[kid0m4n]

They had to rollback the update:

> Unfortunately, we needed to roll back the 1.7 release of VS Code. One of the great new features in 1.7 is the automatic acquisition of typing files when writing JavaScript and TypeScript. These typings files drive the IntelliSense (code completions) experience in the tool. The feature was so great that we started to overload the npmjs.org service. The right thing to do in the short term was to revert the release. If you had already upgraded to 1.7 you would have been prompted to install another update and you should now be at 1.6.1 again. We apologize for this inconvenience and we're working hard to make both short and long term fixes to bring you a great editing experience in VS Code.

[mycall]

Auto downgrade. That's a first.

[criswell]

I was so confused. Thank you.

[Maken]

They already published a recovery build. Now updating 1.7 will install 1.7.1.

[neves]

It was funny, I've just installed vscode in an old machine and came to HN. On the first page there as a newer version. Holy Shit! They've updated between the install and visiting the page. I was almost buying Microsft