Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot - What's new in 1.117
Fokko at Work walks through what’s new for Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot in VS Code 1.117, focusing on Copilot BYOK for Business/Enterprise plans, faster chat response rendering, and updates to agent sessions and sub-sessions.
Overview
The video demos several GitHub Copilot-related updates in Visual Studio Code 1.117, including:
- Bring your own key (BYOK) support for GitHub Copilot Business and GitHub Copilot Enterprise licensing.
- Incremental rendering for Copilot Chat responses (output appears progressively rather than waiting for the full response).
- Agent session UX updates, including sorting sessions by recent activity.
- VS Code Agents improvements, including creating sub-sessions.
Source notes and links mentioned:
- VS Code release notes: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_117
- Additional info: https://tech.xebia.ms/github-copilot
Timeline (from the video description)
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:14 Bring your own key for Copilot Business and Enterprise
- 03:41 Incremental rendering of chat responses
- 06:31 Sort agent sessions by recent activity
- 07:27 VS Code Agents - Create sub-sessions