
Apple updated Xcode today with multiple welcome bug fixes, including some performance updates to its new AI-assisted coding features. Here’s what’s new.
If you’ve been using the new coding intelligence features on Xcode , you might have noticed a few performance issues, including some related to its native ChatGPT integration.
Today, Apple released Xcode 26.1.1, which brings multiple bug fixes, including:
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: Improved the memory usage of the Coding Assistant in projects with large git repositories. (155382239)
- Fixed: Coding tools may become unavailable in the source editor, and may fail when used in menus. (160972804)
- Fixed: The Coding Assistant’s “find text in file” tool may return incorrect line numbers, causing failed text replacements. (161690692)
- Fixed: Users interacting with ChatGPT in Xcode might experience performance issues when the assistant is applying code changes. (163507099)
The update also fixes a bug that prevented background indexing from completing for some projects, as well as other issues affecting CallKit, Instruments, Interface Builder, Localization, Previews, Simulator, Swift Packages, Swift Testing, and Xcode Cloud.
Alongside the bug fixes are new features for Devices, Enhanced Security, and Instruments, including the ability to gather a full sysdiagnose directly from a connected device using
xcrun devicectl device sysdiagnose
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To read the full release notes for Xcode 26.1.1, .
Have you been using the new Coding Intelligence features in Xcode? Let us know in the comments.
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