The March 2020 update to Microsoft's wildly popular Python extension for Visual Studio Code focused on improving quality via bug fixes, but it did introduce a new debugger.

For example, Copilot can now suggest appropriate locations for breakpoints and tracepoints based on current context.

To address challenges for developers, the company introduces console-to-IDE integration, which streamlines the workflow from the AWS Management Console to Visual Studio Code (VS Code).

According to GitHub, this rollout allows users to choose Claude Opus 4.1 in GitHub Copilot Chat, including on Visual Studio Code, github.com, and GitHub Mobile.