1.22.8 (release candidate 2)

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April 2022).
• Windows 7+ (x64, arm64), macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue with the 'Add #include' code action incorrectly using a relative path for a system include. #12010
• Fix an issue with lingering incorrect squiggles after an edit. #12175
• Fix an issue with clang-format/tidy version checks for some builds. #12806
• Revert/postpone changes related to recursive includes handling due to issues with some projects.

1.22.7 (release candidate)

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April 2022).
• Windows 7+ (x64, arm64), macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Enhancement

• The .vsix and .js files are now signed. #12725, #12744

Bug Fixes

• Fix some Copilot-related issues. PR #12773
• Fix an issue preventing use of a full command line in compilerPath. PR #12774
• Fix an infinite loop on shutdown after changing the selected settings.
• Fix a crash (from insert_lines).

1.22.6

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April 2022).
• Windows 7+ (x64, arm64), macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue with usage of #cpp with Copilot chat. vscode-copilot-release#1634
• Fix a performance regression with tag parsing.
• Fix a document buffer issue related to edits within files containing multi-byte characters.

1.22.5

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April 2022).
• Windows 7+ (x64, arm64), macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Enhancement

• Add the database path to the C/C++: Log Diagnostics output.

Bug Fixes

• Fix some synchronization and crash issues with handle_edits. #12747
• Fix usage of #cpp with Copilot chat. PR #12755
  • NOTE: Currently requires VS Code Insiders, due to #12765.
• Fix some document buffer issues.

1.22.4

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Enhancements

• Performance improvements related to how custom configurations are processed. #12632
• Performance improvements related to LSP request processing.

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue with missing database symbols after a Rename operation. #12480
• Work around IntelliSense issues with clang 18 due to size_t not being defined. #12618
• Fix some crashes with recursive includes. #12643
• Possibly fix a crash in find_existing_intellisense_client. #12666
• Fix issues applying files.exclude settings when C_Cpp.caseSensitiveFileSupport is enabled. #12672
• Fix an issue with duplicate tag parsing occurring after a Rename operation. #12728
• Fix an issue causing unnecessary TU updates for files opened during a Rename operation, when "files.refactoring.autoSave": false is used.

1.22.3

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Enhancement

• Add support for providing additional context information to Copilot Chat. PR #12685
  • Currently, it requires "C_Cpp.experimentalFeatures": "enabled" and typing #cpp in the chat.

Bug Fixes

• Fix the compiler selection control not keeping the list in sync with contents of the textbox. #7427
• Fix a string localization issue. #7824
• Stop logging duplicate compiler path messages. #12445
• Fix some crashes with recursive includes. #12643
• Fix a rare crash on macOS related to get_memory_usage. #12667
• Fix an issue with 'Extract to Function' formatting. #12677
• Fix a potential deadlock in process_paths. #12690

1.22.2

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Enhancement

• Remove the C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngineFallback setting. #12596

Bug Fix

• Fix a deadlock when doing "Find All References" and a file is deleted. #12656

1.22.1

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Enhancement

• Add "Additional Tracked Settings" to C/C++: Log Diagnostics output. PR #12635

Bug Fixes

• Fix hover over static constexpr variables sometimes not working. #12284
• Fix completion not giving results in several scenarios. #12412
• Fix include completion showing results for deleted folders with recursive includes. #12636
• Fix the /FU flag not working for C++/CLI . #12641
• Fix some crashes with recursive includes. #12643
• Fix IntelliSense not working on Windows when C_Cpp.caseSensitiveFileSupport is enabled. #12648
• Changes that might fix a crash with translate_encoding_to_utf8. #12652
• Fix a random crash during IntelliSense creation.

1.22.0

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Performance Improvements

• Switch to an alternative implementation of recursive includes (that sends all the paths instead of only the "used" paths). #11780
  • Performance improvement: Configuration is no longer blocked on tag parsing of all dependent headers.
  • Configuration change: Recursive include paths now take precedence over system include paths (similar to compiler behavior and non-recursive includes). #11485
• Initialization performance improvements. #12030
  • Some processing is parallelized and started earlier (populating the filename cache, discovering files). #11954, #12169
  • Some compiler configuration queries are cached in the database, and processing of compile_commands.json was improved. #10029, #12078
• Improve the implementation of file buffers to reduce memory usage.

Enhancements

• Add modified C_Cpp settings to the C/C++: Log Diagnostics output. #11700
• Change the default C/C++ "editor.stickyScroll.defaultModel" to "foldingProviderModel". #12483
• Add better validation for settings. #12371
• Various IntelliSense parsing updates/fixes.

Bug Fixes

• Stop logging duplicate compiler path messages. #12445
• Fix an issue where a file is incorrectly processed as C instead of C++. #12466
• Fix include path ordering being incorrect if there is a duplicate. #12525
• Fix a WebAssembly "Out of Memory" error. #12529
• Fix an error message not being shown if the connection failed with remote attach debugging. #12547
  • Thank you for the contribution. @MrStanislav0 (Stanislav)
• Fix -I not being used if -iquote is also used for the same path. #12551
• Fix issues with relative paths on nvcc (CUDA) command lines not being handled correctly. #12553
• Fix a random crash when a child process is created. #12585
• Fix a crash on shutdown on macOS with a verbose logging level. #12567
• Fix some issues with recursive includes handling of symbolic links, multi-root, exclusion changes, and file/folder deletion.
• Fix unnecessary IntelliSense resetting when a new file or folder was created.
• Fix accumulation of stale signature help and completion requests.
• Fix some bugs with include completion.

1.21.6 (patch fix update)

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

• Fix a cpptools-srv crash on shutdown. #12354