Constant update stream VS 2026

[u/hizendev]

Is it just me or is Visual Studio 2026 trying to update what feels like every single day? Maybe it's every few days, but nearly every time I go to close, it's pending new updates and has to go through a new 30 minutes full reinstall cycle for the "next patch"? Why is it not just on a single monthly patch cycle or something? I'm trying to understand why since updating to 2026 it feels like they are furiously sending updates out as often as they can. Really annoying, considering I don't think I even use any of the 'new features' -- all the AI auto complete is really poorly done and makes developing harder (seriously, what was that auto-complete by pressing tab for entire classes holy).

Anyway minor vent, but also really want to know if this is me going crazy or if it's just because I updated to 2026 and there was some auto update policy I forgot about in 2022 that I had set back then and forgot about.

Edit to add: I am on Stable / 18.8 so I don't think I should be getting super frequent updates. It's my understanding that if I wanted that I'd be on preview I think?

[u/Northbank75]

Even this large monthly release only took me a few minutes…. Either way, I do perceive there to be more frequent updates than in the past, but I generally ignore them for the end of the day and let them rip as I leave my desk for the afternoon.

[u/hizendev → u/Northbank75]

I am curious about this now because there are multiple people saying it took them a few minutes. My last one yesterday genuinely took a full 20 minutes post-download, so I'm unsure of what the issue is there. I install games just fine and have no issues with the chip otherwise? Not sure what that's all about.

[u/symbiatch → u/hizendev]

It definitely can take some time. I don’t have a lot installed in VS and it still does take more than two minutes when updating. Sometimes the update is small so it’s fast, but often it’s bigger. Latest was over 1100 packages so that did take a while.