Releases · microsoft/vscode-cpptools

Instructions

The extension can be obtained by one of the methods below:

Install the "C/C++" or "C/C++ Extension Pack" extension published by Microsoft from the Extensions view in VS Code.
Download a vsix that matches your OS from the Assets section below (and install it via the method mentioned above). The previous download methods have the vsix signatures verified by the Marketplace, but for this method, you can do the verification by downloading the matching manifest and signature.p7s file and running npx @vscode/vsce@latest verify-signature -i <.vsix> -m <.signature.manifest> -s <.signature.p7s> vscode-vsce#1044.

Requirements

VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April 2022).
Windows 7+ (x64, arm64), macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).
- Debugging is not supported on CentOS 7 or RHEL 7. The last supported version was 1.22.11: #13219.

Changes

Enhancements

Add a configuration warning message explaining why paths in quotes can't be found. #11955
Improve the description of the C_Cpp.copilotHover setting. PR #13461

Bug Fixes

Fix no error appearing in the configuration UI when an invalid compilerPath is used. #12661
Fix the 'Debug C/C++ File' button sometimes disappearing. #13400
Fix a crash in read_double. #13435
Fix the handling of default file associations for certain file extensions. PR #13455
Fix shell parsing of the arguments of a full command line in compilerPath. PR #13468
Fix C and CUDA files being interpreted as C++ in compile_commands.json. #13471
Stop automatically mapping a .C file to C++ if it's already set in files.associations. PR #13476
Fix issues with the recursiveIncludes properties in the configuration UI editor. PR #13498
Fix IntelliSense not updating after the language ID is changed, and prevent the language ID from being changed if it's set from compile_commands.json or a configuration provider.
Update clang-tidy and clang-format from 20.1.2 to 20.1.3 (which has some bug fixes).
Fix a case where language server crash messages appear after 4 minutes.
Fix a crash with Copilot hover.
Fix some translation issues.

Instructions

The extension can be obtained by one of the methods below:

Install the "C/C++" or "C/C++ Extension Pack" extension published by Microsoft from the Extensions view in VS Code.
Download a vsix that matches your OS from the Assets section below (and install it via the method mentioned above). The previous download methods have the vsix signatures verified by the Marketplace, but for this method, you can do the verification by downloading the matching manifest and signature.p7s file and running npx @vscode/vsce@latest verify-signature -i <.vsix> -m <.signature.manifest> -s <.signature.p7s> vscode-vsce#1044.

Requirements

VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April 2022).
Windows 7+ (x64, arm64), macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).
- Debugging is not supported on CentOS 7 or RHEL 7. The last supported version was 1.22.11: #13219.

Changes

Bug Fixes

Fix a crash in read_double. #13435
Fix a crash with Copilot hover.

Instructions

The extension can be obtained by one of the methods below:

Install the "C/C++" or "C/C++ Extension Pack" extension published by Microsoft from the Extensions view in VS Code.
Download a vsix that matches your OS from the Assets section below (and install it via the method mentioned above). The previous download methods have the vsix signatures verified by the Marketplace, but for this method, you can do the verification by downloading the matching manifest and signature.p7s file and running npx @vscode/vsce@latest verify-signature -i <.vsix> -m <.signature.manifest> -s <.signature.p7s> vscode-vsce#1044.

Requirements

VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April 2022).
Windows 7+ (x64, arm64), macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).
- Debugging is not supported on CentOS 7 or RHEL 7. The last supported version was 1.22.11: #13219.

Changes

Enhancement

Add a configuration warning message explaining why paths in quotes can't be found. #11955

Bug Fixes

Fix no error appearing in the configuration UI when an invalid compilerPath is used. #12661
Fix the 'Debug C/C++ File' button sometimes disappearing. #13400
Fix some cases of a tag parser crash with read_double. #13435
Fix issues with the recursiveIncludes properties in the configuration UI editor. PR #13498
Update clang-tidy and clang-format from 20.1.2 to 20.1.3 (which has some bug fixes).
Fix some translation issues.

Instructions

The extension can be obtained by one of the methods below:

Install the "C/C++" or "C/C++ Extension Pack" extension published by Microsoft from the Extensions view in VS Code.
Download a vsix that matches your OS from the Assets section below (and install it via the method mentioned above). The previous download methods have the vsix signatures verified by the Marketplace, but for this method, you can do the verification by downloading the matching manifest and signature.p7s file and running npx @vscode/vsce@latest verify-signature -i <.vsix> -m <.signature.manifest> -s <.signature.p7s> vscode-vsce#1044.

