1.8.0-insiders3

Instructions

Download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code (don't double-click the .vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Note: Due to new version numbering requirements for VS Code pre-release extension support, this will appear in VS Code as version 1.8.0 instead of 1.8.0-insiders3

Requirements

• VS Code 1.63.0 or later.

Changes

New Features

• Add "All Exceptions" Breakpoint for cppdbg #1800
• Add support for Alpine Linux #4827
• Implement platform-specific VSIX's via the marketplace. #8152

Bug Fixes

• Fix [MSYS2 GDB 10.2] gdb: ERROR: Unable to start debugging. Unexpected GDB output from command "-exec-run". Error creating process #7706
• Remove redundant cl.exe from the build and debug active file configuration list. #8168
• Stop adding -fms-extensions by default for gcc-based compilers on Windows. #8475, #8487
• Fix clang-tidy header warnings sometimes not disappearing after the issue is fixed. #8502
• Fix clang-tidy processing status indicator getting stuck after editing/saving a header that is currently being analyzed by clang-tidy. #8504
• Fix non-ASCII output with cppbuild tasks. #8518
• Fix 3 settings not getting environment variables resolved after a settings change. #8531
• Fixes to translations. #8536
• Fix /RTC compiler checks failures don't break into debugger #8646

1.8.0-insiders2

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "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 1.60.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix GCC system include processing on Windows. #8112, #8496
• Fix the tag parser getting stuck on certain code. #8459
• Fix C_Cpp.codeAnalysis.maxConcurrentThreads using the wrong value. #8471
• Fix save failing after editing a header that is used by clang-tidy for a TU that is different from the default TU. #8473
• Fix inactive region rendering. #8478
• Fix CUDA support not working. #8481
• Fixes for other IntelliSense issues.
• Fix some translations.

Known Issues

• clang-tidy header warnings sometimes don't disappear after the issue is fixed. #8502
• clang-tidy processing status indicator can get stuck after editing/saving a header that is currently being analyzed by clang-tidy. #8504
• onWillSaveTextDocument sometimes times out eventually causing save to fail when clang-tidy is running. (#8474)

1.8.0-insiders

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "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 1.60.0 or later.

Changes

New Features

• Add multi-threaded code analysis (using clang-tidy) based on the IntelliSense configuration. It defaults to using up to half the cores, but it can be changed via the C_Cpp.codeAnalysis.maxConcurrentThreads setting. #2908.

Enhancements

• The maximum number of threads to use for Find All References can be configured with the C_Cpp.references.maxConcurrentThreads settings. #4036.
• The IntelliSense processes launched to confirm references during Find All References can be cached via the C_Cpp.references.maxCachedProcesses setting. #4038
• The maximum number of IntelliSense processes can be configured with the C_Cpp.intelliSense.maxCachedProcesses setting, and the number of processes will automatically decrease when the free memory becomes < 256 MB and it can be configured to use less memory via the maxMemory settings (memory usage from code analysis is not handled yet). #4811
• Add a compiler arg to the generated gcc build task to display colored text. PR #8165
• Add static and other modifiers to IntelliSense hover results. #8173
• Add a configuration warning when the default compiler modifies an explicitly set intelliSenseMode.

Bug Fixes

• Fix newlines not being handled in comments with a Doxygen tag. #5741
• Fix files.exclude not working for directories external to the active workspace folder. #6877
• Fix a bug with vcFormat inserting additional spaces between } and else. #7731
• Fix string elements to render as code in the IntelliSense configuration UI. PR #8271
• Fix IntelliSense process crash on AMD Ryzen 3000 series processors without updated drivers. #8312
• Fix bug with wmic not being recognized during Windows attach debugging. #8328
• Fix Go to Type Definition on pointer types. #8337
• Fix MS extensions not being enabled by default for Cygwin. #8353
• Fix a "Cannot read property" error during deactivation if the language service wasn't fully activated. #8354
• Fix an issue in which the language id for header files were not updated to match the source file of its TU. #8381
• Fix parsing of bit_cast with gcc mode IntelliSense. #8434
• Fix an issue in which multiple (potentially different) diagnostics were delivered for headers shared by multiple TUs.

