Vscode Gitlens: v17.9.0 Release

Release date:
January 13, 2026
Previous version:
v17.8.1 (released December 18, 2025)
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Release Notes Published

Added

  • Adds a welcome page webview for first-time installs to highlight Pro benefits for users in IDEs that do not support the standard VS Code walkthrough (#4769

Changed

  • Improves the Interactive Rebase Editor to fully support --rebase-merges on linear history while preventing unsafe reordering when merge commits are present (#1238)
  • Improves cherry-pick apply order to use topological sort for correct commit sequence (#4863)
  • Changes AI features to require GitLens Pro instead of GitLens Advanced — all AI features now consistently lead to Pro plan checkout (#4843)
  • Updates the Welcome walkthrough to streamline onboarding and highlight core GitLens features (#4842)

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where the button text on feature gates would blend into the background (#4833)
  • Fixes issue where codicon would render as text in comparison picker title (#4866)
  • Fixes issue where Interactive Rebase elements overlap when using keyboard and mouse navigation simultaneously (#4816)
  • Fixes issue where Home view could crash when state fails to load (#4766)
  • Fixes #4776 Azure DevOps Work Item autolinks pointing to wrong project when the Work Item belongs to a different project in the same organization — thanks to PR #4777 by Daniel Asher (@danielasher115)
  • Fixes issue where Load more in the Commits view would not correctly load if the last item was a stash (#4865)