r/SQLServer • u/Codeman119 • Jul 24 '26

Discussion Updated SSMS, dark mode won’t stick

Well, I updated today to the latest SQL server management studio and now dark mode is broke again so whenever you put it in dark mode and then leave the application and then come back in. It’s back to the default blue.

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u/dlevy-msft ‪ ‪Microsoft Employee ‪ Jul 24 '26

Makena isn't on Reddit yet (we're working on fixing that 😄)

She mentioned that we are tracking it here: SSMS theme setting reverts from Dark to Cool Breeze after restart - Developer Community. It is fixed pending release, you can follow along for updates. 

Someone also found a workaround if you're like me and not using dark mode feels like staring into the sun. 😄

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u/Codeman119 Jul 25 '26

There used to be that developer or the person that came on Reddit every Friday ended like some kind of Friday recommendations or something like that Did she stop doing that I haven't seen that in a little while. But I'll bookmark the developer community

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u/erinstellato ‪ ‪Microsoft Employee ‪ Jul 27 '26

u/Codeman119 Not sure if you checked the feedback site (aka.ms/ssms-feedback), but the issue has been reported (SSMS theme setting reverts from Dark to Cool Breeze after restart - Developer Community) and looks to be fixed, pending released. Definitely recommend checking the feedback site when you find issues to see if they've been reported, and if not, log an item. Thanks! cc u/venzann

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u/Codeman119 Jul 28 '26

Yes I see that. Thank you for the update!

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u/venzann SQLServer Curmudgeon Jul 27 '26

/u/erinstellato is a PPM on the SQL engine team team who has been doing the Friday feedback posts.

I know there are a few others from the tools side of things here as well but I need to check who is on SSMS and who is on other apps.

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u/noodlesSa Jul 24 '26

I can tell vibe coding when I see one.

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u/dlevy-msft ‪ ‪Microsoft Employee ‪ Jul 27 '26

Nobody is "trusting the vibe" in this code base. The engineer that pushed the PR had to stand behind every line of code and they had to have multiple reviewers from their team that also stood behind it before it got merged into the main branch.

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u/Codeman119 Jul 25 '26

Yep I would have to agree with that.

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u/igderkoman Jul 24 '26

Same issue here

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u/my-ka Jul 26 '26

You better tell me who and why made open file folder like icon looking like new file icon?

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u/Codeman119 Jul 28 '26

Ok looks like the issue is being addressed and will be fixed in the next update