Requirements

VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April 2022).
Windows 7+ (x64, arm64), macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).
- Debugging is not supported on CentOS 7 or RHEL 7. The last supported version was 1.22.11: #13219.

Changes

Enhancement

Improve the description of the C_Cpp.copilotHover setting. PR #13461

Bug Fixes

Fix a crash during tag parsing (in read_double). #13435
Fix the handling of default file associations for certain file extensions. PR #13455
Fix shell parsing of the arguments of a full command line in compilerPath. PR #13468
Fix C and CUDA files being interpreted as C++ in compile_commands.json. #13471
Stop automatically mapping a .C file to C++ if it's already set in files.associations. PR #13476
Fix IntelliSense not updating after the language ID is changed, and prevent the language ID from being changed if it's set from compile_commands.json or a configuration provider.
Fix a case where language server crash messages appear after 4 minutes.

Instructions

The extension can be obtained by one of the methods below:

Install the "C/C++" or "C/C++ Extension Pack" extension published by Microsoft from the Extensions view in VS Code.
Download a vsix that matches your OS from the Assets section below (and install it via the method mentioned above). The previous download methods have the vsix signatures verified by the Marketplace, but for this method, you can do the verification by downloading the matching manifest and signature.p7s file and running npx @vscode/vsce@latest verify-signature -i <.vsix> -m <.signature.manifest> -s <.signature.p7s> vscode-vsce#1044.

Requirements

VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April 2022).
Windows 7+ (x64, arm64), macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).
- Debugging is not supported on CentOS 7 or RHEL 7. The last supported version was 1.22.11: #13219.

Changes

New Feature

Add support for Copilot descriptions in hover tooltips, controlled by the C_Cpp.copilotHover setting. PR #13385

Enhancements

Improve/fix the switch header/source feature. #2635
Add detected test frameworks to the Copilot context when #cpp is used. PR #13285
Update clang-tidy and clang-format from 19.1.7 to 20.1.2. PR #13348
Remove some unnecessary files from the vsix. PR #13368
Improve the logging when a non-existent path is used for indexing. PR #13372
Add a new recursiveIncludes property to c_cpp_properties.json. PR #13374
Remove the C_Cpp.updateChannel setting. PR #13376
Add handling of -cxx-isystem, -stblib++-isystem, -isystem-after, and --include-barrier Clang compiler arguments when composing the order of include paths used by IntelliSense.
Defer the building of the include completion cache to another thread to improve performance when a file is opened.
On shutdown, immediately terminate the IntelliSense process instead of waiting 2 seconds.

Bug Fixes

Fix an IntelliSense crash in build_sections. #12666, #12956
Fix random IntelliSense process crashes on Linux/macOS when C_Cpp.intelliSenseCacheSize is > 0. #12668
Fix a bug in which hundreds of custom configuration requests could be sent on startup before the configuration provider has registered. #13166
Fix handling of the -framework compiler argument. #13204
Fix a potential race between didChange and didOpen. PR #13209
Fix an issue with the .editorconfig tab_size. PR #13216
Fix a potential deadlock on shutdown if configuration providers are used. #13218
Fix the code analysis mode in the Language Status bar not updating after the setting changes. #13240
Fix system include/framework paths being used as a fallback for user include/framework paths in the base configuration. PR #13247
Fix the svdPath description being missing for launch.json. #13287
Update the Windows SDK packages referenced in the walkthrough. #13290
Fix an issue with C: being treated as a relative path. PR #13297
Fix an unnecessary TU reset when a change is detected in a compile_commands.json file that is not used by the active configuration. #13317
Fix handling of URIs in web environments. #13327
Fix a potential deadlock after using 'Reset IntelliSense Database'. #13337
Fix some localization bugs. PR #13373
Fix IntelliSense showing the wrong size of objects. #13375
Fix the get_mangled_function_name IntelliSense process crash. #13358
Fix an issue with duplicate forced includes being removed. Multiple forced includes of the same file should now properly be included multiple times.
Fix an issue in which the base configuration browse paths may not get populated when using a custom configuration provider.
Fix an issue with forced includes not being resolved against the same include path search order as a compiler would.
Fix a ${workspaceFolder}/* include path not being used as a non-recursive browse path.
Fix an issue with include path ordering of paths specified with the -imsvc argument.
Fix a race condition that could result in incorrect include completion results.
Avoid reporting an error due to multiple didOpen requests after a crash.
Fix an inaccurate cursor position for IntelliSense update.
Fix an IntelliSense crash if a "bad seq number" occurs.
Fix processes potentially getting stuck on shutdown.
Fix a potential crash when saving a file.
Fix a random crash during code analysis.

