Chapter 2. New features and enhancements

With this release, you can use GitHub Device Authentication in Microsoft Visual Studio Code - Open Source to activate extensions. For more information about this feature, check GitHub device activation flow.

The GitHub Copilot extension can now be activated using GitHub Device Authentication. To activate it, follow these steps:

With this release, you can configure the OAuth flow for GitHub Enterprise Server and GitHub SaaS simultaneously. More details about this feature can be found in this demo video.

With this release, routes generated for the Microsoft Visual Studio Code - Open Source editor use HTTPS protocol by default.

With this release, you can use the User Dashboard to configure the user name and email that will be used in the workspace '.gitconfig' settings.

Before this release, backend issues resulted in a generic "Backend is not available" error message displayed on the User Dashboard. With this update, the error includes the HTTP error code and the affected endpoint.

With this release, when you stop a workspace from the Microsoft Visual Studio Code - Open Source editor, you are automatically redirected to the User Dashboard.

With this release, if you reject an SCM provider authorization request while creating or starting an existing workspace, your choice is saved in the workspace-preferences config-map in the namespace. During the subsequent workspaces startups, the prompt to proceed with the OAuth authorization for the rejected SCM provider no longer appears.

With this release, you can specify preStop events in the devfile that will be executed before stopping the workspace. Similar to postStart, multiple devfile commands can be specified as preStop:

    events:
      preStop:
        - first-command
        - second-command
        - third-command

With this release, you can configure your SSH key from the User Dashboard.