Iteration Plan for May 2025

[kieferrm]

This plan captures our work in May 2025. This is a 5-week iteration. We will ship in early June.

Caution

On May 21 we decided to extend the iteration by one week.

Endgame

• June 2, 2025: Endgame begins
• June 6, 2025: Endgame done

The endgame details for this iteration are tracked here.

Plan Items

Below is a summary of the top level plan items.

Legend of annotations:

Mark	Description
🏃	work in progress
✋	blocked task
💪	stretch goal for this iteration
🔴	missing issue reference
🔵	more investigation required to remove uncertainty
⚫	under discussion within the team
⬛	a large work item, larger than one iteration

Accessibility

• 🏃 Accessibility issues, see query @meganrogge team

UX

• 🏃 Remove all hard-coded styles with variables vscode#248725 @mrleemurray
• Improve VS Code Figma design resources vscode#249227 @kkbrooks

Workbench

• 💪 Support JSON file as a policy backend on Linux vscode#148945 @joshspicer
• 💪 Explore anchored quick widget for mouse interactions to attach context vscode#238095 @TylerLeonhardt
• Support custom menus with native titlebar vscode#229053 @benibenj
• 🏃 Suggest to user to move app to /Applications on startup vscode#213909 @deepak1556

Code Editor

• Enable EditContext by default on Stable vscode#248893 @aiday-mar
• 🏃 Add support for multiple fonts in the editor vscode#237346 @aiday-mar
• 🏃 Investigation: Use tree-sitter for grammar colorization vscode#210475 @alexr00 @hediet

Notebook Editor / Jupyter Notebooks

• 🏃 Auto reveal on cell execution/editing vscode#248546 @Yoyokrazy @amunger
• 💪 Explore rendering outputs in separate pane/view/editor vscode#143244 @Yoyokrazy @amunger

Languages

LSP

• Adopt to new vscode log output channel API vscode#1116 @dbaeumer

Python

• 🏃 Add builtin support for following python env managers vscode-python-environments#79 @karthiknadig
  • Pyenv
  • 🏃 Poetry
• 💪 Get python for users with no python installed vscode-python#24963 @karthiknadig
• 🏃 "New project" for python work @eleanorjboyd
  • 🏃 use built-in templates, uv, poetry, conda to create new project templates for python package, and pep 723 style script vscode-python-environments#390 @eleanorjboyd
  • Fix outstanding bugs in existing "new project" flow and multiroot scenarios vscode-python-environments#399 @eleanorjboyd
  • connect "New Project" to /new for copilot vscode-python-environments#286 @eleanorjboyd @bhavyaus
• Python Environment Tools (pet) improvments (e.g., conda) @DonJayamanne vscode-python-environment-tools#220

Source Control

• Support OOTB git commit message generation action vscode#248697 @lszomoru
• Support list of files in SCM graph vscode#248696 @lszomoru
• Support commits as context vscode#248699 @lszomoru
• Support fetching history as tool vscode-copilot-release#9471 @lszomoru
• 🏃 Git: Support repository discovery API vscode#248698 @lszomoru

Terminal

• Terminal REPL completions using LSP vscode#241167 @anthonykim1

Tasks

• Add a task instance limit policy to task runOptions vscode#90125 @meganrogge
• Improve problem matcher error debugging with Copilot vscode#192811 @meganrogge
• Add setting to gracefully kill tasks vscode#206607 @meganrogge

API

• 🏃 API proposals: query @jrieken @mjbvz
• 🏃 API finalization: query @jrieken @mjbvz

Extensions

• 🏃 Warn about installed extensions that are no longer available in Marketplace vscode#181248 @joshspicer
• Add support for bulk actions in extensions list view vscode#48616 @joshspicer
• 💪 Make Workspace Extensions more intuitive to find and activate vscode#216433 @joshspicer
• Support local secret scanning vscode-vsce#1136 @benibenj
• Prevent .env files from being bundled in the VSIX vscode-vsce#1135 @benibenj

Extension Contributions

• 🏃 Investigate various module load failures with ESLint and flat configs vscode-eslint#2015 vscode-eslint#1994 vscode-eslint#2006 vscode-eslint#1992 @dbaeumer
• GHPRI: URL handler for PR and Issues, to open them within VS Code vscode-pull-request-github#6869 @alexr00
• GHPRI: Support images from private repos in comments vscode-pull-request-github#6175 @alexr00

