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Vscode Gitlens v17.6.0

Vscode Gitlens: v17.6.0 Release

Release date:

October 7, 2025

Previous version:

v17.5.1 (released September 24, 2025)

Magnitude:

2,078 Diff Delta

Contributors:

2 total committers

Data confidence:

Commits:

21 Commits in this Release

Ordered by the degree to which they evolved the repo in this version.

Adds virtualized tree with keyboard nav support

Authored October 3, 2025

Add Linear to autolink settings

Authored September 24, 2025

Reduces MCP refreshes during init

Authored September 30, 2025

Unifies autolink enrichment keys for integrations

Authored September 3, 2025

Adds logging in error handling

Authored October 6, 2025

Fixes graph hover out on graph background

Authored October 3, 2025

Updates CHANGELOG

Authored October 7, 2025

Fixes #4246

Authored October 1, 2025

Normalizes Linear autlink URL by removing summary stubs from its ending

Authored September 26, 2025

fix typos

Authored October 2, 2025

Fixes e2e tests by supporting for type change file status in Git parsing

Authored September 3, 2025

Updates dependencies

Authored September 29, 2025

Shows enriched issue tracker type on branches linked to Linear issues

Authored September 26, 2025

Enforces code formatting check before running tests

Authored September 3, 2025

Fixes issue with Open Changes view command

Authored October 6, 2025

Adds linting to unit test runs

Authored October 2, 2025

Run unit tests on push to main branch

Authored September 3, 2025

Fixes lint issues

Authored October 2, 2025

Excludes the .claude folder

Authored September 30, 2025

Adds Claude Sonnet 4.5 support

Authored September 29, 2025

Fixes autolink of Linear branches

Authored October 7, 2025

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Added

Adds support for Claude Sonnet 4.5 for GitLens' AI features

Changed

Greatly improves performance of the Inspect and _Graph Details views by virtualizing the tree rendering (#3470)
- Improved keyboard navigation support including arrow keys, Home/End, Enter/Space, Tab, and added type-ahead search functionality
Improves Linear issue tracker support (#4605, #4615, #4620, #4621, #4622)

Fixed

Fixes Commit Composer rendering performance when working changes contain large file diffs (#4661)
Fixes AI cancellation cases being treated as errors (#4609)
Fixes MCP banner not being clickable on Commit graph view (#4630)
Fixes Git diff of a renamed file is shown as a new file (#4246)
Fixes typos (#4345 — thanks to PR #4346 by Noritaka Kobayashi (@noritaka1166))
Fixes an issue where the Commit Graph hover would not hide when going from the hover to the graph background (not another row)
Fixes an issue where clicking Open Changes on commit files in the views would error

Removed

Removes " (bundled with GitLens)" text from GK MCP server name (#4664)