Visual Studio Code May 2025 (version 1.101.0) release available



 Visual Studio Code github:

Welcome to the May 2025 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:

MCP​

  • Expand your agent coding flow with support for prompts, resources, and sampling (Show more).
  • Access MCP servers that require authentication (Show more).
  • Debug MCP servers with development mode (Show more).
  • Publish MCP servers from an extension (Show more).

Chat​

  • Group and manage related tools by combining them in a tool set (Show more).

Source Control​

  • View files in Source Control Graph view (Show more).
  • Assign and track work for GitHub Copilot Coding Agent from within VS Code (Show more).
If you'd like to read these release notes online, go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

Want to try new features as soon as possible? You can download the nightly Insiders build and try the latest updates as soon as they are available.


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Just a heads up, and I've done zero troubleshooting on this, but every machine I've upgraded to 1.101 has trouble loading the PowerShell terminal inside VS Code. I'll probably spend time on it later, but for now, I'm back to 1.100.3.

Older versions available here, in case anyone needs them.


Update: It seems to be related to having a profile script. Normally when the terminal loads, you should see something like

Powershell:
PowerShell Extension v2025.0.0
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.

https://aka.ms/vscode-powershell
Type 'help' to get help.

PS C:\Users\LadyGodiva>

If I have a profile.ps1, I never get that last line with the prompt, even if all of the contents of that file are commented out.

Update 2: It was this setting in my settings.json: powershell.powerShellDefaultVersion": "Windows PowerShell (x64)
 
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