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✨Contacts in Live Share (VS and VS Code)✨

So you have been using Live Share and notice that sending links via an external application (like chat or email) can get old really fast? We know that if we want to encourage collaboration, there needs to be the least amount of friction possible for you to love it. This is why Live Share now has contacts with status

With contacts you can now send direct user invitations to your frequent and contextual collaborators. Contacts also allow you to share your availability through statuses so you can be a productive collaborator.

Learn more about contacts in Live Share here.

Note: This feature is available for all VS Code Live Share versions v1.0.950 and over, and VS Live Share versions v1.0.1377 and over .

Recent Updates

Live Share security vulnerability notice

CVE-2019-1486 Live Share extension URL redirection vulnerability A spoofing vulnerability was detected in the Visual Studio Live Share extension, when a guest connected to a Live Share session was redirected to an arbitrary URL specified by the session host. An attacked would have been able to successfully exploit this vulnerability and cause the guest's computer to open a browser and navigate to a malicious URL without explicit consent. This was part of the "Shared Server" feature of Live Share that allowed auto port-forwarding during an active Live Share session. The latest update addresses this vulnerability by prompting the Live Share guest from consent prior to browsing the host-specified URL.

Recent Releases

Uninterrupted Workflow is here!⏲

With Live Share, we want our users to experience a workflow that feels intuitive and seamless. We currently have this feature in Visual Studio, and in this release we bring to you the ability to share untitled files without any interruptions during a Live Share session in VS Code.

Bug Fixes (VS Code)

• Fixed welcome page bug -Some of our new Live Share users were unable to see the welcome page after downloading the extension. This has been fixed in this release.

✨New to Insiders✨

Reusable Sessions (VS Code)

Live Share can now host Reusable Sessions! Reusable Sessions provide you the ability to reuse a Live Share Session for various scenarios.This means you can schedule a Live Share session in advance for your technical interviews, weekly mob-programming session, use the same session while mentoring a friend, and much more!

To create a Reusable Session do the following:

1. Go to the Command Palette using Ctrl+Shift+P

2. Type "Live Sha..." and click the 'Live Share: Create Reusable Session link' command.

3. This will create a Reusable Session and a link to it will be copied to your clipboard. You will see a notification pop-up on the lower-right corner of your editor.

4. Your Reusable Session has been created! Share the link with your session mate and use it each time to access the session!

A Reusable Session link is persistent and lasts for 30 days from its date of creation, or date of last use. This means if you keep using your session at least once every 30 days, you don't have to worry about it expiring. Just save the link in a safe place where you can access it easily!

Bug Fixes (General)

• Fixed broken completion descriptions in Language Services - We resolved a bug that highlighted the problem some users were having with completion descriptions while using Live Share. Users are now able to see completion descriptions for all languages while using Live Share.

Bug Fixes (VS Code)

• Fixed the file-matching filter in text search - We fixed a bug that was causing problems with global conversions on the VS Code hosts side for the text search service. This showed up when some users tried searching for a certain file type during a Live Share session, with a VS Code host, and experience erroneous filtering.

Bug Fixes (Visual Studio)

• Starting Live Share session from file menu fixed -We resolved a bug that affected starting a Live Share collaboration session from the file menu. Now users will be able to start a Live Share session as expected from the file menu.

• Fixed visibility of Live Share menu items in dark theme -We fixed an issue that occurred when users of Windows Server 2008 used the dark theme in their VS IDE and were thereby enable to see the Live Share menu items.

Bug Fixes (VSCode)

• Extensiblity join fix - We fixed a regression in the Extensiblity API that was used by extensions to start a Live Share session using the join flow.

• Fixed URI encoding in invitation link from contacts pane - We fixed an encoding bug we had in the invitation link sent via email to contacts from the contacts pane when sharing a Live Share session.

• Fixed share/join session state on cancellation - We resolved a bug that users were experiencing where even after cancelling out of a share or join, they were unable to share or join a new session.

Note: Assets are for documentation not the product source code.

Bug fixes (VS Code)

• Read-only guest/session fixes - We resolved a handful of bugs related to both read-only sessions and read-only guests (participants that didn't login), which ensures that files show up correctly, and can't be edited.

• Fixing audio 502 failures (#2015) - Some users were experiencing issues trying to start audio calls , but that has now been addressed.

Bug Fixes (Visual Studio)

• Fix for Visual Studio 15.6 - We resolved a regression that impacted Visual Studio users on 15.6 (all other VS versions weren't affected).

This release is a stability release. It includes a couple bug fixes around localization, improving file search/peek, and cleaning up shared servers.

As always, we really appreciate all of the usage/feedback, so please keep letting us know how to improve! 💯

We're excited to release version 1.0 of Visual Studio Live Share 🎉🚀🔥! We've spent the last couple releases working on stability and reliability of the product, and we're really proud to bring Live Share out of preview to you!

To learn more about version 1.0 of Live Share check out our announcement blog post. We've learned so much from working with the community over the past year of Live Share's public preview, and we're excited to continue to bring even more new features!

As always, we really appreciate all of the usage/feedback, so please keep letting us know how to improve! 💯

Note: Assets are for documentation not the product source code.

This release includes some bug fixes for VS and VS Code. We really appreciate all of the usage/feedback, so please keep letting us know how to improve! 💯

Bug fixes (VS Code)

1. Fix for empty workspace bug - We've made a fix for an issues that with VS Code hanging when you share an empty workspace.

Feature Enhancements (Visual Studio)

1. Avatar Carousel - For the cases of more than 5 participants in a session, we've made the avatar list a carousel to so additional avatars to not overlap and cut off other icons in the menu bar.

Note: Assets are for documentation not the product source code.

This release includes some bug fixes for VS Code and feature enhancements around Solution View and exceptions in Visual Studio. We really appreciate all of the usage/feedback, so please keep letting us know how to improve! 💯

Bug fixes (VS Code)

1. Fix for empty workspace bug - We've made a fix for an issues that with VS Code hanging when you share an empty workspace.

Feature Enhancements (Visual Studio)

1. Solution View External Project - Projects that are external to the solution that is shared during a session are now shown in Solution View. Additionally, when the host adds a project that is external during a session, it will show for the guest. The guest can now expand nodes for these projects in Solution View, and browse files.

2. Exception dialog support - We now support starting a collaboration session when an exception is thrown. Now available in the Visual Studio 2019 Preview, when you encounter an exception while working on your projects, you will now have the option to start a collaboration session from the Exception Dialog: When a guests joins, they will jump right in and get context on the exception you are encountering: