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

1.21.5 (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

Bug Fixes

• Fix clang-format and clang-tidy not working on Windows 10. #12289
• Fix a crash with cpptools-srv on certain macOS configurations. #12354
• Fix cpptools crashing on macOS Big Sur or older. #12511
• Fix debugging on Windows ARM64. #12520