Investigate how to switch between vscode web stable and insiders from within vscode web itself
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Description
It would be nice and better user experience to be able to switch between vscode web stable and insiders from within vscode web itself (codespaces already do this) rather than going to the dashboard preferences. Furthermore, with the current approach, it's not possible to switch the current workspace vscode version, for that you would have to update your dashboard preferences and then restart your current workspace (force it to stop and start again)
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by investigating how VS Code web selects Stable versus Insiders and how the dashboard preferences control the current workspace version. Compare the existing Codespaces switching experience with Gitpod's dashboard and workspace restart flow. Done means users can switch versions from within VS Code web, including the current workspace, without manually changing preferences and restarting it.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- vscode
- Domain
- cloud, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100