VS Code 1.103 Released with OpenAI GPT-5 & Chat Checkpoint

Visual Studio Code 103, the July release of the Microsoft’s IDE, was released few days ago on Thursday.

The new release made OpenAI GPT-5, the new model released on the same day, to all paid GitHub Copilot plans.

AI chat now support checkpoints, allowing to easily go back to certain points of your chat conversations. And when selecting a checkpoint, it reverts workspace changes and the chat history to that point, while, you can re-do that action as well.

The release now supports 128 tools per agent request. And, it introduced experimental tool-calling mode to automatically group tools (with ability to activate and call groups of tools) when reaches the maximum limit.

It also introduced experimental task/todo list feature in chat to better help you see which tasks are completed and which ones are still pending.

And, it revamped the tool picker with new Quick Tree component that supports expand/collapse, sticky scrolling, and icon rendering.

AI chat now has initial Math support. The feature is powered by KaTeX and supports both inline and block math equations, though disabled by default. To enable Math rendering, use the chat.math.enabled setting.

For MCP, the release added new setting to automatically refresh after added/updated an MCP server configuration, introduced a client-credentials flow, added manage dynamic auth provider option in Account menu, and added resource_link and structured output support.

Other changes include:

• Add ability to choose which models appear in model picker.
• Azure DevOps repos remote index support
• Wait for tasks and background terminals to complete before proceeding by using output polling.
• Context7 integration for project scaffolding (Experimental)
• Log auto-approve reasoning in Terminal Output channel.
• Rework test runner tool to show progress inline within chat.
• Show confirm dialog when try to quit VS Code with a chat response in progress.
• Automated accessibility tests for the editor using Playwright
• View all and previous edits commands available throughout the editor.
• Display basic AI statistics (experimental).
• Notebook inline chat with agent tools.
• Git worktree support.
• Inline documentation support in terminal suggestions.
• Voice dictation support in terminal.
• Shell integration support for Python 3.13 and above.
• TypeScript 5.9.2.
• More control for expandable hovers for JavaScript and TypeScript

Get VS Code 1.103

For more about the release and installer packages for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, go to its website via the link below:

For Ubuntu, it provides the official deb and snap packages, while there’s community maintained flatpak available for choice. See step by step how to install guide for beginners.