v3.8.0

VS Code v1.51.1

Upgrading is as easy as installing the new version over the old one. code-server
maintains all user data in ~/.local/share/code-server so that it is preserved in between
installations.

New Features

• ⭐ We now support $HTTP_PROXY, $HTTPS_PROXY and $NO_PROXY! See the FAQ for details. #124
• You can now store your password hashed in config.yaml! See the FAQ for details. #2225
• You can now customize the Go Home button! See the FAQ for details. #2328
• You can now use --ignore-last-opened to start code-server without a project directory #1951
• Github login now works! #1883
• FreeBSD is now supported by the build scripts! #2466
  • We don't have a FreeBSD release just yet but stay tuned! #2320
• While --link is still in beta, you no longer have to sign up to use it! #2427
  • See --help for usage details.

Bug Fixes

• ⭐ The extension host should stop crashing c15b526
• Favicon size has been fixed #2401
• $DOCKER_USER no longer crashes the container on restart #2267
• install.sh now supports Amazon Linux correctly #2343
• The bracket pair colorizer plugin works again #2197

Documentation

• The README.md screenshot is now using Chrome to avoid misleading users on Safari support #2422
• The iPad docs have seen significant additions on improving the experience #2404 #2472

Development

• We've finally switched from the lib/vscode submodule to a git subtree! #1587
  • This is going to make updating to newer VS Code versions much easier.
  • Thanks @SPGoding for clarifying many of the details!
• We now have a code tour of the repository! #2412
  • You can try it out by opening the code-server repository inside code-server.
• We have two new members on the code-server team! Please welcome @jsjoeio and @oxy!

For the full set of changes see the commmit log here.

Happy Holidays! ☃️

v3.7.4

VS Code v1.51.1

Upgrading is as easy as installing the new version over the old one. code-server
maintains all user data in ~/.local/share/code-server so that it is preserved in between
installations.

New Features

• ⭐ Reconnection now happens in the background for the first attempt before prompting (about 5 seconds) #2381
• New PWA icon #2383
• Added --disable-update-check to disable upgrade notifications #2365

Bug Fixes

• Fixed extension host crashing on non info errors #2366
• Fix terminals attaching more than once #2382
• ⭐ Update checks occur every 6 hours and notify once a week correctly now 0713fa9
  • Previously it was supposed to be once every 6 hours and then a notification every 48 hours but due to a missing 60 it ended up being a check every 6 minutes and a notification every 48 minutes.. So sorry about this!

Cheers! 🍻

v3.7.3

VS Code v1.51.1

Upgrading is as easy as installing the new version over the old one. code-server
maintains all user data in ~/.local/share/code-server so that it is preserved in between
installations.

New Features

• ⭐ The welcome page now contains help and links for code-server #2357
  
• ⭐ code-server will now notify you to update when a new version is released #2358
  • It checks every 6 hours and will only notify you once every 48 hours.
    

Bug Fixes

• ⭐ Settings and data are now correctly persisted to the remote file system instead of in browser #2208 #2231 #2279 #2274

Cheers! 🍻

v3.7.2

VS Code v1.51.1

🔴 Security Vulnerability Disclosure 🔒

Please update your code-server instances as soon as possible!
v3.7.0 and v3.7.1 have a vulnerability in the static files endpoint that
could allow an attacker to fetch all files on your disk!
See 1827913

New Features

• ⭐ We've upgraded VS Code to v1.51.1! #2340
• You can now download files remotely #1386
• The coder cloud agent will now pick the closest deployment to you in order to decrease latency

Bug Fixes

• $PASSWORD works again #2316
• Heartbeat file updates are now skipped on the /healthz endpoint #2327
• Webviews now display correctly #2336
• Service worker now loads correctly #2173
• More minor fixes for regressions from the express rewrite, see the milestone for details.

