What is New?
Note
#.# - major version - Includes new features, major enhancements, architectural changes, bug fixes. Since 2015, a major version is named in sync with the release year, for example the first major version of 2015 is 15.1.
#.#.# - minor version - Includes bug fixes, minor enhancements.
When switching to a new major version it is recommended to start in a new workspace.
25.2.15 (27 August 2025)
Features
DVT-21891 AI Assistant: Add support for Amazon Bedrock provider
DVT-22363 Build config: Simplify reusing/referencing build configurations in other projects using +dvt_include_config
DVT-22814 AI Assistant: New ‘Add logging to the selected code’ predefined blueprint
Enhancements
vscode-2043 Report an Issue: Collect log files for all running Language Servers
DVT-22027 AI Assistant: Use incremental indices for cloned chat sessions
DVT-22694 AI Assistant: ‘Analyze and fix the selected code’ blueprint should include compilation problems in the prompt
DVT-23470 AI Assistant: Update predefined blueprints to use markdown in the underlying prompt
Bugfixes
vscode-1632 & vscode-1717 Invalid registry entries are not successfully deleted
vscode-1916 Report an Issue: Information is incorrectly collected when VS Code uses a custom user data directory
vscode-1975 Report an Issue: Do not collect the extension’s global storage
vscode-2024 ${DVT_SIMLOG_PROCESSOR} provides wrong output when the input contains carriage return ‘\r’ characters
vscode-2064 Comments are not displayed in tooltips after incremental build
vscode-2066 Sometimes “Find all References” command does not display all the matches
DVT-23508 AI Assistant: Model configs are not refreshed automatically after modifying the models.json file
DVT-23560 AI Assistant: Protected file rules are not applied for compiled files symbols
25.2.14 (13 August 2025)
Performance
vscode-2042 AI Assistant: Speed-up response streaming of GitHub Copilot models while using Remote-SSH over slow networks
Features
vscode-2030 Ability to expand/collapse macros
vscode-2051 Add support for Bitfield diagrams
vscode-2052 & vscode-2026 Add support for Wavedrom diagrams
Enhancements
DVT-22683 AI Assistant: Ability to quickly access AI Assistant-related commands from the chat view toolbar
DVT-22745 AI Assistant: Ability to insert a code block from a chat conversation into a new file
DVT-22925 AI Assistant: Ability to create snippets or blueprints without sending a message to the LLM
DVT-23123 AI Assistant: Add preference to toggle the chat send button shortcut between Enter and Shift+Enter keys
DVT-23282 Add support for state action blocks syntax
DVT-23441 AI Assistant: Ability to specify proxy and SSL/TLS certificate options to the getFetchModule API
DVT-23444 AI Assistant: Use HTTP as default when no protocol is specified for a proxy
DVT-23486 Add support for missing rf_scalar methods predefined API
Bugfixes
vscode-2018 AI Assistant: Snippets and symbols do not expand correctly
vscode-2021 AI Assistant: Proxy and SSL/TLS certificates configuration should take into account the DVT.environment.variables preference
vscode-2028 Snippets: “Back” button is wrongly displayed in the “DVT: Create New Snippet...” quick pick after returning to the first step
vscode-2029 Snippets: “DVT: Create New Snippet...” inserts the initial selected snippet even after the selection was changed
vscode-2047 AI Assistant: Unable to use code completion for eLanguage files
vscode-2049 Verification Hierarchy View: Changing the top while the view is not visible results in empty view
DVT-23497 AI Assistant: Wrong expansion of ‘@usages of’ snippet on elements with multiple layers
25.2.13 (30 July 2025)
This is the first release of DVT IDE for VS Code with e Language support.
The following features are available:
Compilation & Errors reported as you type
Hyperlink to declaration / Go to declaration
Go to Type Definition
References: Show Usages / Readers / Writers / Instances / Constraints / Emitters / Importing File
Content Assist: context-sensitive autocomplete, code snippets
Rename Refactoring
Workspace Symbols
Outline View
Tooltips
Code Highlighting
Views: Verification Hierarchy, Compile Order, Compiled Files View