AI

Architecture

• 🏃 Open-source AI functionality provided by the Copilot Chat extension vscode#249031 @kieferrm @alexdima
• 🏃 Support Copilot Chat in web vscode#245860 @bpasero

MCP

• Rework MCP tool prefixing behavior vscode#249281 @connor4312
• Support MCP prompts vscode#244173 @connor4312
• Explore support MCP resources vscode#244159 @connor4312
• 💪 Explore support for MCP sampling vscode#244162 @connor4312
• 🏃 MCP: Better discovery/registry and one-click installation flow vscode#245717 @sandy081
• Support mcp servers as a first class resource vscode#248401 @sandy081
• Explore MCP Server Authentication according to MCP OAuth Spec vscode#247759 @TylerLeonhardt

Prompt and Instruction Files

• 🏃 Support definition of modes using prompt files vscode-copilot-release#9452 @aeschli @legomushroom @digitarald
• 🏃 Improve frontmatter support in prompt files vscode#249271 @aeschli @legomushroom @digitarald
• Allow to reuse the chat tool picker from within frontmatter vscode#249272 @aeschli @legomushroom @digitarald

Chat

• Make it easier to distinguish & trigger chat completion types vscode#249249 @jrieken
• 🏃 Support the concept tool sets in the UI and API vscode#247860 @jrieken @roblourens
• Chat editing UX should adjust to the editing strategy vscode#249083 @jrieken
• 🏃 Improve checkpoint experience in chat vscode#249229 @jo-oikawa @justschen @roblourens
• Support a /list command to list all registered tools vscode#249237 @roblourens
• 🏃 Improve recovering from response errors: auto retry, let user click to continue vscode-copilot-release#9496 @roblourens @justschen
• Improve ease of keyboard use for attachment management vscode#249304 @justschen @roblourens
• 🏃 Support Katex syntax rendering in Chat vscode-copilot-release#978 @mjbvz
• 🏃 Support Mermaid diagram rendering in Chat vscode-copilot-release#7440 @mjbvz

NES / Completions

• 🏃 Improve next edit suggestions @alexdima team
• 🏃 Make language-specific context available to Copilot inline completions @dbaeumer

Engineering

• 💪 🏃 Support building the monaco-editor AMD variant from new sources vscode#234114 @hediet @alexdima
• Investigation: Explore a more stable Windows update story vscode#249239 @deepak1556

Electron

• Electron 35 update vscode#245420 @deepak1556

Documentation

• Add guidance to API docs about running MCP server in extension vscode-docs#8216 @ntrogh
• Include AI guidance in terminal docs vscode-docs#8275 @ntrogh
• Make chat context more visible and discoverable in docs vscode-docs#8362 @ntrogh

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Deferred

• 🏃 Update Conpty in VS Code vscode#224488 @Tyriar @deepak1556
• 🏃 Explore GPU rendering of the code editor vscode#221145 @Tyriar @hediet
• 💪 Finalize Related code vscode#126932 @connor4312
• VSCode freezing when adding folder to workspace while working on remote Linux machine vscode-remote-release#10168 @joshspicer
• 💪 Resolve unique connection issues vscode-remote-release#10412, vscode-remote-release#6319, vscode-remote-release#6600 @joshspicer

[iwangbowen]

Always looking forward to new updates😍

[htekdev]

Asking on:

• Explore MCP Server Authentication according to MCP OAuth Spec Support MCP Server Authorization #247759 @TylerLeonhardt

Will that one be actually developed? Is it a spike? Really looking forward to that feature. Will greatly enable enterprise customers to scale the use of vscode + MCP since you can define simple MCPs with high degree of reach without sacrificing security & complexity from the consumers.

[TylerLeonhardt]

@htekdev I'm working on it as we speak :)

[Cubox]

Improve recovering from response errors: auto retry, let user click to continue -> related issue here: microsoft/vscode-copilot-release#9496

[dongwa]

HI，Is #245756 this problem in the May plan？ causing the webview loading in vscode to lag for a long time, which greatly affects the user experience

[ER-95]

HI，Is #245756 this problem in the May plan？ causing the webview loading in vscode to lag for a long time, which greatly affects the user experience

It had better be, we were told it would be fixed by the end of April!

