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730 mentions on Hacker News by 573 people: 130 stories, 600 comments · first 2015-11-18 · latest 2026-10-30

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  1. …there is recently added builtin setting for delayed auto-update, `extensions.autoUpdateDelay`, see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/316867 and https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/321039
    comment by darkwi11ow · 2026-10-30 · in Backdoor in Claude Code for VS Code extension on the Cursor Marketplace
  2. It shouldn't. Be as close as AGI we are (/s), this issue from 2018 is still open: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/52116 I don't know what we are doing.
    comment by fg137 · 2026-10-30 · in Backdoor in Claude Code for VS Code extension on the Cursor Marketplace
  3. …nothing like what it does and instead have a more "modern" UI. But, would it be an improvement? [1] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/519
    comment by potamic · 2026-10-16 · in Modernizing the VS Code UI
  4. The following issue has a good number of screenshots in various comments: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/325240?timeline_p...
    comment by layer8 · 2026-09-25 · in Bug: Border radius has infected VSCode editor
  5. …the context by pressing F1 and then selecting "Developer: Show Chat Debug View" in VS Code ( https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Copilot-Issues ) and marvel at all the garbage that is in there.
    comment by gpugreg · 2026-09-14 · in Notes on gotchas while migrating 35kb preprompts from Opus to self-hosted Ollama
  6. …for it just made me lmao more each and every year. someone dropped a cake on its tenth birthday https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/519#issuecomment-...
    comment by trueno · 2026-08-05 · in Keyv and friends compromised in active Shai-Hulud supply chain attack
  7. …in an attempt to help filter that out in model training. Controversial default to say the least. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/310226
    comment by bel8 · 2026-06-24 · in GitHub Is Becoming a Giant AI Code Dump
  8. …when opening notebooks in web VSCode and not allowing trusted publisher to be skipped by commands ( https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/319705 ). That's probably one of the fastest responses I've seen from a vendor.
    comment by ammar2 · 2026-06-03 · in 1-Click GitHub Token Stealing via a VSCode Bug
  9. One can (maybe, probably) disable copilot completely in vscode: chat.disableAIFeatures https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/309947 I am considering pinning whatever the earliest version in which this setting was introduced. I can't…
    comment by matltc · 2026-06-03 · in AI Doesn't Have ROI
  10. …time to ask for VSCode Sadbox. I do not understand how Microsoft is not putting it up in priority. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/52116
    comment by jakemm · 2026-05-21 · in GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension
  11. Well, it certainly wasn't for lack of warning about the glaring risks... https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/52116
    comment by guiambros · 2026-05-21 · in GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension
  12. Not holding my breath. This issue has been open since 2018 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/52116
    comment by fg137 · 2026-05-20 · in GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension
  13. …but apparently Microsoft has put way more effort into their Copilot slop than security. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/52116 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42979994 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46855527
    comment by fg137 · 2026-05-20 · in GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension
  14. …that, where a theme should only have permission to change visual attributes of VsCode. upvote here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/52116#issuecommen... VsCode and other IDEs have basically no permission system (spoiler alert:…
    comment by mentalgear · 2026-05-20 · in GitHub is investigating unauthorized access to their internal repositories
  15. …loop, does that show up in frequency of commits then?) to measure it and see if it's running 10x? https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/graphs/contributors?from...
    comment by CraigJPerry · 2026-05-09 · in Mythical Man Month
  16. So freaking weird. Is it normal at MS for Product Managers to push code? wtf Original PR: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/310226
    comment by netule · 2026-05-06 · in Update on "Co-authored-by: Copilot" in commit messages
  17. FYI - we have posted update on the subject with more details, links and analysis here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/314311 Hopefully this answers some more of the questions raised here. It also incorporates a lot of feedback…
    comment by dmitriv · 2026-05-05 · in VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
  18. now it is not default https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/313931
    comment by cvsnraju · 2026-05-03 · in VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
  19. they fixed default behaviour https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/313931
    comment by cvsnraju · 2026-05-03 · in VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
  20. Agreed, fixed disableAiFeatures in my PR: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/313931 Will work on making it better later.
    comment by dmitriv · 2026-05-03 · in VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
  21. Sorry about that, it's being reverted: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/313931
    comment by dmitriv · 2026-05-03 · in VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
  22. Switched back to opt-in here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/313931
    comment by dmitriv · 2026-05-03 · in VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
  23. Thanks. Done here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/313931
    comment by dmitriv · 2026-05-03 · in VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
  24. Here you go: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/313931
    comment by dmitriv · 2026-05-03 · in GitHub Copilot silently inserts itself as a co-author
  25. Author is absolutely from Microsoft https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/310226 https://github.com/cwebster-99
    comment by beardbandit · 2026-05-03 · in VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
  26. …a simple UI to clear "issues" pane, instead blaming plugin authors for not 'owning' the content. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/66982 Microsoft hasn't cared about the actual users of VSCode for a very long time.
    comment by jagged-chisel · 2026-05-03 · in VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
  27. …HN article makes it look seemingly like the revert is due to negative PR opposed to a mistake. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/313725/commits/1e70...