Instructions

The extension can be obtained by one of the methods below:

Install the "C/C++" or "C/C++ Extension Pack" extension published by Microsoft from the Extensions view in VS Code.
Download a vsix that matches your OS from the Assets section below (and install it via the method mentioned above). The previous download method has the vsix signatures verified by the Marketplace, but for this method, you can do the verification by downloading the matching manifest and signature.p7s file and running npx @vscode/vsce@latest verify-signature -i <.vsix> -m <.signature.manifest> -s <.signature.p7s> vscode-vsce#1044.

Requirements

VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April 2022).
Windows 7+ (x64, arm64), macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).
- Debugging is not supported on CentOS 7 or RHEL 7. The last supported version was 1.22.11: #13219.

Changes

Enhancements

Add a new recursiveIncludes property to c_cpp_properties.json. PR #13374
Turn Copilot hover on by default. PR #13385
On shutdown, immediately terminate the IntelliSense process instead of waiting 2 seconds.

Bug Fixes

Fix one potential cause of the get_mangled_function_name IntelliSense process crash. #13358
Fix Copilot-related logging appearing when it shouldn't. PR #13388, PR #13417
Fix relative compiler paths being expanded in compile_commands.json. #13405
Fix all caps clang-format logging on Windows. #13406
Fix an IntelliSense process crash in handle_function.
Avoid reporting an error due to multiple didOpen requests after a crash.

Instructions

The extension can be obtained by one of the methods below:

Install the "C/C++" or "C/C++ Extension Pack" extension published by Microsoft from the Extensions view in VS Code.
Download a vsix that matches your OS from the Assets section below (and install it via the method mentioned above). The previous download method has the vsix signatures verified by the Marketplace, but for this method, you can do the verification by downloading the matching manifest and signature.p7s file and running npx @vscode/vsce@latest verify-signature -i <.vsix> -m <.signature.manifest> -s <.signature.p7s> vscode-vsce#1044.

Requirements

VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April 2022).
Windows 7+ (x64, arm64), macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).
- Debugging is not supported on CentOS 7 or RHEL 7. The last supported version was 1.22.11: #13219.

Changes

Enhancements

Add detected test frameworks to the Copilot context when #cpp is used. PR #13285
Update clang-tidy and clang-format from 19.1.7 to 20.1.0. PR #13348
Remove some unnecessary files from the vsix. PR #13368
Improve the logging when a non-existent path is used for indexing. PR #13372
Remove the C_Cpp.updateChannel setting. PR #13376
Switch to only passing the root framework to clang-tidy.

Bug Fixes

Fix a bug with symlink resolving with compile_commands.json. #13321
Fix a performance issue on macOS when processing compile_commands.json with a lot of include paths. #13366
Fix some localization bugs. PR #13373
Fix IntelliSense showing the wrong size of objects. #13375
Fix a ${workspaceFolder}/* include path not being used as a non-recursive browse path.
Fix some potential IntelliSense process crashes when processing Copilot snippets.
Fix a regression with compiler query caching in the database.

Instructions

The extension can be obtained by one of the methods below:

Install the "C/C++" or "C/C++ Extension Pack" extension published by Microsoft from the Extensions view in VS Code.
Download a vsix that matches your OS from the Assets section below (and install it via the method mentioned above). The previous download method has the vsix signatures verified by the Marketplace, but for this method, you can do the verification by downloading the matching manifest and signature.p7s file and running npx @vscode/vsce@latest verify-signature -i <.vsix> -m <.signature.manifest> -s <.signature.p7s> vscode-vsce#1044.

Requirements

VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April 2022).
Windows 7+ (x64, arm64), macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).
- Debugging is not supported on CentOS 7 or RHEL 7. The last supported version was 1.22.11: #13219.

