Contributing, feedback, and support

Important

Live Share is deprecated in Visual Studio 2026. Visual Studio 2026 (version 18.12) no longer includes Live Share.

The Live Share extension for Visual Studio Code remains in maintenance mode, with no new features planned. For details and other ways to collaborate, see Live Share deprecation and alternatives.

Have a question or feedback? There are many ways to contribute. We want to hear from you!

TLDR

In short:

• Known issues: See bugs or feature requests and up-vote using a 👍 reaction.
• VS Code bugs: Log a new issue. Use the "Live Share: Export logs" command and drag-and-drop the zip onto the bug.
• VS bugs: Help > Send Feedback > Report a Problem... Repro the problem before sending and logs will be auto-attached.
• Feature requests: Log a new request or use a 👍 reaction to up-vote an existing one.

More details below.

Documentation

Some of our reference docs may have what you need!

• Connectivity requirements for Live Share
• Language and platform support
• Extension support
• Troubleshooting
• FAQ

Issues and Requests

GitHub issues and Visual Studio problem reports are a great way to connect with us.

• Up-vote a feature or request a new one
• See if someone already hit your problem by searching logged bugs
• Report a problem for Visual Studio
• Report a problem for VS Code or the overall service
• Check out tips on contributing!

See also

Quickstarts

• Share your first project
• Join your first session

How-tos

• Install and sign in to Live Share in Visual Studio Code
• Install and sign in to Live Share in Visual Studio