ESP-IDF VS Code Extension v1.9.0 release

We’re excited to announce the release of the ESP-IDF VS Code Extension v1.9.0! This update brings powerful new features, performance enhancements, and numerous improvements to streamline your development experience.

New Features and Improvements

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Enhanced User Experience

• Added two new interactive walkthroughs: “Basic Usage Guide” and “Advanced Features” for better user onboarding.
• Improved project creation from examples with enhanced UI/UX.
• Enhanced framework selection in examples and new projects.
• Optimized UX/UI for creating projects from examples.

Serial Device Management

• Introduced new configuration options for serial port filtering with idf.useSerialPortVendorProductFilter and idf.enableSerialPortChipIdRequest.
• Added customizable USB PID/VID filters through idf.usbSerialPortFilters.
• Default filtering now shows only known USB serial ports based on product and vendor IDs.
• Added option to disable chip ID display in serial port list.

Project Configuration

• Enhanced support for multiple sdkconfig files in Project Configuration Editor with multiple profiles.
• Automated environment setup by computing ESP-IDF tools from IDF_PATH and IDF_TOOLS_PATH.
• Removed redundant configuration options in favor of automated path computation.
• Added notification for missing compile_commands.json file with generation option for better IntelliSense support.
• Improved ESP-IDF variables handling using idf_tools.py export --format key-value.

Development Features

• Added linker (ld) error display in VS Code ‘Problems’ window (Thanks to contributor @GillesZunino).
• Implemented support for new ESP-IDF Size JSON format in binary analysis (ESP-IDF v5.3+).
• Added validation to prevent device reset during active debug sessions.
• Updated QEMU implementation with support for both ESP32 and ESP32-C3 targets.
• Enhanced telemetry reporting

Bug Fixes

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• Fixed monitor terminal reset issues when using separate window layouts.
• Fixed unit tests not refreshing when using the Refresh tests button.
• Fixed ESP-IDF constraint file version parsing to match ESP-IDF’s naming convention (major.minor only).
• Fixed monitoring message display during flash failures.
• Fixed monitor device reset behavior during debug sessions.
• Fixed Docker configuration by using ESP-IDF tools version of QEMU.

Check the full release notes for more detailed information.

We value your feedback! If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for further improvements, don’t hesitate to let us know by creating a GitHub issue.

Thank you for being part of the Espressif developer community—happy coding!