Other

• Remove trailing whitespaces in source code.
  • Alexander (@Gordon01) PR #8254

Known Issues

• Inactive regions don't appear as inactive. #8478
• CUDA support stopped working. #8481
• If code analysis is running, saving of header files can fail if clang-tidy is using the header file from a TU that is different from the "default" one chosen by IntelliSense. The workaround is to click the flame icon and choose "Cancel clang-tidy" (or if that fails, kill the clang-tidy processes). #8473
• C_Cpp.codeAnalysis.maxConcurrentThreads incorrectly has a max of half of C_Cpp.maxConcurrentThreads (instead of just using that as the default). #8471
• There are some other "known" issues with the "code analysis" feature that are being tracked internally.

1.7.1

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "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 1.60.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix an extension crash that occurred on activation while a workspace is open with no folders in it. #8280
• Fix an issue in which configuration defaults were not properly applied. #8298

Known Issues

• None so far.

1.7.0

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "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 1.60.0 or later.

Changes

New Features

• Add a command to restart IntelliSense for a specific file. #3727
• Add support for macOS app bundles #6726
  • MIEngine#1091
• Add support for Go To / Peek Type Definition. #7999

Enhancements

• Detect IntelliSenseMode target architecture for cl.exe based on its path. #8044
• In generated build tasks, add a compiler arg to cause color to be displayed in gcc/clang output in terminal. PR #8165
• Add new configuration mergeConfigurations that enables include paths, defines, and forced includes from c_cpp_properties.json to be merged with those provided by a configuration provider.
  • Thomas Willson (@willson556) PR #8174

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue with signature help for overloaded constructors. #1664
• Add markdown to settings descriptions. #4544
• Fix an IntelliSense process crash. #5584, #8110
• Fix an issue with incorrect E0513 and E0167 IntelliSense errors. #6338
• Fix issue with IntelliSense for anonymous members. #6412
• Fix an issue with incorrect "no suitable user-defined conversion" errors. #6721
• Fix some issues with punctuation in setting descriptions. #6870
• Add descriptions for setting enum values. #7358
• Add support for ${execPath} and ${pathSeparator} in c_cpp_properties.json. #7753
• Move the scope of document symbols from the name (on the left) to the details (on the right). #7785
• Fix an issue with config validation of Force Include values. #7822
• Fix an issue related to arg parsing in build tasks. #7891
• Add a check when cppbuild task is used when the active file is not a source file. #7892
• Fix a cpptools crash #8055
• Fix issue "LogPoint stopped working v1.6.0". #8065
  • MIEngine#1208
• Fix issue "Debugger won't read/write from/to stdio". #8075
  • MIEngine#1209
• Fix an issue with VC 14.0 headers not being found. #8078
• Fix an issue with CUDA support with compile_commands.json. #8091
• Fix an issue with /kernel arg to cl.exe for C files. #8158
• Fix an issue where inactive regions no longer dimmed after switching between open files. #8206

Known Issues

• None so far.

1.7.0-insiders2

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "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 1.60.0 or later.

Changes

Enhancements

• Detect IntelliSenseMode target architecture for cl.exe based on its path. #8044

Bug Fixes

• Reduce required version of glibc to 2.17 on Linux x64 systems. #8192

Known Issues

• None so far.

1.7.0-insiders

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "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 1.60.0 or later.

Changes

New Features

• Add a command to restart IntelliSense for a specific file. #3727
• Add support for macOS app bundles #6726
  • MIEngine#1091
• Add support for Go To / Peek Type Definition. #7999

Enhancements

• In generated build tasks, add a compiler arg to cause color to be displayed in gcc/clang output in terminal. PR #8165

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue with signature help for overloaded constructors. #1664
• Add markdown to settings descriptions. #4544
• Fix an IntelliSense process crash. #5584, #8110
• Fix an issue with incorrect E0513 and E0167 IntelliSense errors. #6338
• Fix issue with IntelliSense for anonymous members. #6412
• Fix an issue with incorrect "no suitable user-defined conversion" errors. #6721
• Fix some issues with punctuation in setting descriptions. #6870
• Add descriptions for setting enum values. #7358
• Add support for ${execPath} and ${pathSeparator} in c_cpp_properties.json. #7753
• Move the scope of document symbols from the name (on the left) to the details (on the right). #7785
• Fix an issue with config validation of Force Include values. #7822
• Fix an issue related to arg parsing in build tasks. #7891
• Add a check when cppbuild task is used when the active file is not a source file. #7892
• Fix a cpptools crash. #8055
• Fix issue "LogPoint stopped working v1.6.0". #8065
  • MIEngine#1208
• Fix issue "Debugger won't read/write from/to stdio". #8075
  • MIEngine#1209
• Fix an issue with VC 14.0 headers not being found. #8078
• Fix an issue with CUDA support with compile_commands.json. #8091
• Fix an issue with /kernel arg to cl.exe for C files. #8158

Known Issues

• None so far.

1.6.0

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "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 1.58.0 or later.

Changes

New Feature

• Added support for standard .editorconfig entries when using vcFormat. #7920
• Debug Step Granularity for cppdbg MIEngine#1169
  • Thank you for the contribution @Trass3r
• InstructionBreakpoints for cppdbg MIEgnine#1192

Enhancements

• Debugger now runs on .NET 5 #7858
• When using the Default setting for C_Cpp.formatting, vcFormat will now be selected if a .editorconfig file is found with vcFormat entries and no .clang-format file was found with nearer proximity to the source file. #7929

Bug Fixes

• Fix incorrect sizeof for packed structs (gcc/clang) #5267
• Fix designated initializers not working at file scope. #6316
• Fix an IntelliSense crash on template code. #7349
• Rank existence of a custom configuration higher than filename similarity and path proximity, when choosing a TU source for a header #7396
• Fix an IntelliSense crash when the display language is set to Italian. #7685
• Enable the C++ status bar items to be selectively disabled. #7700
• Fix an issue causing incorrect color selection for semantic tokens. #7773
• Fix some cl.exe and clang installations not being detected. #7767 #7795 #7800
• Fix an issue with recursive includes not found. #7783
• Fix an issue with code folding of single-line blocks. #7809
• Fix a typo in a localized string. #7823
• Add open file parsing status when hovering over the database icon. PR #7831
• Fix an issue with IntelliSense flame icon getting stuck on. #7838
• Fix an issue with character position after include completion. #7856
• Fix wrong version of clang-format being used in multi-root workspaces. #7870
• Fix issue with setting of MS extensions when -fms-extensions is used. #7886
• Fix an issue with support detection on Android. #7906
• Fix a bug with handling of "C_Cpp.vcFormat.newLine.beforeOpenBrace.block": "newLine". #7926
• Fix Disassembly view is blank on Linux #7960
• Fix an issue with cppdbg debugging on Windows x64. #7971
• Fix an issue with VS <execution> header causing IntelliSense process crash. #7972
• Fix insiders update install loop for remote scenarios. #8000
• Fix MacOS unable to use external terminal to debug #8008

Known Issues

• None so far.

1.6.0-insiders3

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "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 1.58.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix insiders update install loop for remote scenarios. #8000

Known Issues

• None so far.

1.6.0-insiders2

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "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 1.58.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix issues with overlapping code folding ranges. #7809
• Fix an issue with cppdbg debugging on Windows x64. #7971
• Fix an issue with VS <execution> header causing IntelliSense process crash. #7972

Known Issues

• An insiders update install loop with remote sessions #8000