VS Code: Sessions and Agent Host Take Center Stage
Twenty pull requests merged with major improvements to VS Code's Sessions app and Agent Host infrastructure. Key highlights include local agent host enablement, enhanced terminal sandbox filtering, and significant UI improvements for sessions management. Notable work from roblourens, hawkticehurst, and dileepyavan driving these platform advances.
Duration: PT4M13S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from VS Code.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: VS Code
- Published: 2026-04-04T10:03:18Z
- Audio duration: PT4M13S
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Hey there, amazing developers! Welcome back to another episode of the VS Code podcast. I'm your host, and wow - do we have some exciting updates to dive into today! We're looking at twenty merged pull requests and thirty additional commits that are really shaping the future of VS Code's developer experience.
Let's jump right into the big story of the day - the Sessions app and Agent Host infrastructure are getting some serious love. Rob Lourens has been absolutely on fire, leading the charge with enabling local agent host support directly in the sessions app. This is huge because it means developers can now run AI…
Speaking of sessions improvements, Hawk Ticehurst has been crafting a much more polished user experience. One of my favorite changes is how active session titles now show both the repository name and the current git branch or worktree name. It's one of those small details that makes such a big difference when you're…
Now here's a thoughtful change - Oscar Ortega tackled something that was genuinely frustrating users. Previously, when you cancelled a session before the agent committed a worktree, that session would just disappear from your list entirely. All that chat…
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