VSCodium
Disable AI features setting does not work
Describe the bug The disable AI features setting used to turn off the "generate commit message" button in the source control tab, but it no longer does. Please confirm that this problem is VSCodium-specific
- Yes, this bug doesn't happen in vscode. It only happens in VSCodium. I have vscode as well, and this is not reproducible there.
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Go to settings
- search for "disable ai features" and check the checkbox
- restart vscodium (just in case), then open the source control tab
- the button for "generate commit message" still exists
Expected behavior the "generate commit message" button should not be visible
Screenshots
Desktop (please complete the following information):
- OS: Windows 11
- Architecture x64
- Version [e.g. 1.05,06808]
- App Manager None, manual install from github release
- Sandboxed no
Yes, it's a known bug. I tried to fix it but I wasn't able to fix it in the time I had. So I've decided to launch the new version with it. Since, there is no configuration for its access to any servers, it doesn't do anything. It's just annoying. I will try to fix it when I have some time.
Forgot to add it on the release notes...
Is the plan to remove all the Copilot branded stuff from future releases of VS Codium?
The reason I use Codium instead of Code is to be free of all this shovelware in the first place. I'm fine with using / supporting AI tools, but I don't want to be force-fed a particular vendors' flavour.
Is the plan to remove all the Copilot branded stuff from future releases of VS Codium?
They should be disabled by default.
Today, I noticed that my VSCodium has Copilot enabled without me installing any extensions. I am using VSCodium specifically to get away from all of this shoveling in my face.
As I understood it, there is no code of Copilot in VSCodium. Is this correct?
How do I completely remove Copilot from my VSCodium?
As I understood it, there is no code of Copilot in VSCodium.
There no connections to Copilot. VSCodium doesn't not ship any configuration for Copilot But VSCode codebase does integrate some Copilot UI elements but the aren't connected to anything.
How do I completely remove Copilot from my VSCodium?
There is a bug. I didn't find the solution, yet. Those UI elements should be hidden.
OK, I found how to disable those pesky Copilot UI elements. Pretty sure, they haven't tested when Copilot isn't configured...
Thank you for looking into this and for the great work the Codium project does!
Hmm, according to the changelogs, version 1.105.16999 should fix this, but for me it doesn't. Am I not enabling/disabling the right setting? It should be "Disable AI Features", correct?
@daiyam I should have mentioned, but you can see in the screenshot, the generate commit message button is still there.
FYI, adding about the commit button, I see the "Copilot status" in the status bar even I have the setting chat.disableAIFeatures enabled.
It would be nice to have it disabled/hidden by default.
I had this pop-up on the right just now after opening a fresh clone of a repository:
I assume that's just UI which isn't connected to anything, like mentioned above? It should probably still be removed.
Is there any guarantee that VSCodium doesn't ship with AI/Copilot connections? I think that should be something of high priority whenever upstream is merged. Some of us don't want our code to be injected into an AI chat automatically, directly in the editor. Personally I prefer to be 100% manual about it by copy/pasting it into a separate application/browser tab.
Is there any guarantee that VSCodium doesn't ship with AI/Copilot connections?
Yes. There is no configurations for Copilot. It is just UI that they plan to move into an extension.
Personally I prefer to be 100% manual about it by copy/pasting it into a separate application/browser tab.
I do the same or switch to Visual Studio Code when I try Copilot.
@ungive Which version are you on?
Version: 1.105.16954 Commit: a76366366dcaeff534f03d46b5cd4439eeb9cdeb Date: 2025-10-16T18:32:45.222Z Electron: 37.6.0 ElectronBuildId: undefined Chromium: 138.0.7204.251 Node.js: 22.19.0 V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0 OS: Linux x64
Works for me too! Thanks! When I opened a newly cloned repo the sidebar was still opened (but without content), but other than that all places where I once saw copilot stuff are gone now.
