Visual Studio 2026 release notes:
Released on April 14, 2026.
IDE
JSON editor schema updatesGitHub Copilot
Use agent skills
Cloud agent integration
Build your own custom agents
Customizable Copilot keyboard shortcuts
IntelliSense takes priority over Copilot
New chat history panel
Debugging & diagnostics
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C++ code editing tools for agent modeTop bug fixes | From the community |
|---|---|
| VS 2026 hangs while unloading projects | Feedback ticket |
| Copilot terminal sometimes does not start queued commands until the terminal tab is brought to the foreground | Feedback ticket |
| ASan supression does not work | |
| Improved ASan runtime performance in applications that heavily utilize COM, mixed language bindings, and Win32 allocator API's |
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Visual Studio 2026 release notes
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