[farmhutsoftwareteam]

Awesome progress

[xptea]

sigma software

[odonyde]

@kieferrm I just read the announcement that VS Code will be made an "open source AI editor powered by GitHub Copilot". What does this mean for the other existing AI coding extensions like Tabnine, Windsurf, Lingma, or Amazon Q? Will VS Code get tied exclusively to GitHub Copilot now? 🤔

[Rajaniraiyn]

entire copilot extensions are based on proposed or undocumented APIs. mostly I expect those APIs to be available for public and other extensions can get benefited from them

[ShawnFumo]

I just hope that the move of some Copilot features into core is done very judiciously. Not just for the sake of third party AI extensions in VSCode, but the official Copilot extensions for other editors. The Jetbrains extension is finally starting to reach some amount of parity after many months (they just introduced agent mode into it).

[Darren-A11att]

Can you please add integration with REPL based AI Coding Agents so that I can use the Chat Extention to interact with Claude Code. Claude Code can run in headless or print mode and output its response in json, plus use the existing api's to interact with VS Code.

[WWJ30]

Building_a_Trusted_Ecosystem_for_Millions_of_Apps_A_Threat_Analysis_of_Sideloading已压缩.pdf

[GRURoot]

This plan captures our work in May 2025. This is a 5-week iteration. We will ship in early June.

Caution

On May 21 we decided to extend the iteration by one week.

Endgame

• June 2, 2025: Endgame begins
• June 6, 2025: Endgame done

The endgame details for this iteration are tracked here.

Plan Items

Below is a summary of the top level plan items.

Legend of annotations:

Mark Description
🏃 work in progress
✋ blocked task
💪 stretch goal for this iteration
🔴 missing issue reference
🔵 more investigation required to remove uncertainty
⚫ under discussion within the team
⬛ a large work item, larger than one iteration

Accessibility

• 🏃 Accessibility issues, see query @meganrogge team

UX

• 🏃 Remove all hard-coded styles with variables vscode#248725 @mrleemurray[ ] Improve VS Code Figma design resources vscode#249227 @kkbrooks

Workbench

• 💪 Support JSON file as a policy backend on Linux vscode#148945 @joshspicer[ ] 🏃 💪 Explore anchored quick widget for mouse interactions to attach context vscode#238095 @TylerLeonhardt[x] Support custom menus with native titlebar vscode#229053 @benibenj[ ] 🏃 Suggest to user to move app to /Applications on startup vscode#213909 @deepak1556

Code Editor

• Enable EditContext by default on Stable vscode#248893 @aiday-mar[ ] 🏃 Add support for multiple fonts in the editor vscode#237346 @aiday-mar[ ] 🏃 Investigation: Use tree-sitter for grammar colorization vscode#210475 @alexr00 @hediet

Notebook Editor / Jupyter Notebooks

• 🏃 Auto reveal on cell execution/editing vscode#248546 @Yoyokrazy @amunger[ ] 💪 Explore rendering outputs in separate pane/view/editor vscode#143244 @Yoyokrazy @amunger

Languages

LSP

• Adopt to new vscode log output channel API vscode#1116 @dbaeumer

Python

• • 🏃 Add builtin support for following python env managers vscode-python-environments#79 @karthiknadig

    • Pyenv* [ ] 🏃 Poetry[ ] 💪 Get python for users with no python installed vscode-python#24963 @karthiknadig* [ ] 🏃 "New project" for python work @eleanorjboyd

    • 🏃 use built-in templates, uv, poetry, conda to create new project templates for python package, and pep 723 style script vscode-python-environments#390 @eleanorjboyd* [x] Fix outstanding bugs in existing "new project" flow and multiroot scenarios vscode-python-environments#399 @eleanorjboyd* [ ] connect "New Project" to /new for copilot vscode-python-environments#286 @eleanorjboyd @bhavyaus[x] Python Environment Tools (pet) improvments (e.g., conda) @DonJayamanne vscode-python-environment-tools#220

Source Control

• Support OOTB git commit message generation action vscode#248697 @lszomoru[x] Support list of files in SCM graph vscode#248696 @lszomoru[x] Support commits as context vscode#248699 @lszomoru[ ] Support fetching history as tool vscode-copilot-release#9471 @lszomoru[ ] Git: Support repository discovery API vscode#248698 @lszomoru

Terminal

• 🏃 Terminal REPL completions using LSP vscode#241167 @anthonykim1

Tasks

• Add a task instance limit policy to task runOptions vscode#90125 @meganrogge[x] Improve problem matcher error debugging with Copilot vscode#192811 @meganrogge[x] Add setting to gracefully kill tasks vscode#206607 @meganrogge

