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+---
+title: Radu Rentea
+---
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+---
+title: "ESP-IDF VS Code Extension v1.9.0 release"
+date: 2025-01-17
+showAuthor: false
+disableComments: false
+featureAsset: "img/featured/featured-vscode-extension-release.webp"
+tags: ["News", "ESP-IDF extension", "VSCode", "Visual Studio Code", "IDE"]
+authors:
+- "radu-rentea"
+---
+We’re excited to announce the release of the [ESP-IDF VS Code Extension](https://github.com/espressif/vscode-esp-idf-extension) v1.9.0!
+This update brings powerful new features, performance enhancements, and numerous improvements to streamline your development experience.
+{{< youtube BdQzsFRoG2s >}}
+
+## New Features and Improvements
+
+**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](https://github.com/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
+
+- 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](https://github.com/espressif/vscode-esp-idf-extension/releases/tag/v1.9.0) 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](https://github.com/espressif/vscode-esp-idf-extension/issues).
+
+Thank you for being part of the Espressif developer community—happy coding!
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+{
+	"name": "Radu Rentea",
+	"image" : "img/authors/radu-rentea.webp",
+	"bio": "Software Engineer at Espressif",
+	"social": [
+			{ "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/radu-rentea/" },
+			{ "github": "https://github.com/radurentea" }
+	]
+}