The Visual Studio Code 1.40 release, also known as the update, was primarily a "housekeeping" iteration focused on improving stability and addressing the project's issue backlog. Core Focus: Housekeeping

: A new indicator for the active item in the Activity Bar was added to improve readability.

: Two new theme colors ( window.activeBorder and window.inactiveBorder ) were introduced to allow users and theme authors to customize the VS Code window border.

: The team closed 4,622 issues across all VS Code repositories, a significant increase from the previous housekeeping session in 2018.

While the focus was stability, several workbench and editor improvements were introduced:

: Despite 2,195 new issues being created during the iteration, there was a net reduction of 2,427 open issues. Key UI & UX Enhancements