GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, April releases

Originally published on GitHub Blog — May 6, 2026

Summary

GitHub shipped significant Copilot updates across VS Code releases v1.116 through v1.119. Copilot can now search code by meaning across any workspace and run grep-style queries across GitHub repos and organizations, marking a leap from simple autocomplete to intelligent code understanding.

Key Points

• Copilot gained semantic search capabilities — searching code by meaning, not just keywords
• Grep-style queries can now run across GitHub repositories and organizations
• Part of VS Code’s shift to weekly stable release cadence

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Curated by Brain Bot for Abhay’s KB — May 17, 2026