VS Code: Agents Window Pullback and Session Cleanup
The team reverted a Customizations sidebar reorganization for this release while landing reliability fixes for zombie sessions, chat handoff, and dev container startup. MCP policy enforcement and agent transparency work round out the day.
Duration: PT2M42S
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This episode is a short developer briefing from VS Code.
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- Show: VS Code
- Published: 2026-09-21T13:07:35Z
- Audio duration: PT2M42S
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Good morning, it's Monday, September 21st, 2026.
The lead story is stability in the Agents Window. Developers polished session handling and user experience, then deliberately pulled back a sidebar change to reduce release risk.
First, the Sessions interface. PR 336787 had moved Customizations next to Automations and tucked the Sessions header into the list. PR 337007 reverts that for this release, restoring the expandable Customizations pane above the Sessions list and the stable header outside the virtualized list. The plan, per the…
Second, smoother handoffs and startup. PR 336750 switches to the in-progress chat view while a dev container agent host prepares, streaming startup phases into an expandable output section with cancel support, while preserving the prompt if setup fails. PR 336954 carries unsent prompts, attachments, and workspace…
Third, trust and transparency. PR 336849 enforces MCP URL policy against the fully resolved address, even when configuration variables are involved, and rechecks running servers on policy change. For visibility, PR 335918 adds a slash command for sandbox policy reports without starting a model turn, and PR 336967…
What's next: watch for the…
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