This changelog covers VS Code v1.136 through v1.140, shipped throughout September 2026. September’s releases streamline agent-driven development from implementation through pull request merge.

GitHub Team customers can now start self-serve trials of GitHub Advanced Security to evaluate GitHub Code Security and GitHub Secret Protection. Start a trial from your organization’s Overview page, ...

🔌 Request Copilot code review with the API ⚖️ Balanced is now the default review effort level Menu. Currently selected: 🔌 Request Copilot code review with the API 🔌 Request Copilot code review with ...

Please update your workflows and integrations to use supported models. Copilot Enterprise administrators may need to enable access to alternative models through their ...

You can now post confidential comments on repository security advisories. Confidential comments are visible only to people with write access to the repository, so you can discuss a report with your ...

Claude Sonnet 5.5, Anthropic’s newest Sonnet model, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for well-scoped everyday work like building features and fixing bugs. In our ...

Computer use is now available in public preview in GitHub Copilot CLI and the GitHub Copilot app on macOS and Windows. Copilot can interact with desktop applications on your behalf (e.g., reading ...

You can now use the generally available GitHub async merge API to merge individual or stacked pull requests, add pull requests to a merge queue, or merge pull requests directly. This includes ...

Dynamic workflows are now available in Copilot CLI, the GitHub Copilot app, and the GitHub Copilot SDK. These let you define an orchestration in code to get the reliability and observability that ...