Microsoft releases Visual Studio Code 1.112 with integrated browser debugging

Microsoft is keeping up its rapid release pace for Visual Studio Code, delivering new tools for web developers and more freedom for AI agents.

If you were reading Neowin last week, you may have seen that Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.111 and switched to a weekly release schedule. Now, the Redmond giant has just published the next version, 1.112. Despite moving to a weekly release cadence, this new version is still packed with lots of new features.

If you want to delve into the minutiae of this release, then check out the release notes, however, we will just have a look at the most notable features that Microsoft pinned to the top of said release notes to get an idea of the main features.

In VS Code 1.112, Microsoft has added the ability of the integrated browser to debug web apps end-to-end without ever leaving VS Code. The integrated browser now lets you open web apps directly in the editor so you can start debugging more seamlessly. According to Microsoft, this enables you to interact with the web app, set breakpoints, step through code, and inspect variables without needing to leave VS Code.

Now, I am unsure if any of you have tried Google’s Antigravity IDE, but when I finally gave it a whirl a few weeks ago I was stunned to see the AI build an app for me, launch a Google Chrome window, and then make a video recording of it testing the app so that it could go back and fix remaining issues. Part of this magic is providing AI permissions it needs to work autonomously.

In VS Code 1.112, Microsoft has given Copilot CLI sessions more autonomy so that they can complete tasks with less interruptions. In this update, you can configure permissions for local agent sessions in chat to let agents run without having to get your approval so much. This release specifically adds this capability to the Copilot CLI sessions as well.

For Copilot CLI sessions, you can select three different permission levels: Default Permissions, which uses your configured approval settings; Bypass Approvals, which auto-approves all tool calls without showing confirmation dialogs and automatically retries on errors; and Autopilot which auto-approves all tool calls, auto-responds to questions, and continues working autonomously until the task is complete. Autopilot can be enabled with the chat.autopilot.enabled setting.

Other notable improvements include being able to run local MCP servers in a sandbox to limit what they can access on your machine; agent image support allowing it to work with screenshots, diagrams, and binary files directly in agent conversations; and the ability to share agent instructions and skills across all packages in a monorepo.

You can get this version by checking for updates in VS Code or by downloading the app from the VS Code website.

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Posted Friday 20 March 2026 at 4:57 am AEST (my time).

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