VS Code: Smarter Extensions and Chat Debugging Revolution
Today brings major improvements to VS Code's extension recommendation system with strongly recommended extensions, plus a powerful new /troubleshoot command for chat debugging. The team merged 20 pull requests with significant enhancements to inline chat, sessions management, and developer experience across the board.
Duration: PT4M25S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from VS Code.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: VS Code
- Published: 2026-03-04T11:38:47Z
- Audio duration: PT4M25S
Transcript excerpt
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Hey there, VS Code enthusiasts! Welcome back to another episode of the VS Code daily developer podcast. I'm your host, and wow, do we have an exciting day to dive into! March 4th brought us some absolutely fantastic changes that are going to make your development experience so much smoother.
Let's jump right into the biggest story of the day - extension recommendations just got a major upgrade! Henning from the team shipped a brilliant feature called "strongly recommended extensions." You know how sometimes VS Code suggests extensions, but you're not really sure if they're actually important for your…
But that's not all! Paul delivered something that's going to be a game-changer for anyone working with VS Code's chat features. He added a brand new `/troubleshoot` command that gives you direct access to debug logs. If you've ever been stuck trying to figure out why chat isn't behaving the way you expect, this is…
The inline chat experience got some love too, thanks to Johannes. He fixed those annoying issues where the Escape key wasn't working quite right, and now you can dismiss the editor affordance without collapsing your selection. It's one of those small changes that makes a…
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