# VS Code release history and what changed since 2024

Source page: https://dev-news.anonyfox.com/vscode/

Every VS Code release since February 2024 from the microsoft/vscode GitHub releases, the switch from monthly to weekly releases, and what happened to the VS Code stories dev-news covered back then.

## Where it stands (2026-10-24)

VS Code 1.143 went up on GitHub on 22 October 2026. Through February the editor shipped once a month, with 26 to 57 days between minor releases. Since 1.112 in March every gap has been five to nine days.

That makes 33 minor releases since 9 March, against 22 in the two years before. The GitHub entries carry no notes beyond a link to the updates page, so the X release threads are where the changes get named, and the 1.143 thread is about Copilot sessions, the Agents window and comparing models.

## Latest stable releases

- [1.143.1](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.143.1) (2026-10-22)
- [1.143.0](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.143.0) (2026-10-22)
- [1.142.0](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.142.0) (2026-10-14)
- [1.141.2](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.141.2) (2026-10-14)
- [1.141.1](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.141.1) (2026-10-13)
- [1.141.0](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.141.0) (2026-10-07)
- [1.140.0](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.140.0) (2026-09-30)
- [1.139.1](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.139.1) (2026-09-25)
- [1.139.0](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.139.0) (2026-09-23)
- [1.138.0](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.138.0) (2026-09-16)
- [1.137.0](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.137.0) (2026-09-09)
- [1.136.2](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.136.2) (2026-09-08)
- [1.136.1](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.136.1) (2026-09-03)
- [1.136.0](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.136.0) (2026-09-02)
- [1.135.0](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.135.0) (2026-08-26)

## In the dev-news log

- **VS Code 1.143** (2026-10-22). The Copilot harness becomes the default for new sessions, and an experimental option runs MAI Code 1.1 Flash on-device. 1.143.1 followed about ten hours later. [log](https://dev-news.anonyfox.com/log/2026-10-22/#vscode-2)

## What happened to the stories we covered

### VS Code January 2024 (1.86) (2024-02-01)

Original source: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_86

1.86 started a run of monthly releases that lasted to 1.111 in March 2026. Then the cadence changed to weekly, and 1.143 came 32 minor versions after 1.111.

### WebAssembly component model for extensions (2024-05-08)

Original source: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/05/08/wasm

The post is about running Wasm code inside extensions. Two and a half years on, 15 of the 24 posts on the @code account since 13 October mention agents, canvases, Copilot or models.

### Extensions are all you need: Copilot chat and language model APIs (2024-06-24)

Original source: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/06/24/extensions-are-all-you-need

Copilot moved from an extension API to the default experience. The 1.143 thread on X says new sessions now use a harness built on the Copilot SDK by default.

Releases since 2024: 126 stable, 0 prereleases. JSON: https://dev-news.anonyfox.com/vscode.json. Feed: https://dev-news.anonyfox.com/vscode/feed.xml