API

• 🏃 API proposals: query @jrieken @mjbvz[ ] 🏃 API finalization: query @jrieken @mjbvz

Extensions

• 🏃 Warn about installed extensions that are no longer available in Marketplace vscode#181248 @joshspicer[ ] Add support for bulk actions in extensions list view vscode#48616 @joshspicer[ ] 💪 Make Workspace Extensions more intuitive to find and activate vscode#216433 @joshspicer[x] Support local secret scanning vscode-vsce#1136 @benibenj[x] Prevent .env files from being bundled in the VSIX vscode-vsce#1135 @benibenj

Extension Contributions

• 🏃 Investigate various module load failures with ESLint and flat configs vscode-eslint#2015 vscode-eslint#1994 vscode-eslint#2006 vscode-eslint#1992 @dbaeumer[x] GHPRI: URL handler for PR and Issues, to open them within VS Code vscode-pull-request-github#6869 @alexr00[ ] GHPRI: Support images from private repos in comments vscode-pull-request-github#6175 @alexr00

AI

Architecture

• 🏃 Open-source AI functionality provided by the Copilot Chat extension vscode#249031 @kieferrm @alexdima[ ] 🏃 Support Copilot Chat in web vscode#245860 @bpasero

MCP

• Rework MCP tool prefixing behavior vscode#249281 @connor4312[ ] 🏃 Support MCP prompts vscode#244173 @connor4312[ ] 🏃 Explore support MCP resources vscode#244159 @connor4312[ ] 💪 Explore support for MCP sampling vscode#244162 @connor4312[ ] 🏃 MCP: Better discovery/registry and one-click installation flow vscode#245717 @sandy081[ ] Support mcp servers as a first class resource vscode#248401 @sandy081[ ] Explore MCP Server Authentication according to MCP OAuth Spec vscode#247759 @TylerLeonhardt

Prompt and Instruction Files

• Support definition of modes using prompt files vscode-copilot-release#9452 @aeschli @legomushroom @digitarald[ ] Improve frontmatter support in prompt files vscode#249271 @aeschli @legomushroom @digitarald[ ] Allow to reuse the chat tool picker from within frontmatter vscode#249272 @aeschli @legomushroom @digitarald

Chat

• Make it easier to distinguish & trigger chat completion types vscode#249249 @jrieken[ ] 🏃 Support the concept tool sets in the UI and API vscode#247860 @jrieken @roblourens[ ] 🏃 Chat editing UX should adjust to the editing strategy vscode#249083 @jrieken[ ] 🏃 Improve checkpoint experience in chat vscode#249229 @hawkticehurst @jo-oikawa @justschen @roblourens[x] Support a /list command to list all registered tools vscode#249237 @roblourens[ ] 🏃 Improve recovering from response errors: auto retry, let user click to continue vscode-copilot-release#9496 @roblourens @justschen[ ] 🏃 Improve ease of keyboard use for attachment management vscode#249304 @justschen @roblourens[ ] 🏃 Support Katex syntax rendering in Chat vscode-copilot-release#978 @mjbvz[ ] 🏃 Support Mermaid diagram rendering in Chat vscode-copilot-release#7440 @mjbvz

NES / Completions

• 🏃 Improve next edit suggestions @alexdima team[ ] 🏃 Make language-specific context available to Copilot inline completions @dbaeumer

Engineering

• 💪 🏃 Support building the monaco-editor AMD variant from new sources vscode#234114 @hediet @alexdima[ ] Investigation: Explore a more stable Windows update story vscode#249239 @deepak1556

Electron

• 🏃 Electron 35 update vscode#245420 @deepak1556

Documentation

• Add guidance to API docs about running MCP server in extension vscode-docs#8216 @ntrogh[x] Include AI guidance in terminal docs vscode-docs#8275 @ntrogh[ ] 🏃 Make chat context more visible and discoverable in docs vscode-docs#8362 @ntrogh

Deferred

• 🏃 Update Conpty in VS Code vscode#224488 @Tyriar @deepak1556[ ] 🏃 Explore GPU rendering of the code editor vscode#221145 @Tyriar @hediet[ ] 💪 Finalize Related code vscode#126932 @connor4312[ ] VSCode freezing when adding folder to workspace while working on remote Linux machine vscode-remote-release#10168 @joshspicer[ ] 💪 Resolve unique connection issues vscode-remote-release#10412, vscode-remote-release#6319, vscode-remote-release#6600 @joshspicer

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