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Visual Studio Code has new experimental themes and more AI coding features

The January 2026 update has arrived.

VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files

Versions installed via Snap don't delete files when users empty system trash Linux users who installed Microsoft's Visual ...

VS Code is gobbling up storage space on Ubuntu, but there's a fix

VS Code's official Snap package on Linux has a bug first reported in 2024 that still hasn't been fixed and is gobbling up ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code update shines on coding agents

Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces enhancements for providing agents with more skills and context and managing multiple ...
Microsoft

New Clickfix variant ‘CrashFix’ deploying Python Remote Access Trojan

CrashFix crashes browsers to coerce users into executing commands that deploy a Python RAT, abusing finger.exe and portable Python to evade detection and persist on high‑value systems.
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.109 Deemed a Multi-Agent Development Platform

The January 2026 release of Visual Studio Code expands AI-assisted development with structured planning agents, parallel ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On with New Multi-Agent Orchestration in VS Code

A proof of concept shows how multi-agent orchestration in Visual Studio Code 1.109 can turn a fragile, one-pass AI workflow into a more reliable, auditable process by breaking long tasks into smaller, ...