names. #311535

• Add keybindings such as Ctrl+1 and Ctrl+2 to quickly switch between sessions in the Agents app. #310992

• Add auto model support to the Copilot CLI agent. #311299

April 22, 2026

• Add descriptions to the chat customization creator menu, helping users understand which skill location to use for each type of customization. #295151

• Let users opt in to testing the TypeScript 7.0 nightlies. #311966

• Copilot CLI responses in the chat panel show a model badge indicating which model handled the request. #303960

• Add support for auto model selection in Copilot CLI. #311779

April 21, 2026

• The Copilot CLI SDK resolves node-pty from VS Code via hostRequire, eliminating the need to copy node-pty binaries into the SDK’s prebuilds folder at build time or runtime. #307746

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