2025.06.0-167

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Debian-based Linux x64 (Ubuntu 22+)	Positron-2025.06.0-167-x64.deb
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REH Linux x64	positron-reh-linux-x64-2025.06.0-167.tar.gz
REH Linux arm64	positron-reh-linux-arm64-2025.06.0-167.tar.gz
Installer Checksums	positron-2025.06.0-167-checksums.json

Release Notes

New Features

• [#7189] Updated "Interpreter" command palette actions to work better with multiple interpreter sessions.
• [#4269] Added the new command "Interpreter: Discover All Interpreters" to kick off interpreter discovery, for example if you have just made a new Python environment that Positron doesn't know about yet.
• [#3001] R: Completions are now provided for local objects in a function paused in the debugger.
• [#7270] Replaced the way editor actions were implemented with the Editor Action Bar, which can be toggled in/out of view like other UI components. The old "editor.actionBar.enabled" setting is now disabled, but you can use "View: Toggle Editor Action Bar" to toggle this component.
• [#7852] Positron Assistant, an experimental AI assistant for Positron, can now be enabled in Settings. Read more at https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/discussions/7931! 🤖

Bug Fixes

• [#7465, #5991] Python: hvplot no longer creates ghost plots and now display when code is executed as a block in the console.
• [#5431] App Launcher: app urls from Terminal links are now resolved correctly.
• [#5954] Fixed timeouts when rendering plots during slow-running operations or in a loop.
• [#7854] Fixed bug causing fewer than the last 5 runtimes to show up in the console + split button.

Dependencies

• Updated vscode-python upstream to v2025.6.1.

2025.06.0-146

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REH Linux x64	positron-reh-linux-x64-2025.06.0-146.tar.gz
REH Linux arm64	positron-reh-linux-arm64-2025.06.0-146.tar.gz

Release Notes

New Features

• [#7525] Now bundle the GitHub Pull Requests extension.
• [#7581] The Remote Status Indicator in the bottom left, formerly behind an Experimental setting, is now always available. Read more about how to use Positron with remote SSH sessions.
• [#5165] Added uv as an option for creating Python projects in the New Project Wizard.
• [#6757] Shell login scripts (e.g. .bash_profile, .zprofile) are now run when starting Python and R sessions.

Bug Fixes

• [#3759] Fixed Viewer behavior in dark mode with content that does not set a background style.
• [#7285] Fixed how new Jupyter notebook projects automatically connect to their runtime.
• [#7522] Fixed focus handling in the Console when the foreground session changes via the interpreter command palette actions.
• [#397] Added a plot thumbnail cache so the Plots pane shows thumbnails after a reload.
• [#4182] Python users' logs are now sent to Console.
• [#7722] Button components now activate on Enter
• [#7726] Pressing Enter (instead of F2) on Windows/Ubuntu triggers the action to rename an interpreter session when focused on a Console tab.
• [#3759] Fixed R vignette theming in dark mode.
• [#6393] Fixed plotnine bug where every plot resulted in a RPC timeout error.
• [#3749, #4102] R: The pipe placeholder, _, is no longer flagged as a symbol not in scope.
• [#5271] R: Diagnostics are now disabled while inside a [ or [[ scope, which should make using data.table in Positron more pleasant!
• [#7215] Fixed nohup.out file littering projects when kernel supervisor is set to run after Positron exits.
• [#7537] Shutdown idle timeout now respected in Remote SSH sessions.
• [#7274] On Windows, user and system environment variables now appear correctly inside R and Python sessions.

Dependencies

• Updated code-oss upstream to v1.100.0.
• Updated bundled Quarto to 1.7.31, the current release version.
• Updated bundled version of Air to 0.12.0. This includes a fix that caused a bad interaction with Positron's Test Explorer.

2025.06.0-91

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Release Notes

New Features

• [#3034] When using R, set the positron.show_last_value global option to TRUE to show .Last.value in the variables pane.
• [#5155] In R's debug mode, the call stack is now laid out in a more intuitive manner.
• [#4601] Added a new toolbar for console output in the Viewer to enable clearing.
• [#6534] Moved the button to create a new console session to a better location.
• [#7428] Extended command to import VSCode settings into Positron to work on Workbench.
• [#5872] Revamped how plots are named and saved. Now plots are named, "plot-1", "plot-2", and so on.

