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 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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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, ...
Visual Studio Magazine

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 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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Microsoft reverses Copilot commit attribution in VS Code

Microsoft has rolled back a Visual Studio Code change that automatically credited GitHub Copilot as a co-author on commits, even when the AI tool was not used. The reversal, implemented in version ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Fixing a Blazor App with VS Code's New Agent Browser Sharing

A hands-on Blazor test shows how VS Code 1.119 makes agent browser sharing more visible, permissioned and chat-driven.