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Microsoft releases Visual Studio Code version 1.139 with enhancements for AI Agent remote development and large-scale session management

According to IT Home, Microsoft announced the release of Visual Studio Code version 1.139, focusing on AI Agent remote development and large-scale session management, with improvements to editor experience and performance. The update enables Agents to run inside Dev Containers for remote projects via SSH, Tunnel, or WSL, and introduces a centralized lightweight metadata directory for sessions, with significant speedups observed in a test of about 645 sessions.

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Microsoft releases Visual Studio Code version 1.139 with enhancements for AI Agent remote development and large-scale session management
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  1. 01Visual Studio Code version 1.139 released by Microsoft.
  2. 02AI Agent remote development supported via Dev Containers on SSH, Tunnel, or WSL.
  3. 03Centralized lightweight metadata directory added for session lists.
  4. 04Performance improvements: first load from 1.3 seconds to 0.1 seconds; refresh from 0.6 seconds to 0.15 seconds in tests with about 645 sessions.

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