Bug Fixes

• [#7619] Fixed issue causing N and P keys to cancel history search in the Console.
• [#3903] Jupyter notebooks exported to python files now properly escape markdown cells.
• [#7576] Fixed bug for uninstalling Python packages in the Console.
• [#7256] File hyperlinks in the R Console now open the relevant remote file when running on Workbench.
• [#1683] In curly braces, R code is no longer indented before a minimum level.
• [#3151] When debugging, evaluating R expressions in the Console no longer causes focus to jump back to the debug location.
• [#5928] Fixed an issue preventing evaluation of multi-line code in the debugger.
• [#6602] Fixed branding on Windows update popup.
• [#7009] Fixed logo in Windows installer.
• [#6451] Fixed keyboard accessibility and mouse control issues in console tab list.
• [#5184, #7572] Fixed performance issues in the rendering of R plots. Rendering of R plots should now feel snappier in general, in particular after resizing the sidebar.
• [#7571] Fixed issue causing incorrect rendering of plots when a new sizing policy is selected.

2025.06.0-48

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REH Linux arm64	positron-reh-linux-arm64-2025.06.0-48.tar.gz

Release Notes

New Features

• [#2862] Updated Data Explorer's percent missing background color to Posit orange.
• [#6461] Added Ruff as a bootstrapped extension and removed the Black formatter. We highly recommend you uninstall the Black formatter if you have an older version of Positron installed.
• [#5624] Buffer data can now be sent from widgets to the Python kernel.
• [#7351] The Data Explorer can now open files backed by virtual filesystem providers.
• [#3303, #6277] Once Positron has been opened, new windows now inherit the window size of the last active window.
• [#7520] Positron extensions can now contribute custom views to the Connections container.

Bug Fixes

• [#550] Calmed down completions by increasing quickSuggestionsDelay from 10ms to 250ms.
• [#697] Fixed console interrupt button.
• [#7509] Fixed how we repaint the Editor Action Bar when the theme changes.
• [#7438] Fixed AggregateError starting an interpreter if Positron is left idle for more than an hour with no interpreters running.
• [#3683] Added \b (backspace) handling to ANSI output processing (Console and Notebook). No more tofu for \b!
• [#3361] Added a missing tool tip for the top action bar components.
• [#7512] IntelliSense is no longer broken for Positron extensions that contribute views containers to the auxiliary sidebar.
• [#6634] Fixed rounding error that was causing the prompt to be displayed incorrectly in the Console.
• [#7574] Slimmed down action bars throughout the app and improved borders.
• [#6420] Fixed Python syntax highlighting during Remote SSH sessions.

2025.05.0-142

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REH Linux arm64	positron-reh-linux-arm64-2025.05.0-142.tar.gz

Release Notes

New Features

• [#6578] Now support SVG icons from extensions in Editor Action Bar.
• [#7234, #3108] Updated snippet handling for R as well as examples; see our documentation for more info on using snippets in Positron.
• [#6707] New opt-out support for ragg and svglite as the rendering engines for PNG, JPEG, TIFF, and SVG plot formats for R.
• [#6462, #6587] Now bundle the Air extension (which includes the Air binary) in Positron; read more on how to use Air for formatting R code.
• [#7332] We now provide multiple console sessions across Positron for all users. See https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/discussions/6712 for more information on this change!
• [#6825] Added ability to rename console sessions.
• [#3303, #6277] Once Positron has been opened, new windows now inherit the window size of the last active window.

Bug Fixes

• [#3357] Fixed behavior of text inputs in the Data Explorer.
• [#3659, #6169] Addressed timeout problems in the Variables pane.
• [#4079] Fixed support for using Enter to select an item in a dropdown.
• [#6881, #7413] Fixed restarting busy consoles.
• [#6033] Fixed plotly rendering on Windows.
• [#6883, #5323] Fixed bug where "Run App" prompts lingered for non-Python files.
• [#4079] Improved focus management in the Data Explorer for keyboard users when adding row filters.
• [#7455] Fixed command for importing VS Code settings into Positron on Windows.

