Announcing AKS VS Code Extension v1.6.4: Retina Integration is Here!

[Vamsi Kalapala (vakalapa)]

We're super excited to bring you a fun-packed update to our AKS VS Code extension—version v1.6.4 now comes with shiny new Retina integration! This upgrade means you can now capture network traffic and diagnostic metadata and securely upload it to Azure Blob Storage—all without leaving your favorite VS Code playground.

What's the Buzz?
Retina Integration Magic: Easily capture and store network traffic data and logs from your specified nodes.

Streamlined Workflow: Just right-click on an AKS cluster in the Cloud Explorer, select Troubleshoot Network Health, hit Run Retina Capture, and then choose Upload Artifacts to Blob Storage. It's that simple!

Teamwork Made Fun: Share your diagnostic data effortlessly with your teammates, making collaboration smoother and troubleshooting faster.

Ready to Dive In?
Download the updated extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace and start capturing those tricky network issues with flair.

Happy diagnosing,
The Microsoft/Retina Team

[Tatsat (Tats) Mishra 🐉 (Tatsinnit)]

Yay!! Congrats and to everyone involved 🔔 Just adding a quick note — the detailed Retina feature documentation for VS Code lives here:
📘 Retina Capture – VS Code AKS Tools

We're excited about this step — pushing more diagnostic-heavy lifting into the extension level aims to seriously level up debug-ability and streamline developer experience from the get-go. 🚀 Let us know your thoughts or how you're using it! gentle ping to Suneha Bose (@bosesuneha) for further addition. 🎊 Thanks heaps!

[Suneha Bose (bosesuneha)]

The Retina capture option can be accessed by right-clicking on the AKS cluster in the Cloud Explorer panel in VS Code.

Finally, the uploaded logs are available in the specified container of your Azure Storage account.

Check 📘 Retina Capture – VS Code AKS Tools for more details.