Vs code shipped experimental agent merge, where an agent can open a pull request and take it…
vs code shipped experimental agent merge, where an agent can open a pull request and take it through review and ci inside the editor without leaving the session. the loop is closing: the same agent writes, reviews, and merges.
the last human step left is deciding what the agent should not do.
Context
The VS Code 1.136 release notes, with InfoWorld reporting 1.136 was released 2 September 2026, label the feature Agent Merge (Preview). It asks an agent to address review feedback, fix failed checks and merge conflicts, and rerun workflows, repeating until the pull request is ready to merge. It is enabled with the setting chat.agentMerge.enabled and per session only from the Agents window.
The first-party label is preview, not experimental. Open a pull request is not stated in the text read, since the feature operates on a pull request that already exists. The sources say the loop ends when the pull request is ready to merge, not that the agent performs the merge, so the same agent writes, reviews and merges is unsupported. A pull request titled constrain Agent Merge GitHub actions was seen in a snippet only and not opened. The loop is closing is the author's opinion.
Related work
Watch next
- Agent Merge documentation and any move from preview to stable.
Sources
- VS Code 1.136 release notescode.visualstudio.com
- VS Code 1.136 introduces agent merges (InfoWorld, 4 Sep 2026)infoworld.com
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The note above is reproduced unedited from the original post, first published on Threads on 18 September 2026 at 18:05 IST. Sources are the papers and datasets the note draws on.
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