2025.05.0-103

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Release Notes

New Features

• [#6796] Added a restart affordance to an exited console in multisession mode.
• [#1639] Added a command to import VSCode settings into Positron.
• [#5584] We now use Positron's main interpreter selector for Jupyter kernels.
• [#7346] Bound Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+H to Set Working Directory when the RStudio keymap is active.

Bug Fixes

• [#7390] Improved discoverability of Data Explorer settings, thanks to @kv9898.
• [#5312] Fixed a bug where FastAPI apps won't start up with the native Python locator.
• [#6280] Current runtime is now selected automatically in Jupyter kernels outside of a workspace.
• [#7206] Fixed Python Environment Tool behavior where some environments failed to resolve.
• [#7252] The full history can now be searched with Ctrl+Up/Ctrl+R ().
• [#7339] We now fully disable startup for languages that are disabled in configuration.
• [#3993] Fixed an issue causing RStudio keybindings to show up when they aren't enabled. Note that this necessitated moving the keybindings preference to Workbench > Keybindings (from Extensions > RStudio Keymap), so you will need to re-enable RStudio keybindings again if you use them.
• [#7206] Fixed an intermittent bug in Python startup behavior.
• [#6796] Fixed the Console restart button text color.
• [#6799] Fixed a 404 error when switching back to a previously open project in the same Positron window.
• [#6033] Fixed an issue with plotly hanging while rendering in Python 3.12.
• [#7169] Manually runnable cli hyperlinks are once again pasted into your console when you click on them.
• [#5914] Fixed an issue with interpreters hanging when initializing the runtime for new python projects.

2025.05.0-75

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Release Notes

New Features

• [#6440] Added support for extensions to display richer controls on the Editor Action Bar.
• [#7179] Added support for extensions to display labels for buttons on the Editor Action Bar.
• [#7180] Added support for extensions to display checkbox controls on the Editor Action Bar.
• [#7181] Added support for extensions to display toggle controls on the Editor Action Bar.

Bug Fixes

• [#6793] Auto-restart of crashed session no longer creates new session.
• [#1829] Fixed a bug causing the Variables pane to enter a weird state when switching sessions with some filter enabled.
• [#7069] Fixed an issue where viewing certain R tables would crash the kernel.
• [#6730] Fixed an issue with the background-color for the session picker in the top bar for multi-console sessions.

Dependencies

• Updated code-oss upstream to v1.99.0

2025.05.0-58

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Release Notes

New Features

• [#6887] Our new multisession console support is now available by default; read more at #6712 for how this new feature works.
• [#2869] Added color contrast and tooltips in the Variables pane when hovering over a variable icon that is viewable.
• [#426] Navigating the plot history filmstrip now uses arrow keys instead of tab.
• [#2251] The styler integration for formatting R documents has been removed. Instead, we encourage you to install the Air extension for highly performant R formatting. Positron will bundle the Air extension in a future release.
• [#5302] Parameter hints for R functions now show active parameter documentation.

Bug Fixes

• [#3085] Fixed how code is queued in the console when the runtime is not ready.
• [#7107] Fixed "Go to References" in Python notebooks.
• [#6344] Fixed our handling for running cat() in .Rprofile at startup.
• [#6790, #6789] Fixed reticulate behavior for multisession consoles
• [#7163] Improved the reliability of shutting down Python sessions.
• [#3352] Fixed how a new Python interpreter session is handled when deleted/recreated.
• [#4842] function and return keywords will now autocomplete for R.
• [#6794] Language session exit messages in console now use session name instead of runtime name.
• [#1832] Fixed what Positron displays when a Variables pane filter didn't match any variable.
• [#5516] Fixed how bqplots are displayed in notebook.

Dependencies

• Updated vscode-python upstream to v2025.4.0.

