This week's release includes support for Gemini Pro 3, a setting to enable sticky scroll for keeping scopes visible at the top of the editor, multi-word snippet prefixes, configurable default models for custom agent profiles, improved UI responsiveness when staging/unstaging large Git files, and support for HTML styling elements and table captions in Markdown preview.

Features

AI

• Agent: Added the newly released Gemini 3 Pro model. (#43015; thanks mInrOz)
• Agent: Added an icon button in the agent panel that allows triggering the @-mention menu (for adding context) now also with the mouse. (#42449)
• Agent: Added support for opening thread as markdown in remote projects. (#42182)
• Agent: Enabled configuring a default model for each cu

In the v0.96 release cycle, we focused on new features, stability, optimization improvements, and automation.

Installer Hashes

Highlights

For an in-depth look at the latest changes, visit the release blog.

• Advanced Paste now supports multiple online and on-device AI model providers: Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Mistral, Foundry Local and Ollama.
• Command Palette received extensive improvements including file search filters, better clipboard history metadata, context-menu styling, and dozens of bug fixes and enhancements.
• PowerRename can now extract and use photo metadata (EXIF, XMP) in renaming patterns like %Camera, %Lens, and %ExposureTime.

Advanced Paste

• Custom DNS: up to four entries (IPv4/IPv6), comma-separated inputs, ports supported.
• DNS apply: multi-server handling with port-aware resolver writing; speed tests use first entry per custom DNS.
• Fix: closing “Manage Custom DNS” no longer deletes the first custom entry.
• Menu: new About window with version/build info and GitHub link.

• Even safer OldTweetDeck: stealthier requests, forced security headers, less APIs called
• Fixed scheduled columns
• Fixed page loading forever

Changelog

Backend. Wasm

• KT-82075 K/Wasm: kotlin.wasm.internal.getSimpleName crashes on iOS Safari older than 26

Compiler

• KT-82138 Debugger: Cannot evaluate JvmInline value class parameter
• KT-78413 Kotlin Debugger: value classes as context parameters have incorrect names in Variables View during debugging
• KT-80549 Call of Java method with type parameter bounds: Expected FirResolvedTypeRef with ConeKotlinType but was FirJavaTypeRef
• KT-82132 False-positive type mismatch with -language-version 2.2<

What's Changed

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Ignore TestFlight apps in outdated & upgrade by @rgoldberg in #1056

Changes

• Create a hard link instead of a symlink when creating pkg installers by @rgoldberg in #1051
• Rename searcher & search result types & variables by @rgoldberg in #1055
• Update git version comment to 2.52.0 by @rgoldberg in #1059

Full Changelog: v3.0.0...v3.0.1

Enhancements

• Added Tahoe Abstract theme
• Updated to .NET 10 which enables dark mode across entire application (#553)

Bug Fixes

• Reduced impact on Windows startup time (#645)
• Fixed error when applying "None" wallpaper theme (#652)
• Fixed wallpaper not always refreshing when PC resumes from sleep (#657)

Patch release with Wave AI model upgrade, new secret management features, and improved terminal input handling.

Wave AI Updates:

• GPT-5.1 Model - Upgraded to use OpenAI's GPT-5.1 model for improved responses
• Thinking Mode Toggle - New dropdown to select between Quick, Balanced, and Deep thinking modes for optimal response quality vs speed
• [bugfix] Fixed path mismatch issue when restoring AI write file backups

New Features:

• Secret Store - New secret management widget for storing and managing sensitive credentials. Access secrets via CLI with wsh secret list/get/set commands

Terminal Improvements:

• Enhanced Input Handling - B

The update addresses these issues.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.