Help > About and Check for Updates should link to release notes#326431
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Make the changelog easier to find from Help > About and from the Check for Updates flow when an update is or is not available. Fixes microsoft#326426
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Pull request overview
Adds Release Notes access to About and update-check flows across desktop, web, and Agents window dialogs.
Changes:
- Extends About dialogs with a Release Notes action.
- Adds Release Notes to update-result dialogs, including windowless macOS.
- Automatically surfaces the update tooltip after explicit checks.
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src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/parts/dialogs/dialogHandler.ts |
Adds Release Notes to native About dialogs. |
src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/parts/dialogs/dialog.contribution.ts |
Handles the desktop About action. |
src/vs/workbench/contrib/update/browser/updateTitleBarEntry.ts |
Surfaces explicit update results in the title bar. |
src/vs/workbench/contrib/update/browser/update.ts |
Adds update-result Release Notes dialogs. |
src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/dialogs/dialogHandler.ts |
Extends browser About dialogs. |
src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/dialogs/dialog.web.contribution.ts |
Handles the web About action. |
src/vs/sessions/browser/parts/dialogs/mobileDialog.web.contribution.ts |
Handles the Agents window About action. |
src/vs/sessions/browser/parts/dialogs/mobileAwareDialogHandler.ts |
Forwards extended About options. |
src/vs/platform/update/electron-main/notAvailableUpdateDialog.ts |
Updates the windowless macOS dialog. |
src/vs/platform/dialogs/common/dialogs.ts |
Defines the extended About-dialog contract. |
src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts |
Supplies services to the macOS update dialog. |
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@microsoft-github-policy-service agree |
Gate Release Notes UI on releaseNotesUrl, delay until productVersion is known (macOS Downloading has no update yet), and fall back to the latest release notes URL when the target version is unavailable.
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Summary
There is currently no easy way to open the VS Code changelog from Help → About or from Check for Updates.
This change adds Release Notes access in those flows:
Fixes #326426
Test plan
releaseNotesUrlis not configurednpm run typecheck-clientpasses