Microsoft made Copilot a co-author on every VS Code project, reverted after developers revolted

A recent pull request effectively turned Copilot into a "co-author" for every programming project created in Visual Studio ...
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Microsoft reverses VS Code Copilot credit change after backlash

Microsoft has rolled back a Visual Studio Code update that automatically added 'Co-authored-by: Copilot' to Git commits even when the AI assistant was not used. The change, introduced in March 2026, ...
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Microsoft Apologizes for Enabling AI Co-Author by Default in VS Code

Microsoft sparked a developer revolt by silently adding "Co-authored-by: Copilot" to VS Code Git commits. Here's what ...
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VS Code Now Stamps GitHub Copilot as Git Commit Co-Author

Visual Studio Code 1.118 now stamps a Copilot co-author trailer on Git commits by default after PR #310226 flipped ...
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VS Code update sparks backlash over default Copilot commit tags

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code 1.118 has drawn sharp criticism for automatically adding a “Co-Authored-by: Copilot” tag to Git commits by default, even for some users not actively using Copilot. The ...
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AI Subagents 'Coming Soon' to Visual Studio Copilot

Microsoft's Mads Kristensen said subagents are 'coming soon' to Copilot in Visual Studio, while VS Code already documents subagent support across context isolation, custom agents, parallel execution ...
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VS 2026 Joins VS Code with Integrated Cloud Agent: Assign a Task, Close the IDE, Get a PR

Visual Studio 2026 has further integrated GitHub Copilot's cloud agent to its Copilot Chat picker -- catching up to VS Code -- and the async workflow it enables, where a task runs on GitHub Actions ...