1.19.0

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix IntelliSense bug with type deduction using concepts. #8132
• Fix clang-format error messages not being logged. #8944
• Fix insert mode sometimes doing a replace for completion. #10613
• Fix indentation missing in markdown fenced code blocks. #11379
• Fix the parent path of the source file in compile_commands.json not being added to the browse.path. #11631
• Fix the database not getting updated in certain cases when switching configurations. #11649
• Fix a cpptools crash with certain projects. #11674

1.18.5

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix ~/vscode-cpptools being used as the cache folder instead of ~/.cache/vscode-cpptools on Linux. #11693
• The Windows x86 vsix is published on the marketplace (it was not for 1.18.4).

1.18.4

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fixes:

• Fix 'Extract to function' not scrolling to and selecting the added header declaration. #11676
• Fix the extension sometimes failing to activate with VS Code versions less than 1.85. #11680

1.18.3

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

New Features

• Add an 'Extract to function' (or member function) code action after selecting code. #1162
• Compiler acquisition improvements. #10525
• Provide Add '#include' code action suggestions for IntelliSense errors related to symbols not being found. #10791

Enhancements

• Add keyboard support for 'Inline Macro'. #11260
• Add setting C_Cpp.refactoring.includeHeader to customize whether or not to add an include header when doing a refactoring code action. #11271
• Improve the walkthrough wording. #11320
• Update clang-format and clang-tidy to 17. PR #11491
• Add a pre-release available notification. PR #11569

Bug Fixes

• Fix the debugger truncating long strings when inspecting values. #1786
• Switch to using XDG_CACHE_HOME on Linux for the default database path. #10191
• Fix an IntelliSense error with std::is_trivially_copyable_v. #10712
• Fix incorrect status and commands with the tag parsing language status UI. #10749
• Fix an empty ("") compilerPath in a base configuration overriding the compiler specified by a custom configuration provider or a compile_commands.json. #11373
• Fix a startup crash when reading values from JSON (settings) that are not the type expected. #11375
• Fix a crash detected by crash telemetry. #11401
• Fix handling of an undefined env variable on Linux and macOS. #11447
• Fix multiple issues with querying nvcc (CUDA) as a compiler. #11454
• Fix an IntelliSense crash when hovering over an invalid array index expression. #11510
• Fix an issue that could cause a C language standard to be applied to a C++ file, or vice versa.
• Remove cpp and clang-cpp preprocessors from the list of detectable compilers.
• Fix an autocomplete crash bug (primarily on Mac).

Known Issue

• The extension sometimes failing to activate with VS Code versions less than 1.18. #11680

1.18.2 (release candidate)

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

Enhancement

• 'Extract to function' is enabled without C_Cpp.experimentalFeatures being set to "enabled".

Bug Fixes

• Fix 'Extract to function' for functions in a header file . #11466
• Fix 'Extract to function' for functions in an anonymous namespace. #11474
• Fix 'Extract to function' for C code with typedefs or structs. #11475
• Fix an IntelliSense crash when hovering over an invalid array index expression. #11510
• Fix 'Add #include' code actions not appearing for "is not a template" errors. #11543
• Fix 'Extract to function' bugs with formatting and selection. #11614, #11619
• Fix 'Add #include' code actions being available for system headers that are already included. #11618
• Fix an IntelliSense crash when selecting code.

Known Issue

• 'Extract to function' may not work if there's a UTF-8 > 1-byte character in the file. #11640

1.18.1

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

New Feature

• Add #include code action suggestions for some IntelliSense errors related to symbols not being found. #10791
  • Since C code doesn't give an error for an undefined symbol, it usually won't be available for C.

Enhancements

• Improve the walkthrough wording. #11320
• Change 'Extract to Function' to prompt for the name instead of doing a rename afterwards. #11531
• Add a pre-release available notification. PR #11569

Bug Fixes

• Fix no error message getting shown if 'Extract to Function' creation fails. #11567
• Fix an autocomplete crash bug (primarily on Mac).
• Fix an IntelliSense crash when selecting code.

Known Issues

• Extract to function: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Feature%3A+Extract+to+function%22
• Add #include: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Feature%3A+Add+%27%23include%27%22+

1.18.0

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

New Features

• Add an 'Extract to Function' (or Member Function) code action after selecting code. #1162
  • Currently, it's only enabled when C_Cpp.experimentFeatures is set to enabled. Also, 'Extract to Free Function' is disabled.
• Add the option to install a compiler, accessible through the walkthrough. PR #11286

Enhancements

• Add setting C_Cpp.refactoring.includeHeader to customize whether or not to add an include header when doing a refactoring code action. #11271
• Update clang-format and clang-tidy to 17.0.2. PR #11491

Bug Fixes

• Fix the debugger truncating long strings when inspecting values. #1786
• Switch to using XDG_CACHE_HOME on Linux for the default database path. #10191
• Fix incorrect status and commands with the tag parsing language status UI. #10749
• Fix an empty ("") compilerPath in a base configuration overriding the compiler specified by a custom configuration provider or a compile_commands.json. #11373
• Fix a startup crash when reading values from JSON (settings) that are not the type expected. #11375
• Fix a crash detected by crash telemetry. #11401
• Fix handling of an undefined env variable on Linux and macOS. #11447
• Fix multiple issues with querying nvcc (CUDA) as a compiler. #11454
• Fix an issue that could cause a C language standard to be applied to a C++ file, or vice versa.
• Remove cpp and clang-cpp preprocessors from the list of detectable compilers.

v1.17.5

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix a language server crash for platforms that don't support the IntelliSense cache (AutoPCH). #10789
• Fix markdown in comments when inline/block code is used. #11322
• Fix Find All References and Call Hierarchy for C files when the cursor is at the end of a symbol. #11338
• Fix usage of the /Zc:alignedNew- MSVC compiler option. #11350

1.17.4

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix crash recovery for the main extension process. #11335
• Fix an IntelliSense process crash when certain error messages occur with a language pack enabled. #11336

v1.17.3

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fix

• Fix a regression with attaching the debugger to processes on Linux and macOS. #11328