2025.04.0-250

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Release Notes

New Features

• [#6533, #6902, #6997, #7005, #7070, #7083, #7087] Made yet further improvements to our experimental multisession console support (especially in managing LSPs); read more at #6712 for how to opt in.
• [#6811] Python 3.8 has reached end-of-life and is no longer supported.
• [#5166] Unsupported versions of Python are now selectable with a warning.
• [#4263] Improved Python language server support for notebooks.
• [#6941] Updated the WSL launcher script to support kv9898.open-remote-wsl, a community-maintained Positron-compatible WSL extension. Thank you, @kv9898!
• [#6270] Python interpreters installed at /opt/python or included via interpreter settings are no longer tagged as "Unknown".
• [#4630] We now display a loading indicator for the small histogram/frequency table sparkline plots in the Data Explorer.
• [#3658] Tooltips are now displayed for truncated data when hovering over a data cell in the Data Explorer.
• [#5849] An explanatory tooltip is now shown when hovering over the null percentage graphic in the summary pane of the Data Explorer.
• [#7074] Added new Environment Variables built-in extension to configure global environment variables for all consoles and terminals.

Bug Fixes

• [#6845, #6595] Fixed bad truncation of the Console prompt and the working directory in Console bar.
• [#6798] Fixed runtime startup progress layout on Posit Workbench.
• [#4504] Fixed bug where Haystack didn't think it was in an iPython shell.
• [#6948] Fixed slow Python shutdowns and restarts.
• [#6636] Fixed ipykernel bundling not being disabled via the appropriate setting.
• [#3085] The Console now executes code entered before the runtime has fully started up.
• [#6289] Python autocomplete now no longer inappropriately prioritizes magics.
• [#7027] Pyenv interpreters are now available in the New Project Wizard when using the "native" Python locator.
• [#7058] Fixed issue with missing or duplicated Python interpreters when installed in opt/python or included via interpreter settings.
• [#4158] duckplyr data frames are no longer immediately materialized by the Variables pane. This requires the development version of duckplyr.
• [#6903] Improved the default width of the Data Explorer summary pane on wide displays.
• [#6898] Fixed occasional 1-pixel gaps in sparkline histograms in the Data Explorer.

Dependencies

• Updated code-oss upstream to v1.98.0

2025.04.0-173

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Release Notes

New Features

• [#6310, #6844, #6864, #6795, #6832, #6846, #6725, #6533, #6872] Made further improvements to our experimental multisession console support (especially in managing LSPs); read more at #6712 for how to opt in.
• [#6341] The Connections Pane for managing database connections from R/Python has been revamped.
• [#2890] Added support for password prompts (askpass, rstudioapi).
• [#5846] Tooltips are now displayed when hovering over the summary plots in the Data Explorer.
• [#6879] Data frame expressions are now supported in the Python %view console magic.
• [#4637] Updated bundled extensions to track SHA checksums, including bumping the bundled versions of Quarto and Pyright (for more on the new version of the Pyright extension, see #6933).
• [#4630] Now display a loading indicator for the small histogram/frequency table sparkline plots in the Data Explorer.
• [#3658] Now display tooltips for truncated data when hovering over a data cell in the Data Explorer.
• [#5441] Implemented a truncate at top scrollback strategy in the Console component so that it scrolls like a terminal by truncating items at the top when there is too much output.
• [#6913] Added a setting called console.scrollbackSize that can be used to configure how much information is displayed in the Console. This setting can be found in Features -> Console and it is called Scrollback Size. It may be set to a value between 500 and 5,000 items. The default value is 1,000 items.
• [#6914] In the console, you can now open the entire Console history in an Editor.

Bug Fixes

• [#4343] Timestamps with second, millisecond, or microsecond units are rendered consistently in the Data Explorer summary statistics pane.
• [#2991] Fixed problems with notebook session management.
• [#5799] Improved R and Python session startup reliability by changing the way ports are negotiated.
• [#5952] Fixed restarting Reticulate Python sessions.
• [#6897] Fixed occasional 1-pixel gaps in sparkline histograms in Data Explorer.
• [#4977] Improved default width of Data Explorer summary pane on wide displays.