You might wonder, "Why download an older version when VS Code updates every month?" The answer is stability and familiarity.

Because of these factors, searching for "Visual Studio Code 1.70.3 download" remains a high-volume query on technical forums like Reddit and Stack Overflow.

Fix: In 1.70.3, go to Settings > search for terminal.integrated.shell.linux and set path to /bin/bash or /bin/zsh. This setting was deprecated in later versions but works in 1.70.3.

Exact packaging options for 1.70.3 match the usual VS Code distribution for each platform.

Go directly to the VS Code Stable releases page: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates

VS Code updates are distributed via two main channels:

Version 1.70.3 belongs to the Stable channel archive.

Microsoft routinely identifies Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in the Electron framework upon which VS Code is built. Version 1.70.3 includes back-ported security fixes to address potential remote code execution vulnerabilities and rendering exploits found in the Chromium engine. Organizations adhering to strict compliance standards (such as SOC2 or ISO 27001) often mandate upgrading to the latest patch version (e.g., moving from 1.70.2 to 1.70.3) immediately upon release.

If your workflow was interrupted by bugs in the initial 1.70 release, 1.70.3 is the version you want.