VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

microsoft / vscode Public Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 39.6k Star 184k Code Issues 5k+ Pull requests 1.9k Actions Projects Models Wiki Security and quality 23 Insights Additional navigation options Code Issues Pull requests Actions Projects Models Wiki Security and quality Insights Enabling ai co author by default#310226MergeddmitrivMS merged 2 commits intomainmicrosoft/vscode:mainfrom dear-alpacamicrosoft/vscode:dear-alpacaCopy head branch name to clipboardApr 16, 2026ConversationCommits2 (2)ChecksFiles changedMergedEnabling ai co author by default#310226dmitrivMS merged 2 commits intomainmicrosoft/vscode:mainfrom dear-alpacamicrosoft/vscode:dear-alpacaCopy head branch name to clipboardConversation Copy link Copy Markdown Member cwebster-99 commented Apr 15, 2026 No description provided. There was an error while loading. Please reload this page. Enabling ai co author by default cfcebf4 cwebster-99 requested review from Copilot and dmitrivMS April 15, 2026 21:22 cwebster-99 marked this pull request as ready for review April 15, 2026 21:22 Copy link Copy Markdown Contributor vs-code-engineering Bot commented Apr 15, 2026 edited Loading Uh oh! There was an error while loading. Please reload this page. The following users are being notified based on files changed in this PR: There was an error while loading. Please reload this page. Copilot started reviewing on behalf of cwebster-99 April 15, 2026 21:23 View session vs-code-engineering Bot assigned cwebster-99 Apr 15, 2026 Copilot AI reviewed Apr 15, 2026 View reviewed changes Copy link Copy Markdown Contributor Copilot AI left a comment There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this comment The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. This PR changes the Git extension’s git.addAICoAuthor setting so that AI co-author trailers are enabled by default, making the default behavior automatically add a Co-authored-by trailer when AI-generated code contributions are detected. There was an error while loading. Please reload this page. Comment thread extensions/git/package.json ], "scope": "resource", "default": "off", "default": "all", Copy link Copilot AI Apr 15, 2026 There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this comment The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. The configuration schema default was changed to "all", but the runtime fallback in extensions/git/src/repository.ts still calls config.get('addAICoAuthor', 'off'). This is now out of sync and can lead to unexpected behavior in contexts where the contributed configuration defaults aren't loaded (e.g., some tests/hosts), and it makes the intended default unclear. Update the runtime fallback to match the schema default (or omit the fallback so the contributed default is used). There was an error while loading. Please reload this page. Copy link Copy Markdown Contributor github-actions Bot commented Apr 15, 2026 edited Loading Uh oh! There was an error while loading. Please reload this page. Replace the contents of test/componentFixtures/blocks-ci-screenshots.md with: #### editor/codeEditor/CodeEditor/Dark ![screenshot](https://hediet-screenshots.azurewebsites.net/images/cb32a3e854b5734fe5aaca2318f2e0a42ee821b05ea97883ea42c5ba95edb3c3) #### editor/codeEditor/CodeEditor/Light ![screenshot](https://hediet-screenshots.azurewebsites.net/images/42624fbba5e0db7f32c224b5eb9c5dd3b08245697ae2e7d2a88be0d7c287129b) 👎 2 JesFEREM and gbraad reacted with thumbs down emoji All reactions 👎 2 reactions There was an error while loading. Please reload this page. Updating the fallback 35a83af dmitrivMS approved these changes Apr 16, 2026 View reviewed changes Hide details View details dmitrivMS merged commit 7049f52 into main Apr 16, 2026 25 of 26 checks passed Uh oh! There was an error while loading. Please reload this page. dmitrivMS deleted the dear-alpaca branch April 16, 2026 01:27 vs-code-engineering Bot added this to the 1.117.0 milestone Apr 16, 2026 Copy link Copy Markdown rgs2151 commented Apr 25, 2026 Why in the world would you default this! 😡 There was an error while loading. Please reload this page. Copy link Copy Markdown anonymni-hlasatel commented Apr 25, 2026 Wth.. makeing this default behaviour and not notifying users is crazy There was an error while loading. Please reload this page. Copy link Copy Markdown Contributor flying-sheep commented Apr 26, 2026 please revert until it actually works. I have "chat.disableAIFeatures": true and co-authored by copilot still gets inserted into most commits. This is absolutely unacceptable. There was an error while loading. Please reload this page. Copy link Copy Markdown edenchazard commented Apr 26, 2026 Any explanation for the choice to make this default? Now I know why random commits of mine were suddenly being "co-authored by copil

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