1.22.3

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Enhancement

• Add support for providing additional context information to Copilot Chat. PR #12685
  • Currently, it requires "C_Cpp.experimentalFeatures": "enabled" and typing #cpp in the chat.

Bug Fixes

• Fix the compiler selection control not keeping the list in sync with contents of the textbox. #7427
• Fix a string localization issue. #7824
• Stop logging duplicate compiler path messages. #12445
• Fix some crashes with recursive includes. #12643
• Fix a rare crash on macOS related to get_memory_usage. #12667
• Fix an issue with 'Extract to Function' formatting. #12677
• Fix a potential deadlock in process_paths. #12690

1.22.2

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Enhancement

• Remove the C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngineFallback setting. #12596

Bug Fix

• Fix a deadlock when doing "Find All References" and a file is deleted. #12656

1.22.1

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Enhancement

• Add "Additional Tracked Settings" to C/C++: Log Diagnostics output. PR #12635

Bug Fixes

• Fix hover over static constexpr variables sometimes not working. #12284
• Fix completion not giving results in several scenarios. #12412
• Fix include completion showing results for deleted folders with recursive includes. #12636
• Fix the /FU flag not working for C++/CLI . #12641
• Fix some crashes with recursive includes. #12643
• Fix IntelliSense not working on Windows when C_Cpp.caseSensitiveFileSupport is enabled. #12648
• Changes that might fix a crash with translate_encoding_to_utf8. #12652
• Fix a random crash during IntelliSense creation.

1.22.0

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Performance Improvements

• Switch to an alternative implementation of recursive includes (that sends all the paths instead of only the "used" paths). #11780
  • Performance improvement: Configuration is no longer blocked on tag parsing of all dependent headers.
  • Configuration change: Recursive include paths now take precedence over system include paths (similar to compiler behavior and non-recursive includes). #11485
• Initialization performance improvements. #12030
  • Some processing is parallelized and started earlier (populating the filename cache, discovering files). #11954, #12169
  • Some compiler configuration queries are cached in the database, and processing of compile_commands.json was improved. #10029, #12078
• Improve the implementation of file buffers to reduce memory usage.

Enhancements

• Add modified C_Cpp settings to the C/C++: Log Diagnostics output. #11700
• Change the default C/C++ "editor.stickyScroll.defaultModel" to "foldingProviderModel". #12483
• Add better validation for settings. #12371
• Various IntelliSense parsing updates/fixes.

Bug Fixes

• Stop logging duplicate compiler path messages. #12445
• Fix an issue where a file is incorrectly processed as C instead of C++. #12466
• Fix include path ordering being incorrect if there is a duplicate. #12525
• Fix a WebAssembly "Out of Memory" error. #12529
• Fix an error message not being shown if the connection failed with remote attach debugging. #12547
  • Thank you for the contribution. @MrStanislav0 (Stanislav)
• Fix -I not being used if -iquote is also used for the same path. #12551
• Fix issues with relative paths on nvcc (CUDA) command lines not being handled correctly. #12553
• Fix a random crash when a child process is created. #12585
• Fix a crash on shutdown on macOS with a verbose logging level. #12567
• Fix some issues with recursive includes handling of symbolic links, multi-root, exclusion changes, and file/folder deletion.
• Fix unnecessary IntelliSense resetting when a new file or folder was created.
• Fix accumulation of stale signature help and completion requests.
• Fix some bugs with include completion.

1.21.6 (patch fix update)

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

• Fix a cpptools-srv crash on shutdown. #12354

1.21.5 (patch fix update)

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix clang-format and clang-tidy not working on Windows 10. #12289
• Fix a crash with cpptools-srv on certain macOS configurations. #12354
• Fix cpptools crashing on macOS Big Sur or older. #12511
• Fix debugging on Windows ARM64. #12520

1.21.4 (patch fix update)

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

• Re-enable compatibility with VS Code 1.67.0 (instead of 1.82.0). #12507

1.21.3 (patch fix update)

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022), but due to bug #12507, only 1.82.0 is supported until we release 1.21.4.
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

• Fix a crash on Linux ARM OS's. #12497

1.21.2

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).

Changes

Enhancements

• Add see and sa to the C_Cpp.doxygen.sectionTags setting. #12384
• Update the vcpkg header database. PR #12430
• Disable the pre-release prompt if the extensions.ignoreRecommendations setting is true. #12438
• Switch to an alternative workspace symbol search implementation (performance and results will be slightly different from previous versions).
• Various IntelliSense engine updates/fixes.

Bug Fixes

• Stop logging file watch events for excluded files. #11455
• Fix a crash if the Ryzen 3000 doesn't have updated drivers. #12201
• Fix handling of -isystem and -iquote for IntelliSense configuration. #12207
• Fix doxygen comment generation when /** comments are used. #12249
• Fix a code analysis crash on Linux if the message is too long. #12285
• Fix relative paths in compile_commands.json to be relative to the compile_commands.json's directory. #12290
• Fix a tag parser performance regression. #12292
• Fix a regression with cl.exe system include path detection. #12293
• Fix code analysis, find all references, and rename from getting the wrong configuration for non-open files on the first run when using a configuration provider. #12313
• Fix handling of doxygen comment blocks with *//* in them. #12316
• Fix potential crashes during IntelliSense process shutdown. #12354
• Fix the language status not showing it's busy while the tag parser is initializing. #12403
• Fix the vcpkg code action not appearing for missing headers available via vcpkg. #12413
• Fix custom configurations sometimes not getting used. PR #12427
• Fix a code analysis error when using gcc 14. #12428
• Fix warning notification showing when C_Cpp.getIncludes is disabled. PR #12470
• Fix a cause of colorization, inactive regions, and inlay hints getting cleared when an update is pending.
• Update the default clang/gcc versions used for IntelliSense if an unknown version is found.
• Fix a cause of semantic tokens transiently being placed in the wrong location.
• Update clang-format and clang-tidy from 18.1.2 to 18.1.7 (for the bug fixes).
• Fix a potential deadlock when configured using compile commands.

1.21.1 (release candidate)

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April, 2022).
• Platforms:
  • Windows (7+): x64, arm64. (x86 is only available via the non-pre-release vsix on GitHub).
  • Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.): x64, arm64, arm.
  • macOS (10.12+): x64, arm64.

Changes

Enhancements

• Add see and sa to the C_Cpp.doxygen.sectionTags setting. #12384
• Update the vcpkg header database. PR #12430
• Disable the pre-release prompt if the extensions.ignoreRecommendations setting is true. #12438
• Switch to an alternative workspace symbol search implementation (performance and results will be slightly different from previous versions).
• Various IntelliSense engine updates/fixes.

Bug Fixes

• Fix a crash if the Ryzen 3000 doesn't have updated drivers. #12201
• Fix relative paths in compile_commands.json to be relative to the compile_commands.json's directory. #12290
• Fix a tag parser performance regression. #12292
• Fix code analysis, find all references, and rename from getting the wrong configuration for non-open files on the first run when using a configuration provider. #12313
• Fix potential crashes. #12354
• Fix the language status not showing it's busy while the tag parser is initializing. #12403
• Fix the vcpkg code action not appearing for missing headers available via vcpkg. #12413
• Fix custom configurations sometimes not getting used. PR #12427
• Fix a code analysis error when using gcc 14. #12428
• Fix a cause of colorization, inactive regions, and inlay hints getting cleared when an update is pending.
• Fix a cause of semantic tokens transiently being placed in the wrong location.
• Fix a potential deadlock when configured using compile commands.