Clarification on Deprecation Scope

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Question

I am seeking clarification on the scope of the deprecation announced for March 27, 2026.

While it is clear that the Polyglot Notebooks extension for VS Code is being deprecated, the status of the .NET Interactive engine and the Jupyter Kernel is less certain. Specifically, the announcement mentions that "issues related to using .NET Interactive as a kernel in other Jupyter frontends will be closed."

Could you please clarify:

1. Is the .NET Interactive engine itself being deprecated? Will the underlying libraries and APIs continue to be maintained for other implementations?
2. Standalone Jupyter Kernel: Will the ability to install and use .NET Interactive as a kernel in standard Jupyter environments be officially deprecated or removed?