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It looks like setting an environment variable CH_ATA_ENABLE will turn it back on:

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/commit/b3c10273d7ba34086...

I suppose you could rebuild with the feature enabled since it's open source.

If you are interested in getting the latest features, try VSCode Insider version[0].

[0]: https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders

Oh. never known it. how stable is it?

Its an insider preview, it will be hit or miss depending on the release. VSCode release updates often and they have broken things in the past, which usually get patched within a few days.

Don't do Insider if you need a guarantee of stability.