VS Code: Chat Gets Smarter & Sessions Takes Shape
Today we're diving into 20 merged pull requests that show VS Code's chat features getting more polished and intelligent, while the new Sessions app continues to evolve. Connor Peet led the charge with multiple chat improvements, and we saw everything from Electron updates to file link rendering fixes.
Duration: PT4M20S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from VS Code.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: VS Code
- Published: 2026-03-07T12:26:46Z
- Audio duration: PT4M20S
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Hey there, amazing developers! Welcome back to another episode of the VS Code podcast. I'm your host, and wow, do we have some fantastic progress to share with you today from March 7th, 2026.
You know that feeling when you're working on a project and suddenly everything starts clicking into place? That's exactly what's happening with VS Code right now. We had 20 pull requests merged and 30 additional commits, and there's a beautiful story emerging around making our development experience smoother and…
Let's start with the star of today's show - the chat system improvements. Connor Peet has been absolutely crushing it with multiple fixes that are going to make your AI-powered coding sessions so much better.
First up, there was this tricky race condition bug in the MCP protocol - you know, those mysterious issues where things work fine most of the time, but then suddenly break under load? Connor tackled a concurrent request response collection race that was causing problems when multiple HTTP requests happened at the…
But that's not all from Connor! He also fixed a visual bug that was driving people crazy - you know when you'd drag a chat message and it would get stuck with that…
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