Weekly briefing
Week 40 · 28 Sep – 4 Oct 2026 UTC · assess the changes, then plan the next dates.
All dated changes in this period
18 source records · 13 groupsReleasesWindows Terminal3 source records
New version · 3 entries
- Windows Terminal · Preview: 1.26.2734.0
New version · GitHub release record · package availability may differ
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56 release-note bullets- This release includes our newly-redesigned settings UI! Broadly, the categories are the same, but we've given a new interface to most of our settings, simplified wording, moved th…
- We have added early support for "workspaces," or named Terminal windows which remember what was open in them that you can close and come back to. Access Workspaces with the new ic…
- We now support applications emitting a notification with OSC 777 (Desktop Notification, from urxvt) and additionally support for displaying a notification when a bell is triggered…
- Windows Terminal · Stable: 1.24.12741.0
New version · GitHub release record · package availability may differ
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14 release-note bullets- Panes can no longer be reduced below 2 cells in either direction, to prevent screen corruption (#20564) (thanks @zhangxaochen!)
- We got rid of the "new tab" animation, as it made the application appear slower (#20543)
- IME candidate windows will no longer be positioned incorrectly when Terminal is maximized (#20627) (thanks @9enki!)
- Windows Terminal · Stable: 1.25.2733.0
New version · GitHub release record · package availability may differ
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43 release-note bullets- A new settings search experience! We have a lot of settings; hopefully this helps you find them.
- A rich "actions" editor that will let you better customize how you interact with Terminal.
- Support for the "Kitty" input protocol, for a highly opinionated way to distinguish keyboard keys and how they were pressed.
Known issuesGitHub3 source records
Service incident · 3 entries
- GitHub: Elevated request latency
Service incident
- GitHub: [Retroactive] Actions workflow run failures after deployment gate approvals
Service incident
Actions
Updates and guidanceAzure DevOps
GitHub-hosted agents with Pay-as-you-Go pricing are now generally available in Azure Pipelines
Product news · Azure DevOps Blog
ReleasesAzure Kubernetes Service
Release Notes 2026-09-25
Tool release · Azure Kubernetes Service release notes
Assessment context
50 release-note bullets
- Starting September 30, 2026, AKS will automatically migrate deprecated Availability Sets (VMAS) clusters to Virtual Machines node pools through the auto-upgrader. To control the m…
- Windows Server 2022 is not supported in kubernetes version 1.37 and above. For more information on this retirement, see the Retirement GitHub issue.
- Identity bindings, which extends the existing workload identity feature to address scale limitations around federated identity credentials (FICs) on user-assigned managed identiti…
ReleasesAzure PowerShell
Az PowerShell module 16.4.0
Tool release · Az PowerShell module releases
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86 release-note bullets
- mcr.microsoft.com/azure-powershell:latest
- mcr.microsoft.com/azure-powershell:alpine-3.23
- mcr.microsoft.com/azure-powershell:16.4.0-alpine-3.23
ReleasesPSParseHTML
PSParseHTML 3.0.3
Tool release · PSParseHTML package releases
Updates and guidanceAzure DevOps
Updates to Copilot Code Reviews for Azure Repos
Product news · Azure DevOps Blog
ReleasesMicrosoft Graph PowerShell SDK
Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK 2.41.0
Tool release · Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK release notes
Assessment context
3 release-note bullets
- Completely isolating Microsoft.Graph.Authentication solving dependency issues by @svrooij in https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-powershell/pull/3789
- [v2] Module Command Metadata Refresh by @microsoft-graph-devx-bot[bot] in https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-powershell/pull/3801
- @svrooij made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-powershell/pull/3789
ReleasesVisual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code · Stable: 1.140.0
New version · GitHub release record · package availability may differ
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ReleasesPSEventViewer
PSEventViewer 4.0.1
Tool release · PSEventViewer package releases
Known issuesGitHub / GitHub Copilot
Updates and guidance.NET
Build Agentic UI with the new Blazor AI components
Product news · Microsoft .NET Blog
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