1.18.5

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.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix ~/vscode-cpptools being used as the cache folder instead of ~/.cache/vscode-cpptools on Linux. #11693
• The Windows x86 vsix is published on the marketplace (it was not for 1.18.4).

1.18.4

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.

Changes

Bug Fixes:

• Fix 'Extract to function' not scrolling to and selecting the added header declaration. #11676
• Fix the extension sometimes failing to activate with VS Code versions less than 1.85. #11680

1.18.3

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.

Changes

New Features

• Add an 'Extract to function' (or member function) code action after selecting code. #1162
• Compiler acquisition improvements. #10525
• Provide Add '#include' code action suggestions for IntelliSense errors related to symbols not being found. #10791

Enhancements

• Add keyboard support for 'Inline Macro'. #11260
• Add setting C_Cpp.refactoring.includeHeader to customize whether or not to add an include header when doing a refactoring code action. #11271
• Improve the walkthrough wording. #11320
• Update clang-format and clang-tidy to 17. PR #11491
• Add a pre-release available notification. PR #11569

Bug Fixes

• Fix the debugger truncating long strings when inspecting values. #1786
• Switch to using XDG_CACHE_HOME on Linux for the default database path. #10191
• Fix an IntelliSense error with std::is_trivially_copyable_v. #10712
• Fix incorrect status and commands with the tag parsing language status UI. #10749
• Fix an empty ("") compilerPath in a base configuration overriding the compiler specified by a custom configuration provider or a compile_commands.json. #11373
• Fix a startup crash when reading values from JSON (settings) that are not the type expected. #11375
• Fix a crash detected by crash telemetry. #11401
• Fix handling of an undefined env variable on Linux and macOS. #11447
• Fix multiple issues with querying nvcc (CUDA) as a compiler. #11454
• Fix an IntelliSense crash when hovering over an invalid array index expression. #11510
• Fix an issue that could cause a C language standard to be applied to a C++ file, or vice versa.
• Remove cpp and clang-cpp preprocessors from the list of detectable compilers.
• Fix an autocomplete crash bug (primarily on Mac).

Known Issue

• The extension sometimes failing to activate with VS Code versions less than 1.18. #11680

1.18.2 (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.

Changes

Enhancement

• 'Extract to function' is enabled without C_Cpp.experimentalFeatures being set to "enabled".

Bug Fixes

• Fix 'Extract to function' for functions in a header file . #11466
• Fix 'Extract to function' for functions in an anonymous namespace. #11474
• Fix 'Extract to function' for C code with typedefs or structs. #11475
• Fix an IntelliSense crash when hovering over an invalid array index expression. #11510
• Fix 'Add #include' code actions not appearing for "is not a template" errors. #11543
• Fix 'Extract to function' bugs with formatting and selection. #11614, #11619
• Fix 'Add #include' code actions being available for system headers that are already included. #11618
• Fix an IntelliSense crash when selecting code.

Known Issue

• 'Extract to function' may not work if there's a UTF-8 > 1-byte character in the file. #11640

1.18.1

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.

Changes

New Feature

• Add #include code action suggestions for some IntelliSense errors related to symbols not being found. #10791
  • Since C code doesn't give an error for an undefined symbol, it usually won't be available for C.

Enhancements

• Improve the walkthrough wording. #11320
• Change 'Extract to Function' to prompt for the name instead of doing a rename afterwards. #11531
• Add a pre-release available notification. PR #11569

Bug Fixes

• Fix no error message getting shown if 'Extract to Function' creation fails. #11567
• Fix an autocomplete crash bug (primarily on Mac).
• Fix an IntelliSense crash when selecting code.

Known Issues

• Extract to function: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Feature%3A+Extract+to+function%22
• Add #include: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Feature%3A+Add+%27%23include%27%22+

1.18.0

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.

