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Public story · 2026-07-31 · high
Each session gets its own checkout now, so simultaneous Copilot, Claude and Codex runs won't collide in the same working directory.
Why now: GitHub published this changelog on July 30, 2026, covering VS Code Copilot versions v1.127 through v1.131.
GitHub isolated agent sessions in VS Code's July release, giving Copilot, Claude and Codex each their own checkout, per the changelog.
Running multiple agent sessions against one directory risks them stepping on each other's edits. Isolated checkouts remove that risk for Copilot, Claude and Codex alike.
GitHub had already isolated Copilot sessions this way; the July update extends the same isolation to Claude and Codex sessions, per the changelog.
The Agents window was redesigned too, putting code review and chat side by side.
Subagent tracking now shows which model each subagent runs, how long it's taking and which tool calls are active.
A single agent session can now hold multiple chats, each with its own history, title and model. Chats can also fork off a peer chat instead of starting over.
Terminal commands can now run straight from chat with a ! prefix. That skips switching out to the terminal panel entirely.
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