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opened on Jan 6, 2026 · edited by kieferrm

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This plan captures our work in January 2026. This is a 4-week iteration. We will ship in early February.

Endgame

• January 26, 2026: Endgame begins
• January 30, 2026: Endgame done

The endgame details for this iteration are tracked here.

Plan Items

Below is a summary of the top level plan items.

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Mark	Description
🏃	work in progress
✋	blocked task
💪	stretch goal for this iteration
🔴	missing issue reference
🔵	more investigation required to remove uncertainty
⚫	under discussion within the team
⬛	a large work item, larger than one iteration

Accessibility

• Accessibility issues, see query @meganrogge team
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Workbench

• Glob matching should be case insensitive vscode#10633 @dmitrivMS

  Investigate improvements for Simple Browser vscode#277298 @kycutler @jruales @unthinkmedia

  Integrated Browser V1 vscode#286579 @kycutler @jruales @unthinkmedia

  Rollout Windows 11 Explorer context menu item to Stable vscode#204696 @deepak1556

  Rollout improved Windows update flow to Stable vscode#281963 @deepak1556

  🏃 Support in-context Quick Pick interactions vscode#238095 @lszomoru @TylerLeonhardt

  🏃 Portable mode improvements @dmitrivMS

  🏃 Metered network connections support @dmitrivMS

  🏃 Update UI improvements @dmitrivMS
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Code Editor

• Hover on keyboard modifier should trigger instantly vscode#276558 @benvillalobos

  Fix important self host issues with experimental GPU acceleration project @Tyriar

  🏃 Allow configuring font family, font size and line height via syntactic tokens vscode#263545 @aiday-mar
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Languages

Python

• Use environment extension api when executing Python code and file vscode-python#25687 @anthonykim1

  • Create terminal api does not return activated terminal for command type vscode-python-environments#1078 @anthonykim1
  • Ctrl+c immeditately issued upon run, execution cancelled by activation command vscode-python-environments#640 @anthonykim1

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🏃 Various bug fixes for Python Environments Extension vscode-python-environments-query @eleanorjboyd

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Terminal

• Remove winpty support node-pty#842 vscode#284519 @anthonykim1

  Implement kitty keyboard protocol vscode#286809 @Tyriar

  Implement win32 input mode vscode#286896 @Tyriar
• ✋ 🏃 Conpty issues @anthonykim1

  • Ship newer version of conpty vscode#224488 @anthonykim1 @Tyriar
  • Issues from conpty on Windows 25H2 vscode#243584, vscode#241978 vscode#274372 @anthonykim1 @Tyriar

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🏃 Implement kitty graphics protocol vscode#286141 @anthonykim1

API

• API proposals: query @mjbvz @alexr00

  API finalization: query @mjbvz @alexr00
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Source Control

• 🏃 Git: Support setup steps for new worktrees vscode#276834 @lszomoru
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AI

Chat

• Allow creating new sessions from chat input vscode#284091 @benibenj

  Chat: Improve model management UI vscode#270143 @sandy081

  Address chat performance problems for longer chats vscode#286610 @roblourens @connor4312

  Render progress as tool calls stream in vscode#278640 @lramos15

  Enable mermaid support by default vscode#271372 @mjbvz

  Improve terminal inside chat view vscode#257468 @meganrogge

  Unify changes in the 'working set' area across agent session types vscode#278654 @connor4312 @lostintangent

  Support tool approval in a hover vscode#280617 @connor4312

  🏃 Polish Agent Sessions UI query @bpasero @lostintangent

  🏃 Chat: Support contributable chat context resources vscode#271104 @alexr00

  🏃 Improve chat response rendering query @justschen @jo-oikawa @hawkticehurst

  🏃 Chat Sessions Controller API @mjbvz vscode#276243

  🏃 Revisit terminal tool running background terminals UX vscode#274550 @Tyriar
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MCP

• Support MCP registry url property vscode#278398 @sandy081

  Explore supporting MCP apps vscode#260218 @connor4312
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Inline Chat

• Make inline chat more discoverable vscode#287105 @jrieken
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NES / Completions

• Improve the speed for import NES suggestions vscode#277811 @benibenj @dbaeumer

  Improve rendering of inline completions in small edits scenarios (single characters, punctuation) vscode#284517 @benibenj

  Prefer NES/completions over word suggestions vscode#284076 @benibenj

  Add support for diagnostics to the inline completion prompt vscode#277829 @dbaeumer

  Suggest semantic renames when editing an identifier vscode#289124@dbaeumer

  Add support for patch-based model response format vscode#287115 @ulugbekna @vkrd

  Adopt ICompletionsFetchService for completions vscode#277830 @ulugbekna

  💪 Allow running simulation tests that include the completions model vscode#280344 @ulugbekna @benibenj
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Agents

• Suggest to install GHPRI from Cloud agent sessions vscode#286168 @alexr00

  Support model-specific tools and tool descriptions vscode#277472 @connor4312 @bhavyaus

  Support model / 3rd party agents in Cloud Agents vscode#286170 @joshspicer

  Polish background agent session UX vscode#287043 @lszomoru @rebornix team

  Sandboxing terminal while running commands through agent vscode#277286 @dileepyavan

  🏃 Support for Claude Agent vscode#266962 @TylerLeonhardt

  🏃 Support repo picker for cloud agents and polish empty workspace experience vscode#286020 @osortega @rebornix

  🏃 CLI integration improvements (custom-agent/model/tools) vscode#286028 @DonJayamanne
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Prompt/Instruction Files and Custom Agents

• Allow parallel subagent execution vscode#274630 @roblourens

  Improve custom agents vscode#286237 @aeschli @pwang347 @digitarald

  Improve skill lookup vscode#286238 @aeschli @pwang347

  Provide skill lookup debugging vscode#286239 @aeschli @pwang347

  Support GitHub's organization custom instructions vscode#276636 @pwang347 @aeschli

  💪 Improve open editor handoff for Plan agent vscode#277432 @aeschli @pwang347
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Code Review

• 💪 Notify user when CCR no-ops vscode#277286 @benvillalobos

  💪 Add Chat: Code Review command vscode#276977 @benvillalobos
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Engineering

• Consume codicons from npm vscode#283823 @alexr00

  Explore distributing .dmg for macOS arm64 vscode#265849 @deepak1556
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Documentation

• Test-driven development user guide vscode-docs#8951 @ntrogh @digitarald

  Refactor Enterprise article into separate articles vscode-docs#9132 @ntrogh @joshspicer

  💪 Working with large codebases user guide vscode-docs#8932 @digitarald @ntrogh
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Deferred

• Register a single inline completions provider to vscode's API vscode#287116 @ulugbekna

  Archive handling for background/cloud sessions vscode#286171 @joshspicer

  Explore layouts for Chat session + Multi File Diff vscode#260226 @joshspicer

  Update Profiles UI to include AI features vscode#270130 @eli-w-king

  Engineering: ESM restore support for ASAR vscode#228064 @deepak1556

  Explore task-oriented workflow for chat/agent sessions vscode-pr#8076 @mjbvz

  Exploration: Support runtime experimentation vscode#286162 @deepak1556

  Refine chat motion rendering vscode#287175 @hawkticehurst @justchen @roblourens
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