VS Code: Weekly Recap - Agent Host Goes Remote-Ready and Canvases Get Pinned
Thirty pull requests and thirty commits centered on the Agents window, with remote networking fixes, pinned canvases, and a build migration to pnpm alongside the 1.144.1 recovery release.
Duration: PT3M21S
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This episode is a short developer briefing from VS Code.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: VS Code
- Published: 2026-11-02T09:15:21Z
- Audio duration: PT3M21S
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Hello, this is your VS Code weekly recap for October 26th through November 2nd.
30 pull request activity items, 30 additional commits this week.
The lead pattern is consolidation around agents: making the Agents window work reliably in remote setups, and making canvases persistent workspace objects.
First, remote-ready agent host. PR 345225 extends WSL and local container connections to use the client's proxy configuration and fall back to the client's Kerberos tickets, the same approach already used for remote extension hosts. For developers behind corporate proxies, agent sessions in WSL or local containers…
Second, canvases become first-class. A series from contributor commits adds a pinned canvas service limited to five pins, a full-page view that replaces the sessions grid, and sidebar rows showing title, chat, and state. PRs 345333, 345332, 345316 and 345297 build on that with create and browse actions, disabled but…
Third, foundations and polish. Commit ae15303 moves engineering to pnpm 12, updating install tooling, continuous integration, scripts, and contributor docs. Test maintenance in PRs 345325, 345319, 345312, and 345311 replaces repeated inline setup with shared…
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