--- title: "Visual Studio 18.5 lands with AI debugging at a price, devs still feeling blue" url: https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-18-5-lands-with-ai-debugging-at-a-price-devs-still-feeling-blue-nhtjdurym source_url: https://www.devclass.com/ai-ml/2026/04/17/visual-studio-185-lands-with-ai-debugging-at-a-price-devs-still-feeling-blue/5218068 type: article source: "DEVCLASS" published: 2026-05-10T09:27:18.144Z updated: 2026-05-10T09:28:14.356Z tags: ["devtools", "github", "visual-studio"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Visual Studio 18.5 lands with AI debugging at a price, devs still feeling blue **[DEVCLASS](https://daily.dev/sources/devclass)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Visual Studio 2026 18.5 introduces two major changes: a unified code suggestion system that prevents IntelliSense and GitHub Copilot from conflicting, and an agentic AI debugger that autonomously inspects code, generates hypotheses, sets breakpoints, and proposes fixes. However, the AI debugger consumes tokens per use, raising questions about its cost-effectiveness. Meanwhile, developer frustration persists over the removal of the classic blue theme (which reduced color contrast and readability after an 87% token reduction in the color system) and forced automatic updates that interrupt work sessions. A workaround for the update behavior requires editing a config file not exposed in the UI. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#visual-studio](https://daily.dev/tags/visual-studio) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-18-5-lands-with-ai-debugging-at-a-price-devs-still-feeling-blue-nhtjdurym)