2025.02.0-137

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• .dmg for macOS 10.15+ (Universal)
• -Setup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (system level install)
• -UserSetup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (user level install)
• .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+, 24+ for arm64)
• .rpm for Red Hat-based Linux (RHEL9)

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Release Notes

New Features

• Command to focus the Variables view #6060
• Standardized modal layouts #6044
• Regular comments in R code now continue #6049
• Command to open an HTML file in a browser #6071
• Indicator in console when extension host is disconnected #6089

Bug Fixes

• Fixed console behavior with cleared code #6064
• Fixed behavior when pip is missing #6020
• Fixed installation on Windows with long usernames #6085
• Fixed word wrap behavior in console #6034
• Fixed pasting into console #6125

2025.02.0-79

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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

• .dmg for macOS 10.15+ (Universal)
• -Setup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (system level install)
• -UserSetup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (user level install)
• .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+, 24+ for arm64)
• .rpm for Red Hat-based Linux (RHEL9)

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Release Notes

New Features

• Better Data Explorer handling for emptiness in column names posit-dev/ark#659
• Data Explorer for directly viewing data files now supports gzipped CSV/TSV #5901
• New architecture for managing notebook kernels #5926
• Added support for long-running remote SSH sessions #5899
• Improved runtime startup #5959
• File hyperlinks from the R package cli are now clickable in R package task terminals #5850
• No longer start runtimes that were never used in a workspace #5992

Bug Fixes

• Fixed RPC timeouts in the Variables Pane with code execution #5871
• Fixed how the Data Explorer for directly viewing data files watches files for updates #5890
• Fixed S4 support in the Variables pane posit-dev/ark#658
• Fixed FastAPI support on Windows #5858
• Fixed diagnostics for raw notebook cells #5950
• Fixed how Positron handles Python typing-extensions #5984
• Fixed path completions in Python #6002
• Fixed path completions in notebooks #6018
• Fixed drag/drop into File Explorer pane #6030

Dependencies

• Updated code-oss upstream to v1.96 (also fixed crash when interacting with native OS toolbar on Linux)

2025.01.0-159

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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

• .dmg for macOS 10.15+ (Universal)
• -Setup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (system level install)
• -UserSetup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (user level install)
• .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+)
• .rpm for Red Hat-based Linux (RHEL9)

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Release Notes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug in Data Explorer for directly viewing data files #5890
• Fixed Variables pane bug with long-running code in the console #5871
• Fixed Plots bug with resizing plots #5763

2024.12.0-96

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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

• .dmg for macOS 10.15+ (Universal)
• -Setup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (system level install)
• -UserSetup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (user level install)
• .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+)
• .rpm for Red Hat-based Linux (RHEL9)

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Release Notes

New Features

• Added new "Set as Working Directory" command from the Explorer pane #5476
• Updated how language keyboard shortcuts are made available in Quarto documents, and integrated recent improvements from the Quarto extension #5451
• The Variables pane now has support for formulas and haven objects in R #4119, #5327
• Added new (optional) logging for installing Python modules #5529

Bug Fixes

• Fixed how Python interpreters are identified in the New Project Wizard #5502
• Fixed R diagnostics for assignments in calls #3048
• Fixed how ark sets R environment variables #3637

2024.11.0-140

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• .dmg for macOS 10.15+ (Universal)
• -Setup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (system level install)
• -UserSetup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (user level install)
• .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+)
• .rpm for Red Hat-based Linux

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Release Notes

New Features

• Added new support for directly configurable R interpreter locations #2235
• Added nested outline sections via markdown-like comments in .R files thanks to @kv9898 #3822
• Improved error message for a missing SQLite system requirement #4698
• Improved error messages for direct viewing of data files via the Data Explorer #5133
• Improved support for Streamlit and FastAPI on Workbench #5138

Bug Fixes

• Fixed installation on Linux when VS Code is also installed #4875
• Fixed how the experimental Python reticulate sessions exit #5056
• Fixed a recent performance degradation in the Data Explorer #5176
• Fixed new folder creation on Windows #5204

2024.10.0-14

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• .rpm for Red Hat-based Linux

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Release Notes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a problem with the scheme for local HTML files on Windows #4939

2024.09.0-103

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• .dmg for Mac (Universal),
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Release Notes

New Features

• Added improvements for Python application framework workflows for Streamlit, Dash, Gradio, FastAPI, Flash #4555, #4557, #3023, #3024, #3027
• Added copy support to plots hosted in an editor tab #4362
• Added a button to move a Data Explorer editor tab to a new window #3839
• Added Reticulate support for using Python in R sessions #3942

Bug Fixes

• Fixed focus management issues for modal dialogs #4765
• Fixed an issue with the Variables pane while formatting summaries of DuckDB objects #4777
• Fixed scrollbars for Data Explorer after resizing #4834
• Fixed the placement of the progress bar for Plots in an editor tab #4562
• Improved R installation discovery on Windows #3787
• Improved custom theme support for colors of destructive buttons in modals #3799

2024.08.0-83

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Release notes

• Fixed a bug in how hyperlinks are displayed in the console (#4413)
• Fixed a bug where some URLs were being opened in the editor instead of the browser (#4297)
• Fixed how R installed via rig on Linux is detected (#4450)
• Merged upstream VS Code 1.92 (#4283)
• Improved support for interactive plots such as bokeh (#4410 and #4087)
• Fixed a problem with interactive plots consuming too much memory (#1713)
• Fixed a Data Explorer bug related to older versions of SQLAlchemy (#4347)

2024.07.0-125

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2024.06.1-54

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