    comment by jamesbfb · 2026-05-03 · in VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
  28. We got a positive response just before "microsoft locked as spam": https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/310226#event-251003...
    comment by jagged-chisel · 2026-05-03 · in VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
  29. Looks like it comes into play for telemetry and here in actual commits: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/4e312e3c3a18d13c26d...
    comment by djoldman · 2026-05-02 · in VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
  30. FYI, they changed the default of 'git.addAICoAuthor' to 'chatAndAgent' afterwards: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/312880 So it was 'off' -> 'on' -> 'chatAndAgent'
    comment by MaKey · 2026-05-02 · in VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
  31. PR submitted: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/313725
    comment by typed-sigterm · 2026-05-01 · in GitHub Copilot silently inserts itself as a co-author
  32. It’s already getting hate: [1]: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/304953 [2]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79914612/how-can-i-resto...
    comment by fastily · 2026-03-27 · in New VSCode Default Themes
  33. Looks like it's "Show Base" under the top-level "..." menu when working on a merge conflict https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/155277#issuecomme...
    comment by ramchip · 2026-03-22 · in The future of version control
  34. Well, one way to boost this command to fame is to open an issue on the repo and crash out.[0] [0] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/32405
    comment by ljm · 2026-02-23 · in The JavaScript Oxidation Compiler
  35. …by itself at some point. I'll see if I can find it edit: VSCode bug states this more clearly https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/95745
    comment by int0x29 · 2026-02-15 · in I fixed Windows native development
  36. …complaint about it here! The context window is stuck at 128k for all models (except maybe Codex): https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/264153 and https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/issues/5993 This absolutely sucks, especially…
    comment by eulers_secret · 2026-02-02 · in Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft
  37. …care about security, it's good for VSCode performance. I'll save that story for another day.) [0] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/52116 [1] https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/05/03/prioritizing-sec...
    comment by g947o · 2026-02-02 · in MaliciousCorgi: AI Extensions send your code to China
  38. …similar to this one I requested for Deno/TS ... no longer need the .ts extension for my local use. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/287819
    comment by tracker1 · 2026-01-29 · in Make.ts
  39. We're planning on switching the default in 1.109 with https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/287073 My main hesitation here was that really it's just a false sense of security though. Tasks is just one of the things this enables, and…
    comment by Tyriar · 2026-01-23 · in Threat actors expand abuse of Microsoft Visual Studio Code
  40. …codebase to only use them when the workspace is trusted. `allowAutomaticTasks` is one such setting: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/f7730c409e14af94d75... So a malicious repo can easily override it... if you say you trust it.
    comment by Tyriar · 2026-01-22 · in Threat actors expand abuse of Microsoft Visual Studio Code
  41. this is the issue that tracks that effort https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/221145
    comment by artur-gawlik · 2026-01-06 · in I switched from VSCode to Zed
  42. …in their own branded features This part isn't true, MS and VSCodium both build their releases upon https://github.com/microsoft/vscode , but MS does not build VSCodium at all.
    comment by bityard · 2026-01-05 · in I switched from VSCode to Zed
  43. …find AI features appearing after you have configured this setting, then please report an issue at https://github.com/microsoft/vscode and we are happy to take a look. It is possible that from time to time a new AI related feature slips in…
    comment by bpasero · 2026-01-05 · in I switched from VSCode to Zed
  44. …flag = 1 << 10 return parser_fn(code, filename, "exec", flags=flag, dont_inherit=True, optimize=0) https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/283430
    comment by Porygon · 2025-12-30 · in Show HN: A Claude Code plugin that catch destructive Git and filesystem commands
  45. …in mind extensions may or may not respect that. Here's that specific event if you're interested: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/b0e9dce905d12646801...
    comment by Tyriar · 2025-12-25 · in Microsoft please get your tab to autocomplete shit together
  46. …where it doesn't work well, that's one of the key pieces of feedback we got and is tracked in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/282578 For that WSL one specifically we'll get it fixed in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/2…
    comment by Tyriar · 2025-12-25 · in Microsoft please get your tab to autocomplete shit together
  47. Hi from the VS Code team - I recently went into detail about why we did this in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/282268#issuecomme... . We believe it'll be beneficial overall and go a long way in lowering the bar to make the…
    comment by Tyriar · 2025-12-25 · in Microsoft please get your tab to autocomplete shit together
  48. …sadly their issue report page is a bit of a cesspool - will really make you lose faith in humanity. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues I think maybe vibe coders got to it and don’t realize that there are certain requirements to…
    comment by n8cpdx · 2025-12-25 · in Microsoft please get your tab to autocomplete shit together
  49. …long term proprietary fork won? VSCode is a proprietary fork of code-oss, the product located at https://github.com/microsoft/vscode . It might not be an example that you're looking for though.
    comment by tristan957 · 2025-12-03 · in Ghostty is now non-profit
  50. …curl command (cmd)" did (does?) this. There is bunch of VS Code bug is also related to this (e.g. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/248435 , still not fixed) It's also funny because VS Code is a Microsoft product.
    comment by thrdbndndn · 2025-12-01 · in Google Antigravity just deleted the contents of whole drive