Changes

Enhancements

Various improvements to Copilot snippets. PR #13296
Add handling of -cxx-isystem, -stblib++-isystem, -isystem-after, and --include-barrier Clang compiler arguments when composing the order of include paths used by IntelliSense.
Defer building of an include completion cache to another thread, improving performance when a file is opened.

Bug Fixes

Fix the code analysis mode in the Language Status bar not updating after the setting changes. #13240
Fix the svdPath description being missing for launch.json. #13287
Update the Windows SDK packages referenced in the walkthrough. #13290
Fix an issue with C: being treated as a relative path. PR #13297
Fix an unnecessary TU reset when a change is detected in a compile_commands.json file that is not used by the active configuration. #13317
Fix handling of URIs in web environments. #13327
Fix a potential deadlock after using 'Reset IntelliSense Database'. #13337
Fix an issue with duplicate forced includes being removed. Multiple forced includes of the same file should now properly be included multiple times.
Fix an issue in which the base configuration browse paths may not get populated when using a custom configuration provider.
Fix an issue with forced includes not being resolved against the same include path search order as a compiler would.
Fix an issue with include path ordering of paths specified with the -imsvc argument.
Fix a race condition that could result in incorrect include completion results.
Fix potential IntelliSense process crashes when processing Copilot snippets.
Fix a crash involving iconv when converting UTF-16 or UTF-32 to UTF-8.
Fix a potential crash when using the IntelliSense cache.
Fix an IntelliSense crash if a "bad seq number" occurs.
Fix processes potentially getting stuck on shutdown.
Fix a potential crash when saving a file.

Instructions

The extension can be obtained by one of the methods below:

Install the "C/C++" or "C/C++ Extension Pack" extension published by Microsoft from the Extensions view in VS Code.
Download a vsix that matches your OS from the Assets section below (and install it via the method mentioned above). The previous download method has the vsix signatures verified by the Marketplace, but for this method, you can do the verification by downloading the matching manifest and signature.p7s file and running npx @vscode/vsce@latest verify-signature -i <.vsix> -m <.signature.manifest> -s <.signature.p7s> vscode-vsce#1044.

Requirements

VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April 2022).
Windows 7+ (x64, arm64), macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).
- Debugging is not supported on CentOS 7 or RHEL 7. The last supported version was 1.22.11: #13219.

Changes

Bug Fixes

Fix random IntelliSense process crashes on Linux/macOS when C_Cpp.intelliSenseCacheSize is > 0. #12668
Fix a crash when processing Copilot snippets.
Fix a crash when using Copilot hover.

Instructions

The extension can be obtained by one of the methods below:

Install the "C/C++" or "C/C++ Extension Pack" extension published by Microsoft from the Extensions view in VS Code.
Download a vsix that matches your OS from the Assets section below (and install it via the method mentioned above). The previous download method has the vsix signatures verified by the Marketplace, but for this method, you can do the verification by downloading the matching manifest and signature.p7s file and running npx @vscode/vsce@latest verify-signature -i <.vsix> -m <.signature.manifest> -s <.signature.p7s> vscode-vsce#1044.

Requirements

VS Code 1.67.0 or later (April 2022).
Windows 7+ (x64, arm64), macOS 10.12+, Linux (Ubuntu 16+, etc.).
- Debugging is not supported on CentOS 7 or RHEL 7. The last supported version was 1.22.11: #13219.

Changes

New Feature

Add experimental support for Copilot descriptions in hover tooltips, controlled by the C_Cpp.copilotHover setting. This feature is currently off by default and may be subject to A/B experimentation. To opt-out of Copilot Hover experiments, set C_Cpp.copilotHover to disabled.

Enhancement

Improve/fix the switch header/source feature. #2635

Bug Fixes

Fix an IntelliSense crash in build_sections. #12666, #12956
Fix a bug in which hundreds of custom configuration requests could be sent on startup before the configuration provider has registered. #13166
Fix handling of the -framework compiler argument. #13204
Fix a potential race between didChange and didOpen. PR #13209
Fix an issue with the .editorconfig tab_size. PR #13216
Fix a potential deadlock on shutdown if configuration providers are used. #13218
Fix system include/framework paths being used as a fallback for user include/framework paths in the base configuration. PR #13247
Fix an inaccurate cursor position for IntelliSense update.
Fix a random crash during code analysis.

Releases: microsoft/vscode-cpptools

1.25.3

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1.25.0

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