Cheers! 🍻

v3.7.1

VS Code v1.50.0

Bug Fixes

• ⭐ Fixes .deb and .rpm packages of v3.7.0 #2310

Cheers! 🍻

v3.7.0

VS Code v1.50.0

Features

• ⭐ code-server is now written with Express! This will make the codebase far more approachable for contributors #1899
  • Previously we were using node's HTTP API directly
• ⭐ We now have a helm chart! Thank you @Matthew-Beckett @alexgorbatchev! #2048
  • See ci/helm-chart
• ⭐ code-server's self signed certificates now work on iPad! See doc/ipad.md #2255

Bug Fixes

• code-server's self signed certificates now go into the data directory #1778
• The path and domain proxy now only redirects unauthenticated clients to login if they accept HTML #2128

Cheers! 🍻

v3.6.2

VS Code v1.50.0

Features

• Updated coder cloud agent.

Bug fixes

• Fix initial connection failures (at least one form of them).
• Add more logging around connections to help us debug problems there.
• Fix potential 500 when loading VS Code in parallel.
• If the cloud agent fails to curl during an npm/yarn install it will no longer quit the install.

v3.6.1

VS Code v1.50.0

Features

• ⭐ We've updated from VS Code v1.49.3 to v1.50.0.
• Allow remote shells other than ssh when using the install script #2220

Bug Fixes

• Fix Docker image when using a custom UID #2223

v3.6.0

VS Code v1.49.3

Features

• ⭐ We've updated from VS Code v1.48.2 to v1.49.3.
• Added /healthz endpoint for health checks #1940
• We added a robots.txt #2080
• ⭐ We added beta Coder Cloud integration.
  • It allows you to easily and securely expose code-server on any machine with HTTPS.
  • You must apply at #2137 to use!
• The standalone releases now use node v12.18.4 from v12.18.3 #2175
• You can now open files in an existing code-server instance on the cli from outside the code-server terminal #2099

Bug Fixes

• ⭐ Language packs work again! #2058
• ⭐ The docker image's $DOCKER_USER env variable works correctly now #2057
  • See usage in install.md. It allows you to pass through your preferred username into the container
• We fixed an issue with the npm package not installing extension dependencies #2170
• You can now bind to ipv6 addresses #2146

... Many more fixes, see commit history and milestone for complete details!

Cheers 🍻

v3.5.0

VS Code v1.48.2

Features

• ⭐ We've updated from VS Code v1.45.1 to v1.48.2.
  • Sorry this took so long, we're going to try and keep up better with the VS Code releases in the future.
• ⭐ We're looking for someone to help maintain code-server. If you're interested, please apply here!
• The install script now supports FreeBSD #1806
  • There are certain required dependencies, see #1826
• ⭐ You can now use code-server <file> to open <file> in the active code-server instance! #1994
  • This has been one of the most requested features on the tracker. Thanks to @shayne for contributing this 🍻
• ⭐ We now ship a systemd system unit to avoid persistence issues and bugs with systemd user units #1997
• You can now set DOCKER_USER when invoicing the docker container to set a custom username #2001
• ⭐ We now support the proposed api flag so certain extensions work #2002

Documentation

• ⭐ We've switched to using GitHub discussions for issues instead of the subreddit.
  • It's much better integrated with GitHub of course and doesn't require an additional account!
• There is now an FAQ entry on the differences compared to Theia #1756
• $SERVICE_URL and $ITEM_URL are explained in more detail in the FAQ #1762 4dd2c86
• The install guide now has a section on NGINX #1902
• The build process docs are much simpler #2004
• Using the dev container is now much easier #2014
• ⭐ There are no more duplicate releases without a v prefix! #1770

Bug Fixes

• Telemetry being sent when disabled #1829
• Heartbeat file being touched without any connections #1795
• You can now access query used to hit the root route in a shell script #1920
  • This needs more docs #2031
• We now ship with node 12 instead of 14 to match VS Code #1894

... Many more fixes, see commit history for complete details!

Cheers 🍻