July 2026

July 2, 2026

Build number: 2026.0.196

Extensions improvements

You can now read an extension's documentation before and after installing, and Studio will tell you when a newer version is available.

Extension details

Selecting an extension in the panel opens a details tab with its README: description, feature list, configuration options, and screenshots. This offers more information about the extension and removes the need to search it in a different application.

Update notifications and auto-update

When a newer, compatible version of an installed extension is available, its card displays an Update button. The search filters @updates and @outdated list every extension with a pending update, and Update All in the panel header updates them together.

Auto-update is off by default, so extensions only change when you choose to update them. It can be enabled globally or per extension. After an update completes, the card shows a Reload option to restart the extension and load the new version.

You can install a specific version of an extension or download it as a .vsix file for offline installation, both from the context menu on each card.

Visual workflow diff

Reviewing workflow changes is now visual by default. Instead of a raw XAML diff, comparisons render the workflow the way it was built: sequences, flowcharts, and state machines shown side by side, with additions, removals, and modifications highlighted directly on the canvas.

Selecting a modified activity opens the properties panel with a diff of its modified properties, so you can see exactly what changed rather than just that something changed. The diff opens in a regular editor tab instead of a modal, so you can keep working in Studio while reviewing it. Studio remembers your preferred view, visual or text, across sessions.

Inline code editor for Invoke Code

The Invoke Code activity now embeds a Monaco-based code editor directly on the activity card, replacing the previous plain-text preview. The editor provides syntax highlighting and IntelliSense for C# and VB.NET, so you can write and edit code inline without opening a separate editor window.

Requires System activities package 26.6.1 or later.

Output panel: select and copy text properly

Log messages in the Output panel are now selectable text. You can select words, ranges, or individual messages and copy them, just as you would in a terminal.

The context menu offers a Copy option for just the message and a Copy (JSON format) option for the structured log data, so there's no need to manually clean up double-escaped paths.

Mejoras

The Explorer panel's default active filters now include the Other category, so items that don't fall into a standard category are visible without extra setup.

Corrección de errores

• The Show Changes button in the Git panel sometimes displayed a raw XAML text diff instead of the visual workflow diff viewer.