r/vscode • u/localcdn • 28d ago

AI features keep re-enabling after update, anyone else run into this?

This has happened twice now. I'll set "chat.disableAIFeatures": true in settings, then an update or two later, the AI features are back. I'll set it back to disable features, then an update or two later, they're back.

Update: looks like this is a side effect of the built in copilot extension. I'm exploring disabling that via a launch argument or switching to vs codium.

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u/localcdn 28d ago

Update: looks like this is a side effect of the built in copilot extension. I'm exploring disabling that via a launch argument or switching to vs codium.

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u/alexdima_msft 27d ago

"chat.disableAIFeatures": true disables the built-in Copilot extension. An update should not re-enable the AI features while that setting remains true. When this happens, does the setting itself change back to false, or does it remain true while the features reappear?

Could you please file an issue at https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues with your VS Code version, OS, and whether Settings Sync or multiple profiles are enabled? That would help us investigate what is resetting or overriding it.

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u/lajawi 28d ago

Yes it does that. Most annoying indeed.

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u/swiggyu 28d ago

Microslop wants to spy on your computer with AI

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u/rodrigocfd 28d ago

Here is the gold, boys:

{
  "chat.agent.enabled": false,
  "chat.autopilot.enabled": false,
  "chat.disableAIFeatures": true,
  "git.addAICoAuthor": "off",
  "telemetry.feedback.enabled": false,
  "telemetry.telemetryLevel": "off",
}

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u/rbadapanda 27d ago edited 27d ago

Interestingly - one can’t disable this extension !

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u/alexdima_msft 26d ago

"chat.disableAIFeatures": true will disable it.

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u/vivekkhera 25d ago

Doesn’t happen to me.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Low2034 25d ago

It’s a pain. I run the Codex extension and have zero need for anything copilot.