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Last updated: August 11, 2026

Welcome to the 1.134 Insiders release of Visual Studio Code.

These release notes cover the Insiders build of VS Code and continue to evolve as new features are added.

You can still track our progress in the Commit log and our list of Closed issues.

Happy Coding!

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August 11, 2026

• Hide the Voice Mode listening or barge-in placeholder in the chat input while you're typing, and restore it once the input is cleared. #330288

• Add a link to configure voice.md instructions to the Voice Mode onboarding banner, alongside the existing settings link. #328083

• Fixed an issue where Voice Mode instructions in voice.md were not applied. #328860

August 10, 2026

• Add support for associating HTML files with the integrated browser using the workbench.editor.associations setting, so they open directly in the browser instead of the text editor. #328545

• Add subtitles and status indicators to the Chats picker in the Agents window, grouping regular, forked, and side chats separately from active subagents. #329176

• Add support for selecting the unsaved editors count badge in the Open Editors view to jump to the first unsaved editor. #328907

• Add a keybinding to reopen the most recently closed chat or session, mirroring how browsers reopen a closed tab. #329184

August 7, 2026

• Add support for running Codex sessions in the agent host with an OpenAI, ChatGPT, or other configured model provider without requiring GitHub Copilot sign-in. #329668

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