Changes

New Features

• Add an 'Extract to Function' (or Member Function) code action after selecting code. #1162
  • Currently, it's only enabled when C_Cpp.experimentFeatures is set to enabled. Also, 'Extract to Free Function' is disabled.
• Add the option to install a compiler, accessible through the walkthrough. PR #11286

Enhancements

• Add setting C_Cpp.refactoring.includeHeader to customize whether or not to add an include header when doing a refactoring code action. #11271
• Update clang-format and clang-tidy to 17.0.2. PR #11491

Bug Fixes

• Fix the debugger truncating long strings when inspecting values. #1786
• Switch to using XDG_CACHE_HOME on Linux for the default database path. #10191
• Fix incorrect status and commands with the tag parsing language status UI. #10749
• Fix an empty ("") compilerPath in a base configuration overriding the compiler specified by a custom configuration provider or a compile_commands.json. #11373
• Fix a startup crash when reading values from JSON (settings) that are not the type expected. #11375
• Fix a crash detected by crash telemetry. #11401
• Fix handling of an undefined env variable on Linux and macOS. #11447
• Fix multiple issues with querying nvcc (CUDA) as a compiler. #11454
• Fix an issue that could cause a C language standard to be applied to a C++ file, or vice versa.
• Remove cpp and clang-cpp preprocessors from the list of detectable compilers.

v1.17.5

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.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix a language server crash for platforms that don't support the IntelliSense cache (AutoPCH). #10789
• Fix markdown in comments when inline/block code is used. #11322
• Fix Find All References and Call Hierarchy for C files when the cursor is at the end of a symbol. #11338
• Fix usage of the /Zc:alignedNew- MSVC compiler option. #11350

1.17.4

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.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix crash recovery for the main extension process. #11335
• Fix an IntelliSense process crash when certain error messages occur with a language pack enabled. #11336

v1.17.3

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.

Changes

Bug Fix

• Fix a regression with attaching the debugger to processes on Linux and macOS. #11328

v1.17.2

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.

Changes

Enhancements

• Enable a subset of markdown to render in hover by default and a C_Cpp.markdownInComments setting. #6020, #10461
• Add support for gcc 13 features. #11038
• Add default compiler detection of additional compilers in MSYS environments. #11211
• Use musl for building Linux binaries of the extension.
• Add support for additional compiler wrappers: gomacc, distcc, buildcache, and icecc.

Bug Fixes

• Fix a couple bugs with documentation comments. #5241
• Added __float128 support in gcc IntelliSense mode. #9558
• Fix an issue where the debugger would get stuck while using cl.exe options. #10231
• Fix C/C++ commands showing in the Command Palette with non-C/C++ files. #10421
• Fix the 'Select IntelliSense Configuration' command to also update an existing compilerPath in c_cpp_properties.json. #10808
• Fix #include completion leaving an extra >. #11042
• Fix an issue with matching of glob patterns containing path delimiters. #11132
• Fix Create Declaration/Definition via Quick Fix… from hover tooltip. #11157
• Fix issues with compiler querying of clang-cl. #11207
• Fix files.encoding setting on startup. #11210
• Fix a crash related to directories with a very large number of files. #11226
• Fix the parameter format of call hierarchy items. #11247
• Remove the vcpkg code action from the missing includes code action list. #11252
• Fix the file path info of call hierarchy items to display the relative path to a workspace folder. #11254
• Fix colorization for macro expansions in macro arguments. #11256
• Fix a crash for CUDA projects with '>' in the command line. #11289
• Increase the default standard for the 'Build and Debug Active File' feature to c++14 on macOS. #11292
• Fix an issue with the compiler currently configured for use with IntelliSense being listed last in the task creation popup. PR #11299
• Fix an IPCH issue on Linux due to the Position Independent Executable (PIE) option not being set since 1.17.0.
• Fix Rank > 1 Display Strings for Natvis. PR MIEngine#1406
• Fix some crashes identified by crash telemetry.
• Fix an issue that could cause zombie processes on Linux/Mac.
• Address some issues with glibc version compatibility. Native binaries for cpptools and the bundled clang-tidy/clang-format are now built with musl and fully statically linked.
• Fix the wrong compiler being set as default when configured to use compile_commands.json and overriding the compiler used there with an explicit compilerPath.

Thank You to the Contributors

• @gareth-rees (Gareth Rees): Always use --simple-values in newer versions of GDB. PR MIEngine#1400
• @iAbadia (Iñaki): Align use of 'sendInvalidate' request arguments. PR MIEngine#1402
• @intel-rganesh (Rakesh Ganesh): Introduce --thread and --frame options. PR MIEngine#1401
• @michalmaka (Michał Mąka): Add support for Toybox to the remote process picker. PR #11175
• @sbobko (Sergey Bobko): Add 'sendInvalidate' request. PR MIEngine#1367
• @yne (Rémy F.): Add wildcard support for includePath. PR #10388