VS Code: Chat & Plugins Get Major Refactor Treatment
The VS Code team dropped 20 merged pull requests with some serious architectural improvements. Connor led a massive plugin system refactor with better cleanup logic, while the chat experience got enhanced with marketplace trust prompts, better permissions handling, and improved undo/redo functionality. Plus some exciting new automation capabilities with agent-browser integration.
Duration: PT3M57S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from VS Code.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: VS Code
- Published: 2026-03-05T11:32:05Z
- Audio duration: PT3M57S
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Hey there, fellow developers! Welcome back to another episode of the VS Code podcast. I'm your host, and wow, do we have some exciting updates to dive into today. March 5th brought us 20 merged pull requests and 30 additional commits - the team has been absolutely crushing it!
Let's start with the biggest story of the day, and honestly, it's a masterclass in refactoring. Connor dropped not one, but three significant improvements to the plugin and chat systems. The headliner is PR 299319, where Connor completely refactored the plugin sources architecture. We're talking about consolidating…
But Connor wasn't done there! He also fixed a tricky undo/redo bug that was skipping multiple no-edit requests in chat sessions. You know those frustrating moments when your editor doesn't behave the way you expect? Well, that's one less thing to worry about now. The fix ensures undo and redo step through…
And here's where things get really interesting for security-conscious developers - Connor also added marketplace trust prompts for agent plugin installations. This is huge for protecting against accidental installations from untrusted sources. The trust is scoped per marketplace and persisted in…
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