VS Code: Strongly Recommended Extensions & AI-Powered Debugging
The VS Code team shipped 20 pull requests with exciting new extension recommendation features and AI debugging improvements. Major highlights include Henning's "strongly recommended extensions" system that makes critical extensions more discoverable, and Paul's new `/troubleshoot` command that gives you instant access to debug logs through chat. Benjamin led the charge on sessions improvements with modal editor enhancements and better UI polish.
Duration: PT4M
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from VS Code.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: VS Code
- Published: 2026-03-04T11:29:56Z
- Audio duration: PT4M
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Hey there, wonderful developers! Welcome back to another episode of the VS Code podcast. I'm your host, and wow - do we have a fantastic day of development to dive into! March 4th brought us 20 merged pull requests and 30 additional commits, and honestly, this feels like one of those days where everything just…
Let's jump right into the main story, because there are some genuinely exciting features landing that I think you're going to love.
First up, Henning just shipped something I've been hoping to see for a while - strongly recommended extensions! You know how sometimes there are extensions that aren't just "nice to have" but are genuinely critical for your workflow? Well, now VS Code can mark extensions as "strongly recommended" and present them in…
Speaking of making development easier, Paul introduced something super clever - a `/troubleshoot` command that gives you access to debug logs right through the chat interface. This is brilliant because instead of hunting through menus and digging through log files when something goes wrong, you can just type…
Martin's been working on something really forward-thinking too - schema-based validation for prompt files. This is laying the…
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