• Fix random deadlock caused by logging code on Linux/Mac. #1759
• Fix compiler from compileCommands not being queried for includes/defines if compilerPath isn't set on Windows. #1754
• Fix OSX UseShellExecute I/O bug. #1756
• Invalidate partially unzipped files from package manager. #1757

Instructions: Download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

• Enable autocomplete for local and global scopes. #13
• Add a setting to define multiline comment patterns: C_Cpp.commentContinuationPatterns. #1100, #1539
• Add a setting to disable inactive region highlighting: C_Cpp.dimInactiveRegions. #1592
• Add forcedInclude configuration setting. #852
• Add compilerPath, cStandard, and cppStandard configuration settings, and query gcc/clang-based compilers for default defines. #1293, #1251, #1448, #1465, #1484
• Fix text being temporarily gray when an inactive region is deleted. Microsoft/vscode#44872
• Add support for ${workspaceFolder} variable in c_cpp_properties.json. #1392
• Fix IntelliSense not updating in source files after dependent header files are changed. #1501
• Change database icon to use the statusBar.foreground color. #1638
• Enable C++/CLI IntelliSense mode via adding the /clr arg to the compilerPath. #1596
• Fix delay in language service activation caused by cpptools.json downloading. #1640
• Fix debugger failure when a single quote is in the path. #1554
• Fix terminal stdout and stderr redirection to not send to VS Code. #1348
• Fix blank config and endless "Initializing..." if the file watcher limit is hit when using compileCommands. PR #1709
• Fix error squiggles re-appearing after editing then closing a file. #1712
• Show error output from clang-format. #1259
• Fix add_expression_to_index crash (most frequent crash in 0.15.0). #1396
• Fix incorrect error squiggle explicitly instantiated more than once. #871

Instructions: Download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

• Enable autocomplete for local and global scopes. #13
• Add a setting to define multiline comment patterns: C_Cpp.commentContinuationPatterns. #1100, #1539
• Add a setting to disable inactive region highlighting: C_Cpp.dimInactiveRegions. #1592
• Add forcedInclude configuration setting. #852
• Add compilerPath, cStandard, and cppStandard configuration settings, and query gcc/clang-based compilers for default defines. #1293, #1251, #1448, #1465, #1484
• Fix text being temporarily gray when an inactive region is deleted. Microsoft/vscode#44872
• Add support for ${workspaceFolder} variable in c_cpp_properties.json. #1392
• Fix IntelliSense not updating in source files after dependent header files are changed. #1501
• Change database icon to use the statusBar.foreground color. #1638
• Enable C++/CLI IntelliSense mode via adding the /clr arg to the compilerPath. #1596
• Fix delay in language service activation caused by cpptools.json downloading. #1640
• Fix debugger failure when a single quote is in the path. #1554
• Fix terminal stdout and stderr redirection to not send to VS Code. #1348
• Fix blank config and endless "Initializing..." if the file watcher limit is hit when using compileCommands. PR #1709
• Fix error squiggles re-appearing after editing then closing a file. #1712
• Show error output from clang-format. #1259
• Fix add_expression_to_index crash (most frequent crash in 0.15.0). #1396
• Fix incorrect error squiggle explicitly instantiated more than once. #871

Download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

• Enable autocomplete for local and global scopes. #13
• Add a setting to define multiline comment patterns: C_Cpp.commentContinuationPatterns. #1100, #1539
• Add a setting to disable inactive region highlighting: C_Cpp.dimInactiveRegions. #1592
• Add forcedInclude configuration setting. #852
• Add compilerPath, cStandard, and cppStandard configuration settings, and query gcc/clang-based compilers for default defines. #1293, #1251, #1448, #1465, #1484
• Fix text being temporarily gray when an inactive region is deleted. Microsoft/vscode#44872
• Add support for ${workspaceFolder} variable in c_cpp_properties.json. #1392

This is the March 9th update to Insiders, which fixed a couple bugs with the March 8th version (attach debugging and forcedInclude crash).

Known issues (that will be fixed in our next release): Global :: doesn't work, compilerPath doesn't work on Windows with gcc/clang-based compilers and WSL, and command line args are not addable to the compilerPath.

• Add colorization for inactive regions. #1466
• Fix 3 highest hitting crashes. #1137, #1337, #1497
• Update IntelliSense compiler (bug fixes and more C++17 support). #1067, #1313, #1461
• Fix duplicate cannot open source file errors. #1469
• Fix Go to Symbol in File... being slow for large workspaces. #1472
• Fix stuck processes during shutdown. #1474
• Fix error popup appearing with non-workspace files when using compile_commands.json. #1475
• Fix snippet completions being blocked after #. #1531
• Add more macros to cpp.hint (fixing missing symbols).
• Add __CHAR_BIT__=8 to default defines on Mac. #1510
• Added support for config variables to c_cpp_properties.json. #314
  • Joshua Cannon (@thejcannon) PR #1529
• Define _UNICODE by default on Windows platforms. #1538
  • Charles Milette (@sylveon) PR #1540

• Add colorization for inactive regions. #1466
• Fix 3 highest hitting crashes. #1137, #1337
• Update IntelliSense compiler (bug fixes and more C++17 support). #1067, #1313, #1461
• Fix Go to Symbol in File... being slow for large workspaces. #1472
• Fix duplicate cannot open source file errors. #1469
• Fix error popup appearing with non-workspace files when using compile_commands.json. #1475
• Add more macros to cpp.hint (fixing missing symbols).

http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/sign-up-for-the-vs-code-c/c-insiders-program

Bug fixes and workspace parsing performance improvements:

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2018/01/17/visual-studio-code-cc-extension-jan-2018-update/

Fix tag parser failing (and continuing to fail after edits) when it shouldn't. #1367
Fix tag parser taking too long due to redundant processing. #1288
Fix debugging silently failing the 1st time if a C/C++ file isn't opened. #1366
Skip automatically adding to files.associations if it matches an existing glob pattern or if C_Cpp.autoAddFileAssociations is false. #722
The debugger no longer requires an extra reload. #1362
Fix incorrect "Warning: Expected file ... is missing" message after installing on Linux. #1334
Fix "Include file not found" messages not re-appearing after settings changes. #1363
Performance improvements with browse.path parsing, and stop showing "Parsing files" when there's no actual parsing. #1393
Fix crash when settings with the wrong type are used. #1396
Allow semicolons in browse.path. #1415
Fix to handle relative pathing in source file paths properly when normalizing. #1228
Fix delay in language service activation caused by cpptools.json downloading. #1429
Add C_Cpp.workspaceParsingPriority setting to enable using less than 100% CPU during parsing of workspace files.
Add C_Cpp.exclusionPolicy default to checkFolders to avoid expensive files.exclude checking on every file.

• Fix for stackwalk NullReferenceException. #1339
• Fix for -isystem (or -I) not being used in compile_commands.json if there's a space after it. #1343
• Fix for header switching from .cc to .hpp files (and other cases). #1341
• Fix reload prompts not appearing in debugging scenarios (after the initial installation). #1344
• Add a "wait" message when commands are invoked during download/installation. #1344
• Prevent blank "C/C++ Configuration" from appearing when debugging is started but the language service is not. #1353