VS Code Copilot Attribution Bug Fixed – Revert to Off Until 1.119
Set git.addAICoAuthor to "off" and disableAIFeatures to true to avoid incorrect Copilot attribution until the 1.119 update.
Set git.addAICoAuthor to "off" and disableAIFeatures to true in your VS Code settings to prevent accidental Copilot attribution until the 1.119 update.
Summary
Microsoft’s VS Code added a Copilot co‑author setting in 1.110 that could automatically append “Co‑authored‑by: Copilot” to commit messages. The default value was changed to “all” in 1.117, but a bug caused non‑Copilot completions to be misattributed. In 1.118 the default was rolled back to “chatAndAgent” and the feature is now disabled whenever disableAIFeatures is true.
The fix will ship in 1.119, scheduled for rollout on 5/6. Until then, the attribution will only be added when the user explicitly consents, and the system will never add a trailer for non‑AI changes. Future improvements include switching to an “assisted‑by” attribution style and adding model information to the commit trailer.
Users who rely on Copilot should set git.addAICoAuthor to "off" and enable disableAIFeatures to avoid accidental attribution until the update is applied.
Key changes
- 1.110 added git.addAICoAuthor with values off, chatAndAgent, all
- Default changed to all in 1.117 rollout 4/22
- Bug caused non‑Copilot completions to be attributed to Copilot
- 1.118 changed default to chatAndAgent and disabled feature when disableAIFeatures=true
- Feature will be fixed in 1.119 rollout 5/6
- Future plan: require user consent before adding trailer
- Future plan: switch to assisted‑by attribution and include model info