Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code 1.118 has drawn sharp criticism for automatically adding a “Co-Authored-by: Copilot” tag to Git commits by default, even for some users not actively using Copilot. The ...
Silent setting change: On April 16, 2026, Microsoft altered a default in VS Code to list Copilot as co-author on all commits without notifying users. Developers push back: The change sparked outrage ...