It's been a long time coming and now it's finally here

I rely on Visual Studio heavily, but VS2026 is extremely buggy, whereas VS2022 was stable for me. All kind of features stop working mid-use, like even search on text. When you experience it, you think you're losing your mind, like, "I swear I typed that right?!". And IDE hangs, of course.

As with much Microsoft software back in the day, my workaround has been: turn off the car, get out of the car, get back in the car, restart the engine.

I'm asking because I know I can't be the only one. And, well, misery loves company.

its getting bloated and clogged again after a few new versions.

anyone noticing it ?

when it first launched the performance was so better than the 2022.

Sharing my experience with Visual Studio 2026 after one hour of usage:

I didn’t really feel like I was using a mature IDE — it feels more like something designed for kids to play with.

The overall design is uncomfortable compared to Visual Studio 2022.

And oh, the blue color! They removed my favorite theme and replaced it with nonsensical colors that strain your eyes after just a short time. Even the dark mode doesn’t make sense. I really don’t understand what happened with the theming — and it seems I’m not alone, as many people are complaining about the new look and color scheme.

Based on these concerns, I’d rather stick with Visual Studio 2022 than use what feels like a toy.

Yay, more AI!!!!!! (Good lord, I hope we'll be able to turn it off)

I expected fundamentally better user experience about vs2026, but it feels like it's the same slow thing with some rounded corners and different icons.

Recommended is 64 Gb RAM and 16 CPU Core. Wow!!! I can already feel the power.

Visual Studio 2026 First Impressions

Have you guys already switched to VS2026, or are you waiting for the full release? Is it worth it to already switch or are there still some breaking issues?

I started using Visual Studio with the 2022 release, and I have a simple question about migrating to the upcoming 2026 version.

My question is: when Visual Studio 2026 is released, will the 2022 version automatically update to it, or are they independent versions, meaning I would need to uninstall 2022 and install 2026? How does this transition work for those who previously used VS2015, VS2019, etc.?

Also, I saw that the recommended RAM for VS2026 is 64 GB. In that case, would the minimum be 24 GB? Or would 62 GB be required for large projects?

And why ? extension support or something else ? If not, when do you plan to move to VS2026 ?

The context: employee (you can't choose) ? personnal ? self-employed or executive / decider ?

Downloaded the insiders edition earlier today at work to test it out, we have very large solutions where debugging becomes quite laggy and hogs a large amount of ram on vs2022. Even ctrl t code search is laggy and vsvim is also delayed. Pretty shitty experience but ive been dealing with it anyways.

However when i switched to vs2026 these issues went away and it was almost as smooth as using an actual text editor. Debugging was fast and generally moving around and using different ide features was also quick and clean

I was wondering if anyone had a similar experience or how they are finding it?

I did see the reccomended spec being upped to 64gb but from one of the vs devs in this sub i realised it was for ops to buy better dev laptops (which is pretty neat)

I`m a .net developer (mainly working on WPF). With .NET 10 coming in November, will I need VS2026 to comfortably develop WPF applications for .NET 10?

For developers already using VS2026, could you tell me if some of the plugins (resharper, XAML styler, etc.) are already working properly? Otherwise, I'll probably have to stick with .NET 9 and VS2022 and wait and see.

Long ago, I tried side-loading a preview version of Visual Studio with an older version on my machine, and it screwed up my dev environment. I was forced to reset and reinstall.

The new Visual Studio 2026 looks good! I wanted to try it, but my previous experience held me back.

Has anyone here tried sideloading it? Is there anything I should pay attention to?

I need advice as I didn't use visual studio for years now, I found 2026 got released before I installed 2022, so should I stick to 2022 release or go for the new 2026 version?
Also a dumb question but can I use vs 2026 with other .net versions earlier than 10? As I read it is installed with .net 10